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Todd Friesen, who lives here in Washington (though I never see him since he's nowhere near Seattle), is inviting folks with Sandboxed sites to email him. All of ours are currently out (probably because we haven't taken on a new customer in more than a year), but I wish I had some to send him. I know Bill's SEO by...
Bill Slawski starts an SEO Myths thread at Cre8asite that's a true gem. I've excerpted some of my favorite myths he's covered, but it's the evidence and explanations that contain the meat of this post, so take a visit:
MYTHS of SEO:
SEO copywriting means writing strong copy, then inserting keywords wit...
As several of my close associates know, SEOmoz was to be featured in the January issue of Wired Magazine (which hits newsstands around Dec. 19). In October, Brad St...
I was going to write about this, but Andy beat me to it. BOTW directory (note: they do advertise with SEOmoz) has launched a "free" inclusion blog directory for sites that qualify. Andy thinks it looks good and I agree:
As opposed to many directories out there, ...
I visited Design Public, an online furniture & gift store, on a whim last night. Low and behold, I've discovered that their online presence is doing literally everything right...
Well written Title Ta...
I've been using KTML and Matt's home-written code for a while now with SEOmoz, but I'm thinking of making the switch to FCKEditor. The name reminds me of the London fashion firm - French Connection United Kingdom (FCUK), but it's actually a good-looking system.
You can try it for free on this page and download the installation sof...
I hate to oversimplify the sandbox, or the solutions required to escape, but Andy's got a good working theory and hopefully we can all put it to the test with our new sites. From Andy:
How to beat the sandbox
Acquire high...
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BlogExplosion is a site that offers services, advice and software designed to increase blog traffic. I signed up tonight and have been checking out various services. There's a ...
I promised a post that offered closure on the SEOChat issue. Here are the list of events:
SEOChat admins instituted some changes to the forum software
Members began complaining vehemently, particularly with regards to the "nofollow" links on signatures (which one can only earn by posting 100 or more times and spending 90 days on the forum)
Admins and some Mods...
There's been some major changes to SEOChat, the forum where I moderate and spend most of my online forum time. The owners, DevShed and Jon Caputo, have decided to enforce strict "nofollow" tags on all outbound links in signatures, causing a mass exodus of many members, including many mod...
Good interview with Matt Cutts from Phillip Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped. I particularly liked this bit about valid HTML and rewarding it in the rankings:
People sometimes ask whether Google should boost (or penalize) for v...
St0n3y has a good post at SEW about an idea for creating a more relevant and powerful link page based on an article with multiple tips:
1) We write an article about an industry related topic. For this example, let's say it's a site that sells baby products. We migh...