Click-Through Rates in the SERPs - What Are the Real Numbers?
Today on SearchEngineLand, I caught this graphic: Despite my great trust in all things Danny Sullivan (yes, I know this technically comes...
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Combine & Conquer - The Accretive Powers of Joining Pages Together
Just a quick tip tonight, since technically I'm supposed to be on vacation. One great way to help improve some of your rankings on a blog, content site or virtually any domain with lots of pages on similar topics is to eliminate the keyword cannibalization by 301'ing multiple pages relevant to a query/keyword to the highest ranking page. Here's a quick example: For the query - SEO Prici...
Trendspotting with Popular Search Sources & a New Tool from SEOmoz to Help
There are several great sources on the web of "popular searches" that help to illustrate the rising trends and consistently buzz-worthy terms and phrases online. These include: Technorati - popular tags & popular searches all on one page Flickr - popular tags Del.icio.us - popular tags Yahoo! Buzz - shows top search terms...
Why Google ranks based upon results from Social Media...
I'm going to start off this post by stating that I have not tested this theory, and I can in no way prove it. The following is a very strong belief I have based on intuition.I believe that Social Media can dramatically increase organic ranking aside from link popularity. Google uses analytics, their toolbar and other proprietary methods to track information about website traffic. Let...
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When to Respond to Criticism, and When to Keep Quiet
In this week's Whiteboard Friday, Rand advocates responding to the online criticism that comes your way, usually via forums and blogs. He talks about politely taking responsibility for the things you've done wrong and equally politely trying to explain your position.
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The Origins of Blogging (in Image Form)
I stumbled upon this today and I couldn't help myself - I just had to blog it here! ;) ...
Whiteboard Friday - "Whatchu Talkin Bout?"
Hey Gang, Rand's back briefly to give a quick Whiteboard Friday lesson in reputation management. Following his directory smackdown a couple of weeks ago following the release of the Premium Link Directory, we caught some heat in the forums (albeit largely ...
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Dispelling The "Get Rich Quick" Myth
I've been hearing a lot of chatter lately reguarding "Getting Rich Quick" due to the high profile success (at least within the search world) of characters like Jeremy Shoemaker (ShoeMoney) and others like him. He even posted a video on his blog where he appeared aggitated while addressing the countless questions he gets about how others can "Strike It Rich, Quickly"...
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10 Questions Your Customers Need You to Know
Rand wrote an interesting post about 10 questions you should ask to determine your value as an SEO. It's a good read, especially the comments. It's no secret that I've been frequently dissapointed by the level of knowledge of many SEO companies, even those who have a big prese...
Sexiest man in SEO
Recently I was doing some localised keyword research targeting my home-town of Brisbane Australia. Whilst going through some of the search results, I came across a guy who was attempting to rank for the term 'Best looking man in Brisbane'.I thought that this was pretty entertaining and thought that I'd go one better and attempt to rank for 'Sexiest man in Brisbane...
Answers to Ten SEO Questions & Some New Questions from Danny Sullivan
It looks like our ten questions post was a hit. To follow up, our own, intrepid point man, Scott Willoughby, will be crafting an advanced test/quiz on many different SEO topics - some fun, some serious - and should have it launched in the next 3-4 weeks. Await with bated breath (I know I am) And now, the answers to last night's SEO questions: What four search engines ...
Sticky design tricks to keep your visitors from bouncing.
It wasn't long ago when I noticed that the new beta for Google analytics had one major, bold-ed statistic on the dashboard. The bounce rate smacked me in the face a couple times until I realized that this must be a major factor that Google uses to decide whether or not you website will stay at the top of search results. I had my theory and it was time to test it.Although I know that ...
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Web Standards and SEO: More Questions than Answers
I recently came across another article about "validation" and SEO. These articles always baffle me because most of what is in them doesn't have much to do with validation or SEO. Even some of the responses in ...
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You Can't Cover Your Tracks
I know that the keyword meta tag is dead, just like punk rock is dead and Andy Kaufman is dead. Is there a huge, pressing reason to use it? No, of course not. A little research reveals that few engines, if any, even look at it anymore. Every little bit helps, right? What drives me nuts, however, is the common concensus among the few professionals I've met and spoken with on forums that seem...