published @ September 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
This post was originally in YOUmoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. [...]
published @ September 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Most of us are pretty good spotting shady SEO outfits. At the least, if someone practices enough SEO and reads enough good resources, they're aware that [...]
published @ September 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Stories, news, and other notable items from the past week:
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Back to Blogging is a new project that will run from September 8th through October 10. Its goal is to provide blogging tips to help people learn how to design a better blog, create content, and promote and monetize their blog.
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published @ September 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
It takes one month to set up any Web site for an accurate statistics snapshot. Why? Because every statistics package I have used or reviewed organizes its data into monthly reports. Of course you can configure your statistics to make daily or weekly data captures, and some applications (like Google Analytics, Sitemeter, [...]
published @ September 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
With everything Google does, I would not expect everything that Google does to work. That’s just the way it goes with software. You can always find something that is screwy with any application and search engines are no different.
Still, the SEO community puts a great deal of time and effort into using these [...]
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There are hundreds of search resources across the Web that may drive traffic to your sites. Those search resources usually fit into one of these categories:
Algorithmic search engines using their own software
Algorithmic search engines using someone else’s software
Meta search engines
Web directories
Ask, Google, Live, and Yahoo! are the major algorithmic search engines using their own [...]
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Several people have asked me (some more than once) to explain my preferences for deep server log analysis. I have not exaggerated when I’ve said that I prefer to analyze the raw log files with my own tools. However, not everyone is happy with that answer, so I do have some recent experience [...]
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With all the link-building advice we find scattered across the SEO community, you’d think every possible idea has been tried, shared, and burned out. Truth be told, I see new link building opportunities every day that have not been exploited by the SEO community.
Of course, search engine optimization and link building are two different [...]
published @ September 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
UPDATE: Apparently the alternative suggestions looked too much like the objections, so I’ve modified the article from its original format to break the alternative suggestions out into separate blocks.
Every day much of the same bad linking advice is being given out across the SEO Web. Here are some of the popular ideas that so-called [...]
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If you’re studying search market share analysis, then you are undoubtedly aware that Microsoft is actually the second most visited search destination on the U.S. Web. Okay, you would know that if you weren’t being bamboozled by the nonsense that comScore, Compete, Hitwise, and Nielsen publish every month.
Still, the fact that Microsoft’s MSN and [...]
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As promised last week and earlier today via our Twitter account, we have a new PRO guide to release today. Written by Darren Slatten, The Professional's [...]
published @ September 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Sigh. After much badgering, cajoling, nudging, and subtle threatening from my coworkers, colleagues, friends, and Jane (yes, Jane gets her own category--she badgered me a lot), [...]
published @ September 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
On a lark I did some quick query research about the term “best seo practices”. Did you know that hardly anyone seems to be searching for the expression? What does that say about the people look for search engine optimization guidance, help, and expertise?
A lot of blog posts and tutorials have been published [...]
published @ September 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Rand recently debuted his new series of Headsmacking Tips (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6), which comprise of "Why didn't I think of that?" [...]
published @ September 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Tonight, I received an email with a familiar question, asking why the top companies providing SEO consulting and development services rarely ever provide guarantees (and virtually never use it as a marketing tactic). Since the subject has been popping up of late, and since we're just emerging from the summer lull, I thought it was [...]