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Google's new analytics setup looks impressively slick. That data, on the other hand, goes right through to big GG themselves, so all of you e-commerce nuts with cloaking, pop-ups, low co...
The SEO ethics debate may be pointless, but it does spur a lot of activity. I noted a thread at SEOChat on the subject, where some disagreement between Fathom and I, along with a stereotypical quote from Mick has me reading: Rand: Never take on two clients ...
Steve Friedl, the man behind UnixWiz.net, has an older article on consulting that's worth reading. I pulled out some of the "maxims" that he writes about that stu...
Google has been asking for this. SEO has a new angle and Jim (of Webuilpages) is the pioneer. No longer is domain registration part of smart SEO - it's all about buying an old domain and changing as little whois info as possible - preferrably just getting the login info for the registrar. Jim's got a post on the ...
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It has been brought to my attention that a server that maps to powweb.com is doing some unseemly bandwidth hogging. A friend (whose name will remain anonymous) clued me in to the following: Recently a series of bots from Powweb.com have been targetting websites with the sole purpose of accessing files simply to increase the bandwidth u...
If you like watching what the world is searching for, search spies (programs that output the searches that are being performed on the site in real time) are a fun resource. Over at SEOChat, Mick's asked the question and Jammer & Skipsel have provided very nice lists. There's quite a few: ...
Although I rarely point to TW, as everyone here has already read their posts twice, there's an excellent comment on the thread about Digg that I felt worth publicizing. It comes from John Resig, who writes: The two 'Web 2.0' traffic b...
Rod Coleman emailed me last night about his new rank checking and monitoring tool. It's free to sign up for 10 terms or $5/month for up to 75 terms. It checks the following engines: Alltheweb Altavista AOL...
Todd has some good references on operating your SEO business and I thought, in the spirit of teamwork, I'd address the same topic today with some recommendations of my own. Below is my own list of suggestions, based on experience (in both failure and success): Don't Underestimate your Value...
I suppose it had to happen at some point. SEOmoz is finally sandbox free for the first time since our move to this domain 9 months ago. We aren't alone, either. Many folks had sites escape, and I'm happy for all of them. It looks like our ...
Kim's got some very wise words about everything from "party pooper" Jakob Nielsen to the obligation of SEO/Ms to give back to the web. It's a solid read: ...
Wow... I'm incredibly impressed by the new Yahoo Maps beta. Why do I love it? Zooms in on mouse wheel scroll Has labeled city districts on transparency overlay Can show live traffic...
The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a new study yesterday on Teen Content Creators and Consumers (warning PDF). The study has some great information for those of us who have a personal and professional stake in the development of web content. I've pulled out what I feel is the most relevant items for ...
I really liked this post from Kim Krause Berg regarding her schedule, her views on working at home or choosing an office and her thoughtful dialogue on a Threadwatch thread about men working at home (as opposed to women who do it). I've been meaning to p...