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SEOmoz

  • New!In-depth Guide To Content Creation [With Infographic]
    Posted by Designbysoap LtdThis 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…
    - 11 hours ago, 17 May 12, 10:07am -
  • 9 Lessons from 1,000 SEO Questions
    Posted by Dr. PeteI spend a lot of quality time in Private Q&A here on SEOmoz, and I recently passed a milestone – 1,000 private questions answered since we re-launched the system (just over a year ago). Not surprisingly, we see a lot of the same…
    - 1 day ago, 16 May 12, 7:08pm -
  • 17 Types of Link Spam to Avoid
    Posted by Carson WardIf the last few months of ranking changes have shown me anything, it's that poorly executed link building strategy that many of us call white hat can be more dangerous than black-hat strategies like buying links. As a result of…
    - 2 days ago, 15 May 12, 9:02pm -
  • Response Codes Explained with Pictures
    Posted by LindsayFriends and I were recently debating the finer points of serving a 410 versus a 404 response code when a brick and mortar retail analogy was born. I hope you'll have half as much fun reading through these amateur comics as I've had…
    - 3 days ago, 14 May 12, 9:11pm -
  • Project Management for SEO (2012 Edition!)
    Posted by Tom CritchlowSo here's the truth - I used to suck at project management. But over the years I've determinedly turned myself into a half-decent project manager. Why? What was the driving force?Project Management Is A Tool For Effecting…
    - 4 days ago, 13 May 12, 8:58pm -

Search Engine Watch

  • New!Google Launches Knowledge Graph, 'First Step in Next Generation Search'
    Three new Google Search features are part of their “next generation search” project, Knowledge Graph. Info boxes, segmented results based on query context and suggestions based on popular queries negate the need to even click off the SERP for inf…
    - 3 hours ago, 17 May 12, 6:00pm -
  • New!Mobile Sites: Choosing an Implementation Process & Strategies
    No matter your approach, the mobile landscape is a tricky, expansive space of uncertainty filled with twists and turns that would give even the most solid minded developer or site owner points to pause. Here’s a guide to help you go mobile.
    - 8 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:00pm -
  • New!Why Your SEO & Social Strategy Should Include Pinterest
    You don’t have to be a lifestyle-type site to win on Pinterest, you merely need to make your brand fun and create interesting, shareable images. Pinterest offers other benefits, including social links generated from content shared on Pinterest.…
    - 10 hours ago, 17 May 12, 11:00am -
  • Google NSA Relationship Secrecy Continues Despite Courts Efforts
    Google and the National Security Agency's possibly secret relationship will remain secret. The Federal Appeals Court has upheld the NSA's decision not to release information confirming or denying if they have a relationship with Google.
    - 16 hours ago, 17 May 12, 5:00am -
  • Ford Retains Confidence in Facebook Ads as GM Quits
    Automaker tells ClickZ it will continue advertising on the social site. While General Motors may halt Facebook advertising, according to a Wall Street Journal story today, Ford has a different attitude toward paid promotions on the social site.…
    - 24 hours ago, 16 May 12, 9:00pm -

Search Engine Land

  • New!SPONSOR MESSAGE : Cross Channel Marketing: A Primer for Search Agencies
    With so many marketing channels now available to reach consumers, what’s a marketer to do? Whether it’s juggling across the new channels like mobile and social, or just trying to incorporate the more ‘traditional’ marketing channels like disp…
    - 2 hours ago, 17 May 12, 7:00pm -
  • New!Bing Search API Now On Paid Platform
    About a month ago, Microsoft informed us the Bing API would no longer be free and today is the day they migrated the Bing Search API to the paid platform. Microsoft said for the time being, the Bing API will still be free – to try out. But those wi…
    - 3 hours ago, 17 May 12, 6:04pm -
  • New!The Ultimate List of Reasons Why You Need Search Engine Optimization
    You’ve heard about SEO. You’re convinced SEO works very well for different kinds of online business. What you probably wonder is why it’s so powerful. That’s why I wrote this report – to show you not one, not five, not ten… but twenty-ei…
    - 3 hours ago, 17 May 12, 6:04pm -
  • New!Accelerating Revenue Growth With Keyword Parity
    As campaigns mature, keywords evolve from experiments to proven revenue drivers. Remembering to add a keyword to Bing after a successful trial in Google or remembering to expand a new top performing keyword across its other match types is easier said…
    - 4 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:10pm -
  • New!Google’s Penguin Update Makes The Wall Street Journal
    The Google Penguin Update is now mainstream after The Wall Street Journal covered it in a feature story named As Google Tweaks Searches, Some Get Lost in the Web. The story interviews a few small business owners who were hit hard by the update. One b…
    - 7 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:20pm -

Search Engine Roundtable

  • Daily Search Forum Recap: May 17, 2012
    Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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  • Hit By Penguin? Google Query Hack To Confirm?
    Here is one more crazy thing for the Penguin Igloo - a search hack that may show you if you were hit by the Penguin update...
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  • Google Knowledge Graph: Google Labels Me An SEO Expert
    Yesterday, Google announced what they are calling the knowledge graph.In short, it provides answers directly in the search results sourced from third parties such as Wikipedia but driven from their acquisition of Metaweb in 2010 and the FreeBase da…
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  • Google Uses Text Of Code It Doesn't Understand
    There are new technologies coming out on the web all the time and Google isn't always up to date in understanding the markup used on those web pages.So what does Google do when it doesn't understand the markup...
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  • Google AdSense API Referral Bounty
    A thread in the Google AdSense Help forums has a question on a new term being used by Google AdSense named the "API Referral Bounty."It is the left over residue income generated from the Google API Referrals program which expired or sunsetted a few…
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Search Engine Journal

Seo Book

  • GWT notice of detected unnatural links to http://www.seobook.com/
    I am already getting fake webmaster tool notification messages using the above subject line & the following message:Hello dear managers of http://www.seobook.com/! My name is Olivia, and the issue I’m gonna to discuss is for sure not new, but re…
    - 9 days ago, 9 May 12, 1:28am -
  • Ha! Bullets Can't Hurt ME
    Negative SEO vs SabotageJust about any independent SEO worth their weight who publishes a number of websites has at least once hit a snag & been filtered or penalized. A person can say "not me" but how do they operate optimally in both the short ter…
    - 9 days ago, 8 May 12, 3:23pm -
  • Google AdWords Ads Add Album Cover & Song Preview
    Before I get any drops of jupiter hate on the following...I was typing in training.seobook.com & somehow accidentally hit enter after typing train & when the URL completion didn't work I got the following SERP.If you click the feature video link it…
    - 17 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 12:49pm -
  • The Google Penguin Update: Over-Optimization, Webspam, & High Quality Empty Content Pages
    Huge UpdateGoogle recently launched their webspam Penguin update. While they claim it only impacted about 3.1% of search queries, the 3.1% it impacted were largely in the "commercial transactional keywords worth a lot of money" category. Based on…
    - 20 days ago, 27 Apr 12, 7:21pm -
  • GoogleBowling, Negative SEO & Outing
    Excessive Complexity & Unintended ConsequencesSergey Brin recently said:You have to play by their rules, which are really restrictive. The kind of environment that we developed Google in, the reason that we were able to develop a search engine, is…
    - 28 days ago, 19 Apr 12, 11:46am -

Bruce Clay Blog

  • A Business’s Reputation Is More Vulnerable on the Social Web
    A Business’s Reputation Is More Vulnerable on the Social Web was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.There's a fascinating story in the Atlantic of one historian's ongoing social experiment intended…
    - 21 hours ago, 16 May 12, 11:45pm -
  • A Look into Our Most Popular Blog Posts
    A Look into Our Most Popular Blog Posts was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.It’s the close of a Monday, so how about some light reading? OK, I lied. There's nothing "light" about these powerhous…
    - 3 days ago, 15 May 12, 12:45am -
  • How to Remove Link Spam for Google Penguin Recovery
    How to Remove Link Spam for Google Penguin Recovery was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.The patient is crashing! Triage needed STAT! Is there a doctor in the house?Yesterday the search engine op…
    - 6 days ago, 11 May 12, 6:52pm -
  • LinkedIn for Business: Optimizing Your Company Profile — Part 3
    LinkedIn for Business: Optimizing Your Company Profile — Part 3 was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.In Part 1 and Part 2 of this LinkedIn for Business series, we talked about optimizing individu…
    - 8 days ago, 10 May 12, 12:38am -
  • Beware Google Bearing Gifts? When Too Much is Too Much
    Beware Google Bearing Gifts? When Too Much is Too Much was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.There are a few experiences that stand out ━ not only because of the impact of the action in that momen…
    - 9 days ago, 9 May 12, 12:08am -

Google Inside

    Matt Cutts Blog

    • Example email to a hacked site
      Beyond clear-cut blackhat webspam, the second-biggest category of spam that Google deals with is hacked sites. The most common reaction we hear from webmasters is “The problem is with the Google search. There is nothing wrong with our website.” T…
      - 20 days ago, 27 Apr 12, 3:18pm -
    • New 30 day challenge: No news
      I haven’t given an update on my 30 day challenges in, like, forever. So here goes: - In 2011, I paused my 30 day challenges to do a “six month challenge”: training to run a marathon. I ended up running the San Francisco marathon (while tweeting…
      - 63 days ago, 15 Mar 12, 4:16pm -
    • Eventful Events
      Updated: Okay, there’s a new plan. My wife is having surgery to put a screw in her foot, and the operation is two days before my panel. I really can’t leave her to come to SXSW. We’re going to try for me to Skype in to the panel instead. Cross…
      - 73 days ago, 5 Mar 12, 5:41pm -
    • It’s time to stop PROTECT IP
      A couple months ago, I wrote this about SOPA: SOPA galvanized the tech community, from start-ups to venture capitalists to the largest web companies. SOPA was an unexpected shock and a wake-up call. Well, guess what? Now the internet is awake. And I…
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    • Sharing a search story
      I’ve been reading a lot of the coverage of the Search plus Your World launch and I wanted to share my story and then clarify something. I love to stay up until early in the morning playing Werewolf. In early December I went to a journalism conferen…
      - , 11 Jan 12, 8:20am -

    SEO BlackHat

    Search Engine Guide

    • Those Who Don't Learn SEO are Doomed to Repeat It
      by Stoney deGeyter Pete and Repete were walking on a bridge. Pete fell off. Who's left?Repete? Ok, Pete and Repete were walking on a bridge. Pete fell off. Who's left?Repete? How about we just move on...In marketing, when something works i…
      - 1 day ago, 16 May 12, 5:10pm -
    • Hello Again Marketing
      by Todd Bailey Have you lost sight of a well-loved service or product? People are creatures of repetition. Usually we commit when we find a service or product we enjoy using. Recently, Ryan Buddenhagen wrote a post on brand ability to bring b…
      - 9 days ago, 8 May 12, 9:43pm -
    • Metrics That Lie to You: Average Position (Part 1)
      by Mike Fleming I wouldn't call the "average position" metric pointless, but it's definitely lying to you.  Most people approach this metric with a natural misunderstanding. It's natural to think, "This is the average position that my organi…
      - 9 days ago, 8 May 12, 7:04pm -
    • The Right Message May Not Be So Right for Your Audience
      by Stoney deGeyter The number one key to your business growth is crafting a message that speaks to your audience. Having the right message builds up your strengths and helps you overcome any deficiencies you might have.McDonald's doesn't make…
      - 13 days ago, 4 May 12, 4:05pm -
    • Don't Just Build Links, Become a Thought Leader
      by Nick Stamoulis I think we can all agree that content marketing is an indispensable component of SEO and Internet marketing in general. Great content gets shared, which in turn creates inbound links to your website, which helps your site do be…
      - 14 days ago, 3 May 12, 9:20pm -

    Local SEO Guide

    • So What If Google Previews Count As Active Pages In Google Analytics Real-Time?
      A client pointed out interesting behavior in their Google Analytics Real-Time report – when a user mouses over previews of your site’s URL in the SERP, it is reported in the Top Active Pages report. This may not be a fully-rolled out feature as I…
      - 1 day ago, 16 May 12, 5:03pm -
    • Linkbuilding Ain’t Marketing
      Well at least a lot of the linkbuilding I see going on isn’t.  But it can be. Which is why I wrote 5 Local Linkbuilding Ideas for the Post-Penguin/Panda Era And I wanted an excuse to put up ridiculous dog pics on SearchEngineLand.
      - 3 days ago, 14 May 12, 3:57pm -
    • Going Negative on Negative SEO
      Awesome discussion on Aaron Wall’s post, Yes, Negative SEO Techniques Do Work on Google, between Aaron, Danny Sullivan and a bunch of experienced SEOs who are not crazy about the collateral damage of the Penguin Update.  The parts about small bu…
      - 6 days ago, 11 May 12, 4:40pm -
    • Why Google+ Still Has A Ways To Go…

      - 7 days ago, 11 May 12, 1:27am -
    • Bing Really Gets Social…
        or at least that’s what the press release says…
      - 7 days ago, 10 May 12, 11:35pm -

    SEO Diva

    • SEO Diva is Back
      Months ago all the posts on SEOdiva disappeared…at least to me (it seemed to still have some readership). It freaked me out at first, since I’ve had this blog since 2008.However, since my consulting business is keeping me super busy, I decided t…
      - 11 days ago, 6 May 12, 5:35pm -
    • Is Your Site Liable for Copyright Infringement?
      There is a new bill in Congress called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that would rock the Internet – and not in a good way.The initial intent of the bill sounds okay…stop illegal sharing of music, movies and games. Unfortunately it could als…
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    • 8 SEO Tips in a Panda World
      In this Panda world I’ve been taking courses and doing some serious research and study on how to get/keep top Google rankings.SEO has changed a lot, although some things never change – good onsite optimization means you don’t have to worry ab…
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    • Get Backlinks That Are Automated, Relevant and Panda Friendly
      We all work hard to get backlinks to our sites, in fact, it’s probably the most time consuming job we all have to perform to help our websites succeed.Here’s a heads-up on a link building WordPress plugin that I’ve been using and have seen gre…
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    • Is Your Site Pretty to Search Engines?
      Pretty is as pretty does. Some websites are quite beautiful to look at, but because of bloated coding, confused navigation, lack of applied SEO principles, corporate-speak in the content, and so on, they’re not at all pretty to search engines.Word…
      - , 12 Jul 11, 5:12pm -

    SEO Igloo

    • Google Map Outdated And Wrong – Documenting The Reporting Process
      One of our valued clients, Emerson Creek Pottery is experiencing a serious issue with the way in which Google has mapped their locale and pinned their location. The client’s correct location is at: Emerson Creek Pottery 1068 Pottery Lane Bedford, V…
      - 28 days ago, 19 Apr 12, 7:15pm -
    • Copy That Amuses, Copy That Enrages – Notes On The Power Of Words
      I’ve just finished reading an educational, entertaining book entitled Save The Deli by David Sax. In this unusual sociological work, Sax chronicles the origins of Jewish delicatessen, the disappearance of once-thriving delis from the world food sce…
      - 30 days ago, 17 Apr 12, 7:54pm -
    • Google Places Hide Address Controversy – A Screencast
      This screencast presents opinion on the new hide address policy in Google Places and why it may make local search results less relevant in important decision-making situations. Please check it out, and thanks for watching!
      - 47 days ago, 1 Apr 12, 7:43am -
    • Hide Address Guideline Language Has Been Changed – Don’t Miss This
      You think it’s Saturday. Put that picnic basket down. Take off those skis. An update to the Google Places Quality Guidelines regarding the much-publicized ‘hide address’ function has happened again. If you were confused by the previous language…
      - 47 days ago, 31 Mar 12, 9:56pm -
    • My First Ever SEOmoz Post – The Google Places Hide Address Feature
      Hope you will check out my SEOmoz blog post Why You May Need To Hide Your Places Address ASAP. Local SEOs will enjoy the big discussion going on there, and Google, will perhaps take note of the fact that people are not responding with much happiness…
      - 52 days ago, 26 Mar 12, 9:08pm -

    SEO Theory

    • New!What Kind of Links Have More Authority in Penguin?
      Okay, you’re a spammer or someone who believed all the nonsense that came out of the link spam community and you got your Websites burned. I’ll humor you. “What Kind of Links Are Working Now After Penguin?” It should be obvious: All the links…
      - 4 hours ago, 17 May 12, 5:00pm -
    • New!Can I Make Money Only From Long Tail Traffic?
      The short answer to this question is, yes, you can make money from long tail traffic. I think a more important question, however, is “how much money can I make from long tail traffic?” Or, an even better question might be, “Do I have what it ta…
      - 9 hours ago, 17 May 12, 12:00pm -
    • Now Accepting PayPal Payments for SEO Theory Premium Newsletter
      Due to the numerous inquiries and comments about using PayPal to pay for the SEO Theory Premium Newsletter we have now added a PayPal subscription button to the SEO Theory page. All Letter.ly + Amazon Payments subscriptions remain in place. If you wa…
      - 22 hours ago, 16 May 12, 11:04pm -
    • Mapping Dark Websearch
      Twitter maintains the world’s busiest search index. I am pretty sure of that; I just cannot prove it. Facebook may be a close second. Or perhaps I have it backwards and Facebook is the world’s busiest search index and Twitter is a close second. T…
      - 1 day ago, 16 May 12, 1:00pm -
    • Shaping User Focus Through Search
      If you are not logged in you want to enter your email address in the subscription box to the right of this article. Go ahead, the article can wait while you subscribe to the once daily digests that tell you about the articles we have published here.…
      - 2 days ago, 15 May 12, 5:00pm -

    Frank Thinking

    • No Score and Two Months Ago …….
      A little over two months ago is when I last posted here at Frank Thinking. It’s not that I don’t care about the blog any more. It is however a matter of time. Time that I have precious little of (that and a rather unpleasant encounter with unsavo…
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    • A Frank Thinking Update
      Hello it’s me. It’s been a while hasn’t it? Why? Well, I’ll be honest. I got a little tired of the whole Frank Thinking thing. I have spent several years posting here with VERY moderate success and it has been wearing on me for a little bit s…
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    • Bridging the Gap Between SMB and Geek
      I think we are at an impasse of sorts these days. There is a tremendous push and desire to get the SMB (small and medium business) market more involved in the online space. Of course, it would be fun to think that it is because there is great concern…
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    • Spam Guarantee
      I know we all get these messages somewhere but I just figured I’d share one that pretty much says it all. Phil Garcia philgarcia.231@gmail.com Message: At no cost to you, we’ll get you to the top of Google within 48 hours. My company specializes…
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    • Twitter History Ken Burns Style (WARNING: NSFW or KIDS)
      The video is very funny. There is one section with F-bombs though. It makes the point but at the same time it wasn’t necessary but, hey, it’s the Internet so enjoy. Twitter Celebrates its 5th Anniversary – watch more funny videos
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    Zyas

    • Linking to a Specific Part of a Video
      A few days back Matt Cutts explained how to link to a specific part of a video. I found this little innovation pretty useful as it allows you to actually deeplink to a certain minute and second of a video or point someone else just to a specific sequ…
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    • Are Google Maps Spam Attractors?
      There is no disputing the fact that Google maps can be very useful, especially if you are new to an area and are trying to find your way around. Google’s latest update on their longtitude and latitude is good, but it is so encompassing that it pull…
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    • $20 Million in Funding – What Recession?
      Over the last twelve months or so we’ve seen banks being bailed out by Governments, and workers losing their jobs and their pay packets. In the present financial crisis although it makes a change to hear that someone is profiting and doing well, yo…
      - , 18 Feb 09, 3:27am -
    • The Popularity of YouTube
      YouTube is becoming increasingly popular with bloggers, and for good reason, YouTube is the fourth largest web property and the second largest search engine. What this means for bloggers and webmasters alike is that they have to get their videos rank…
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    • Google’s Friend Connect
      Google has come up with a new social bar that allows users to keep all their friend connection gadgets in one place. The friend connect social bar is a new tool bar that goes across the top of your website. The bar has a comments section, a list of s…
      - , 14 Feb 09, 12:19am -

    SEO Unique

    • Tips to Avoid Over Optimisation Penalty
      Over optimisation in SEO has always been on the radar in search, it’s by no means a new concept; that Google would look at a site negatively if you implement “too much SEO” and avoid the user’s needs. It is of course now on many people’s an…
      - 54 days ago, 24 Mar 12, 10:55pm -
    • Google Authorship with NEW Smaller Images
      I came across a feature in the UK search results for “seo” whereby it appears an unusual size of the Google Authorship tag. You can see the result below: At first I thought I was logged in and this was just a recommended listing however on closer…
      - 58 days ago, 20 Mar 12, 4:58pm -
    • Google Places Change for 2012?
      A potential change for Google places (local) that could be getting rolled out at a search engine near you for 2012: Performed a generic search and noticed a line that resembled organic sitelinks but with a plus sign next to it, once clicked on it exp…
      - 78 days ago, 29 Feb 12, 1:48pm -
    • Google Authorship adds “More By” to SERPS
      Observation this morning looking from the UK on Google.com – I noticed one of my blogs that has authorship tags displayed “More By” and then my name, see below; This only appeared on a few of the searches and not my other blogs which also have…
      - 84 days ago, 23 Feb 12, 9:29am -
    • Is Google Removing Rich Snippet Stars from SEO?
      For a few years now rich snippets have provided Google and webmaster’s a way of portraying additional information about websites in the search engine results. These have grown from including reviews (displayed as shiny yellow stars) to additional i…
      - 91 days ago, 16 Feb 12, 4:02pm -

    SEO.com Blog

    • 5 Content Marketing Strategy Fundamentals
      Every  SEO campaign can be  broken down into 5 fundamentals, then segmented into off-site (link building) and on-site (content) approaches to identify and understand the application. This webinar recap and slide deck (at the bottom of this post)…
      - 2 days ago, 15 May 12, 7:09pm -
    • 10 Ways to Maximize Your SEO Budget
      After a number of years working at an SEO services agency I have monitored, worked on, analyzed, and overseen many projects across nearly as many industries. Some of these projects were successful beyond both the clients’ and our expectations whil…
      - 7 days ago, 10 May 12, 10:08pm -
    • Build Natural Links Through Existing Marketing Strategies – Part II
      With the newest Google algorithm changes, penalties have been taken on many websites for unnatural and artificial linkbuilding tactics.  This update hit websites that used black hat SEO practices particularly hard, but it also affected many seemingl…
      - 10 days ago, 7 May 12, 9:29pm -
    • 7 Habits of Highly Effective SEOs
      For the many Seinfeld fans out there, that marine biologist line is one of the more popular quotes out there.  To refresh your memory George Costanza is once again pretending to be someone he really isn’t, namely his dream job…a marine biologist…
      - 14 days ago, 3 May 12, 10:31pm -
    • Online vs. Industry Competitors: How To Evaluate Them
      One of the most common questions that come up at the beginning of an SEO campaign, when we outline to a client which keywords have been selected and which competitors have been assessed in approaching that selection is: These aren’t my competitor…
      - 15 days ago, 2 May 12, 8:21pm -

    SEO Aware

    • Don’t Understand Google’s Panda? An Infographic to Help
      Here is an infographic by Single Grain that makes it very easy for anyone to understand who was negatively affected by Panda and what you can do to ensure your site does well.
      - 87 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 9:00am -
    • Some of My Latest Articles on Search Engine Journal
      In case you were not aware I am now the managing editor at SearchEngineJournal.com. I am going to list some recent articles I have written on SEJ and list some good posts below that I think could be informative for you. Recent Articles 6 Tips for Bei…
      - 89 days ago, 18 Feb 12, 11:01pm -
    • Sharing What Has Changed My Life in a Massive Way
      My life has changed a lot in the last two years. Work is great, but on a personal level I have encountered something that has changed my life in a massive way. A lot of people know me in this industry. I can be fun and goofy and I love people. What p…
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    • If I buy AdWords, will that cause my algorithmic search rankings to rise?
      Google’s Matt Cutts discusses a very common myth I hear often, which is that if you pay for AdWords your site will do better in the rankings.
      - , 27 Dec 11, 7:10pm -
    • ZAGG Giving Away an iPad 2 Every Hour on Black Friday
      ZAGG  offers a variety of iPad / iPhone / iPod accessories, cases and skins. About the contest,  ”On Black Friday, November 25, 2011, starting at midnight (MST), we’ll be giving away an iPad 2 every hour. 24 iPad 2s over 24 hours. Each hour is…
      - , 19 Nov 11, 2:43pm -

    SEO Chat

    • Using Semantics for Keyword Research
      Semantics concerns the meaning of words – historically a weak area for search engines. Over the years we've seen vast improvement in Google's ability to understand what searchers mean when they enter keywords. You can capitalize on this fact by cha…
      - 2 days ago, 15 May 12, 7:30pm -
    • Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Resigns
      Just ten days after the revelation that Scott Thompson did not, in fact, hold the computer science degree he claimed on his resume, the new Yahoo CEO is resigning his position. Thompson, who replaced Carol Bartz, held the position barely four months.…
      - 3 days ago, 14 May 12, 5:30pm -
    • Bing Launches Social Sidebar
      When Microsoft cleaned up Bing's results pages earlier this month, a number of observers wondered if it was trying to imitate an earlier, less cluttered version of Google. In actuality, the software giant was clearing the decks for a new interpretati…
      - 6 days ago, 11 May 12, 12:00pm -
    • Write Content For the Four Buying Personalities
      In my previous article I talked about four main goals or “personas” you should keep in mind when writing content for your website. Your visitors display a lot more variety than that, though. Four different visitors could have the same goal, but a…
      - 8 days ago, 9 May 12, 10:00pm -
    • Write SEO Content for Your Visitor`s Goals
      How do your website's visitors spend their time online? That can vary not only from person to person, but at different times with the same person. Why? Users pursue a variety of different goals. If you keep this in mind, you can write effective conte…
      - 10 days ago, 7 May 12, 4:30pm -