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Just look at it. The beauty - so magical, so inspiring. I feel like Gatsby finding Daisy again after all those years. It's enough to bring a tear of joy to this bearded SEO's eye: Of course, coming back down to Earth for a...
Over the last few weeks, Google has introduced without a lot of fanfare several important features into the AdWords platform. And they're not just cosmetic changes, so it's worthwhile for advertisers to become familiar with them. Here's a recap of what's new.Content Network Placement ReportOne of the reasons that many advertisers have been he...
I just placed the following ad on Craigslist here in Seattle, and thought I'd share it here on the blog as well... Mighty LAMP Coders of Seattle, Heed Our Cry Don't be wooed by the big firms; come to a place where your talents are appreciated, y...
Greeting Whiteboard Friday fans! We've finally convinced Rand to reprise his role as "Dude with Whiteboard" for this week's edition of Whiteboard Friday. In his comeback performance, Rand discusses online branding and marketing channels that don't involve organic search listings (he got hit on the head while he was gone, you'll see what I mean). This i...
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Wierdness Number 1 - Google only displays 36 results for a 'wikipedia' searchOk, so I was trawling the referring keywords to our blog the other day and noticed that we'd had 3 clicks for the keyphrase 'wikipedia' following this blog post on why wikipedia is ...
(Note from Rand: Tonight, I introduced Mystery Guest to the wonderful word of AdWords. Needless to say, she went a little wild. This one's just for fun, folks)Ads that Weren't Approved: Ads that Google Allowed: ...
There's so much happening in the world of search, it's hard to stay abreast of even half of it. However, it's my responsibility to keep those of you who aren't taking the time to read SEL in the know. Threadwatc...
There can be little doubt that JohnSabia.com, a Fort Lauderdale real estate agent's site, was engaging in some very manipulative linking practices in the past. However, John's a reformed gray hat turned white and knows quite a bit more about the world of SEO than he did prior to Google's ...
Ok I've been thinking about this so much the past few weeks I couldn't resist sharing it with my favorite community here at SEOmoz. Facebook, up until now its been one of those interesting social networking sites that seems as though it should have really great marketing potential, but no one could really figure out how to market anything, let alone monotize. S...
While Rand was out of town he received an email from a man named Darren Barefoot. Since Rand was up to his ears in meetings, presentations, and consultancies, he forwarded the email to me and asked me to take a look at it. The email subject was "Can You Spare 88 Seconds?" My first thought was, "Probably." (Really, 88 seconds is not m...
Mystery Guest recently posted the The SEO's Guide to Beginners where she points out that a lot of what SEOs talk about makes absolutely no sense to anyone that is not an SEO. Our friends, family and clients often glaze over when we explain ourselves. Based on Mystery Gues...
(Prelude from Rand: The following comes from the lovely, talented Mystery Guest, who felt that we in the SEO industry needed, nay had earned a bit of her outsider's perspective. Thanks, kiddo - you rock.)A lot of people are under the erroneous impression that I am not only part of the SEO industry, but that I have an extensive understanding of SEO, in general.This is woefully ...
Hey, remember SMX Advanced in Seattle? Think back to a couple weeks ago. Danny Sullivan threw a conference in the Emerald City, some SEOs attended, it was a huge success...any of this ringing a bell to you? Well, if two certain slacker SEOs didn't have 8,000 simultaneous tasks to work on and actually published this article right after the conference ended, you'd be more excited about reading it. O...
Brian Clark's copyblogger blog is always packed full of useful information. And one of his best ever posts was his Five Grammatical Errors That Make You Look Dumb. He lists them as:Your vs. You'reIt's vs. ItsThere vs. TheirAffect vs. Effect...