12/5/2006
This post begins a series during which I will explore various issues any online business seeking visibility in (non-English) European markets has to face with. As starters, I’m going to run a short summary about the market area because I think most SEOMoz readers are US based and with limited knowledge about Europe as market area. Europe consists of nearly 50 ...
11/27/2006
In continuance with trust post I did few weeks ago, I decided to rant about backlink statistics various search engines so generously provide. Without further ranting and blathering, let’s see some statistical tables!Lies… ...
11/5/2006
Understanding and managing trust is an essential skill in search engine business. In terms of sociology, trust is the willing acceptance of one's power to affect another - allowing actions that otherwise would not be possible.
Trust is a mighty tool when it comes to signing up new clients, achieving credentials and referrers or building a (social) network...
10/3/2006
I know country specific posts are not of large interest, but since SEOmoz has European readers I decided to give a short rundown of what’s happening in Finnish (and Scandinavian) SEO markets this autumn.SEO is a hot topicSEO and internet marketing is finally catching fire in Finland – news articles are published every now and then, and some even...
9/23/2006
It’s roughly three months since I wrote about the project site (original post), and it’s time to take a peek how the site is doing. I admit that I’m still being extremely lazy/busy, and have done lots of t...
9/14/2006
There's a new Google hack (or something I was not aware of) in town, and I'm in love with it. It allows you to see an estimate of how many pages in a specific domain are supplemental results. To see the hack in action, just type the following at Google: site:www.mydomain.ltd ***i.e. SEOmoz...
6/30/2006
Note: If you are unaware of The Project topic, please read the previous parts The Project: pt1 , pt2, pt3I usually have a pretty good hunch of future PR updates, and it was accurate...
6/29/2006
Tonight is my final night in Kuopio (Finland) as we’re moving to new office, and new home in Sumiainen tomorrow. I have to admit that I feel a bit sentimental, somewhat scared, but also very excited. One of my mentors in t...
6/10/2006
Note: If you are unaware of The Project topic, please read the previous parts: The project: In the beginning (pt1) The project: ... there was Silence. (pt2) Pretty often I hear people complaining about how hard it is to generate revenue from low tra...
6/5/2006
Because of being extremely busy at the moment, I'm going to make this post short and sweet. Below are some links that allow to see what I consider the best /most important reads during the past week:
ClickZ has an interesting article about AJAX and web analytics. This is an ...
5/21/2006
Rand's post about SEW Live Seattle 2006 (below) got me thinking (and ranting) about SEO salaries. Below is an quote from what Rand said: Apparently, the lowest entry level SEO position ranges from $40-60K per year...The highest offer he recorded was $315,000 ...
4/27/2006
Ok. Here comes a rant. I HATE WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO USE FORM INJECTION / SPAM!!!Feels a lot better... What kicked me ranting was that I'm sick and tired of seeing an ever growing flow "Feedback Spam" on my websites. I know, there a...
4/25/2006
Note: If you are unaware of The Project topic, please read the previous parts: The project: In the beginning (pt1)So, the ...
4/8/2006
Like most people in the web industry I got several personal eternity projects waiting for execution. As unlikely as it may seem my recent 3 week sick leave (due to frontal sinusitis) provided me a change to finally tackle a project I had been planning for several years. And since I u...
3/12/2006
I was recently doing some in-depth log analysis and came across with two search engines / bots: (mozdex and MJ12bot) that I find very useful and hope them the very best .The first bot belongs to mozDex...
1/23/2006
Both Michael and Rand have recently blogged about basic level link building and visibility and I’m about to chime in. Below are my top 5 tips to make link building process cost and resource efficient if you are a SEO services provider ...
1/7/2006
A recent topic in SC brought up an interesting update with Google: they are adding country specific results to global resul...
11/28/2005
In a recent thread at Cr8 I gave some rough averages of incoming bid requests I received:
80% has a annual budget less than 1,000US$
10% has...
11/15/2005
IMO one of the most alarming trends in 2005/6 has been, and will be the automation of SEO related tasks. I agree, some tasks like rank checking deserve to be automated but out there are people who seriously combine phrases like "generated...
10/31/2005
Both Rand and Egol have recently discussed about MyBlogLog, and I am about to joing the group. I admit that MyBlogLog is nice tool, but for professional marketing specialist there are loads of similar, or even more advanced tools avai...
10/21/2005
A recent thread in SEOChat brought up this extremely cool and fun tool - SEO Map. This is one wicked and excellent idea to utilize Google services to connect business and professionals to each other. If you are not listed, ...
10/20/2005
One of my biggest rants with MSN Search has been their weighting for physical location of webserver. It is totally incredible and beyond any reasonable measures. Before you read any further, it is important you know some background information. My company, ...