Digital PR
In the Summertime, When the Weather is Hot...
The lazy days of summer crawl in North America & Europe, creating a bevvy of webmasters who fret and furrow their brows, wondering where the traffic has gone. This "summer slump" is an observable phenomenon every year in industries of all types as workers in t...
Black Hats Hiring
There's an opening for a "Black Hat" position with a company in Toronto, ON. It looks like they're desperate, as they've opened the position to candidates worldwide. Incubator has opened a thread at SEW on the subject and is requesting e-mails go to waynec_at_yellowmediainc.com. I'm not sure if an...
Breaking an SEO Contract
Invitationsgirl at SEOChat asks - Can I get out of my SEO Contract? There's quite a bit of good advice about contracts in general and SEO specifically in this thread, but mostly what we're seeing here is the forums serving as a business refuge and tool. There's several individuals in the thread who are p...
An SEO Dream Job
While many in SEO, myself included, pride themselves on being independent contractors or owners of small firms (in my case), there are others who are seeking that prestigious, well paying position in the Internet industry that will provide security, challenges and a fun work environment. ...
SEO's Grim Reaper
Threadwatch has a terrific (though poorly titled) thread (hats my arse) today on the demise of SEO. There are intelligent opinions from both sides, primarily in the comments on Nick's somewhat over-the-top post - a response to a ...
Wall Street Journal Covers SEO
Sifish pointed me to an article at the Wall Street Journal's Startup Journal by Sarah Needleman - Three Myths on Boosting Search-Engine Rankings. It a fairly primitive stab at explaining how the industry operates, and once again it pushes the pervasive view that most search engine optimization comp...
A Legal Guide for Bloggers
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created a Legal Guide for Bloggers that walks us through the important issues of having a online journal of events. It notes what opinions are legal to publish, what can get you sued an...
Wikipedia Editors Discuss SEO
Wikipedia has some fascinating reading on the topic of SEO, not in the body of their article on SEO, but rather in the discussion secti...
Amazon.com SEO Job Opening
If you're in Seattle and want to work for the biggest e-tailer around, Amazon.com is hiring right now for a "Manager, Search Engine Optimization". The required qualifications are actually somewh...
The SEO/SEM's Industries Growing Pains
Nacho at SEW Forums has posted a thread entitled "SEM Industry Biggest Growing Pains". In it, you'll find some of the best responses to any thread at any SEO forum in the last several week...