Digital PR

SEO salary mythbuster!

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 ...

These are a Few of My Favorite Myths

I just can't put the rhythmic tunes of Julie Andrews into an SEO myths post, try as I might. But, the content's here... so let's have at it - these aren't the top 10 SEO myths, they're the... Top 10 "obscure" SEO myths: #10 - Submitting to hundreds of "minor search engines" is the only way to boost "...

Anyone Up for a Friday Live SEO/M Chat?

WeeWorld launched their new website yesterday and it's got a cool feature that's virtually unused called "...

Internet Advancement - A Scam to Avoid

UPDATE: I've updated this post on November 13, 2007 to add a link to this PC World story detailing additional reported complaints against Internet Advancement by their customers here in Washington State. The original post is below: I...

How to Avoid Needing an SEO

Not every website, company or project needs an SEO. I know this seems blasphemous, but it's very true. There are a few critical elements you need to secure before you can be confident that an SEO firm or link building staff is uneccessary: Offer Something AmazingIf you have content, products or services that are so fascinatingly cool that they demand ...

$19 SEO - Where did this all Start?

I noticed via my tracking this week that 15 people have found the SEOmoz blog by typing in $19 SEO at Google. I have to assume it's folks who've heard the pun and are curious about how this long running joke began, so I figured I'd provide an explanation (I've got another, cooler reason for bringing it up, but we'll save that for later on). The $19 joke began in this ...

Brief Contest Update

The v7n...etc. contest is in full swing, with Google and Yahoo! reporting respectable numbers of results in 5 figures. Sadly, the linkdomain searches to the new domains that are ranking aren't quite accurate (I hope). Either that or domain names really do carry a lot of weight in helping to rank. Note some of the leaders: www.watching-paint-dry.com/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem ...

Todd's List of 40 Predictions

Todd (Stuntdubl) has a great post today on his views for what will be hot in 2006 vs. 2005. I can certainly get behind most of his picks, although I'd love a definition for some of the more obscure ones like: algorithm variable hedge betting? web-copy language synonymy substitution? Algorithm variable...

Need for SEO Education

I'm finally back in Seattle after a very nice trip to Florida. On the plane, I was thinking more broadly about the SEO industry and how quickly demand is going to outstrip supply (note the high nu...

Monday Morning SEO Quarterback

There's a lot in the SEO blogosphere worthy of reading today, and although I'm not usually one to post a roundup, it feels appropriate so, without further ado: Aaron's going crazy, posting like a madman this morning/afternoon on topics from political blog link-baiting to ...

Fortune Interactive & SEM Logic

I'm fascinated by this SEM Logic software. It sounds like something we've been trying to get working for months: Research from the fields of Information ...

State of the Blogosphere

I've got one, you've probably got one, and so does nearly everyone we know. Blogs have been the "next big thing" for just about the last three years. Not surprisingly, the darling child of the 'new media' is still growing fast, and, according to info collected b...