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While search engine representatives and light hatters (the whitest of the white hatters) say that having great, link-worthy content and links is enough to get high rankings, there are many sites with these traits that do not get listed for the words that matter (the ones that send serious traffic). If it were so easy and every page that deserved a high ranking had it, there would be n...
Inside the search marketing world, I still see many folks struggling to grasp the concept behind viral marketing, particularly when it comes to moving beyond the basic top 10 lists and iPhone helps destroy evil RIAA posts. So, I thought it would be valuable to take a look at some solid examples of well-thought-out, niche-relevant content that nails the viral marketing concept. Let'...
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As promised, SEOmoz has new rates for premium membership today: Monthly Subscription - now $49/month 6 Month Membership - now $249 (15% off monthly rate) 1 Year Membership - now $399 (32% off monthly rate) We've also got some very exciting new features for premium members. The first of these is the brainchild of Matt, who no...
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I feel almost bad for reporters in the mainstream media who attempt to cover the search marketing field. It's a tough gig to wrap your head around the concepts of what makes the industry tick, made doubly so by shady tactics and those who practice them. When these combine to slip past Google's spam filter and slide onto the desk of a hapless journalist, it's time for Rand to put on his sleuthing...
Yesterday's announcement of the SEOmoz premium landing page contest created an exceptional buzz - we've already had more than a dozen people contact us about creating their version of the document. In addition, I received some excellent advice from two experts in the field - Jon Mendez of OTTO Digital and Bryan Eisenberg of FutureNow. To help anyone and everyone who's in the field of landing pa...
And now, a little roundup of stories from the past few days that have either been brought to my attention or that I came across and thought were interesting: Agustín Vazquez-Levi (whose Canalytics team recently became the 12th company in North America [and the first company in Canada] to be accepted as one of Google's Goog...
From 2003-2005, I managed several different campaigns for clients on all the major ad platforms - Yahoo!, Google, even an Ask.com campaign. However, since that time, I've been out of the game, and my skills are mighty rusty. In this post, I wanted to show off not only how badly you need an experienced paid search marketer (even if you're a pretty savvy search guy like me), but how big a differe...
Does everyone have a Google gadget except you? Here is what you do.1) Go to the Google gadget directory 2) Click the little link that says "Add by URL"3) Enter your feed URL and click "Add"You are finished, your feed is now a Google gadget....
Last week, Roberta Rosenberg at Copyblogger authored a piece that offered some terrific advice for SEOmoz's premium membership landing page. We wrote about ...
Image replacement can be a contentious issue when it comes to optimizing your websites for a search engine, but is widely supported by leading-edge web standards developers attempting to create more visually appealing websites for their users whilst still retaining semantic, accessible code.
Late last week, Danny Sullivan launched Sphinn, the search engine industry's own social news & networking site, with remarkably little fanfare. However, despite the relatively covert launch, the site itself has some fairly exceptional functionality and a very fast learning curve. And, if that wasn't enough, one of the top stories right now is on the lazin...
The SEMNE organization landed an incredible opportunity last week with a guest lecture from Dan Crow. I've seen Dan speak once before several years ago and was shocked by his overly secretive conduct. Thankfully, Google, and apparently, Dan, have changed a lot since then. He had some remarkable...
I am going on vacation today and there is one thing that concerns me a lot about my upcoming holiday. For the next nine days, I will have no access to the Internet. Absolutely none. Not even dial-up.