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SEO Industry Survey Results Released

We've been working pretty hard on pulling together the numbers from the roughly 2700 responses to the SEO Industry Survey, graphing the results, and writing up some thoughts in an article on the SEO Industry Survey. Being the new guy at SEOmoz, the gang thought it would be a good idea for me to pull myself out ...

Reflections on the Industry: the Hot Tub, the Economy, and SEO

I was at my neighborhood hot tub last night enjoying a glass of wine and conversation with my husband when a stranger appeared. This is always an awkward moment. You don’t want to be rude and leave, but you also don’t want the stress of engaging in what will most certainly turn out to be meaningless conversation. That was not the case this evening…. Introductions...

Who's Tedster? If You're an SEO, You Should Know

He's arguably the most well-known poster at WebmasterWorld.com. He's cited by some of the most reputable SEO minds in the industry. He has likely influenced hundreds if not thousands of enterprising webmasters. Who is this veritable titan of SEO that I speak of? Why Tedster of course. I know, I know. Many of you are probably asking yourselves, "Who the heck is Ted...

Moz Community News

SEOmoz has one of the best communities around and I want to invite my fellow Moz members to get together at SMX. Besides that, I've also got some cool things to share with you about your fellow members here. The calendar already has SMX West marked (albeit for a single day?), but only a few people seem to be attending besides the moz staff. So he...

Take the SEO Industry Survey

We have previously mentioned a few times on our blog that we were working on an SEO survey, and I'm pleased to say that today we're ready to launch it. Behold, the SEO Industry Survey in all its green-hued glory! ...

Vanessa Fox is One Smart Cookie

Yesterday Sarah, Christine, and I went to Ignition (the VC company who gave us funding) to attend an SEO seminar taught by Vanessa Fox (who recently got scooped up by Ignition). The room was packed full of folks from various Seattle startups and tech companies, and after we all stuffed our faces with pizza and beverages, the learnin' began. Va...

Problems with Web Survey Design & An Example from the SEJournal Blog Awards

I love SearchEngineJournal's Annual Awards. I think it's terrific that even a small community like search marketing can have its own mini-version of the Oscars each year :) It's fun, it builds friendly competition and it inspires those of us who compete to work harder and earn our keep. Howev...

New Year's Resolutions for Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft

It's common for people to enter a new year with a resolution, but this year, I thought I'd try something entirely new (and probably overflowing with hubris) and assign New Year's resolutions to the big players in the search market. Thus, without further ado... Google should resolve to: Build more search demand with the money they've amassed. At 70-75% of market share,...

How Do You Role Your SEO?

Along with all the hot "technical" topics this year, like Universal Search and blended search in general, algo changes, social media, local and mobile search, and most recently Google's big crack down on paid text links, it also seems to have been a big year for background discussions... high on the list of topics over the last 12 months or so being employment. On one hand you h...

SEO Off-Page Experts – How Can You Pick a Genuine One?

If you’re expecting me to provide the answer to this, I’m very sorry but I can’t! It’s because I don’t have the answer I felt it would be a genuine topic for discussion. If only for my sake as choosing any reliable and talented partner in any industry is difficult enough but to find genuine partners in the SEO world, well according to web developer&rsqu...

Suggestions for SEOmoz (and Thanks for Listening )

Of recent I have seen some interesting posts and activity on the blogs and Youmoz posts, which kind of geared me into writing this post. But before you go any deeper, remember I claim right to the disclaimer and it applies to the below – the ideas, suggestions are mine, and not reflection of anyone else or complaints – simply observatio...

I Used to Respect Robert Scoble's Opinion...

Like many fans of the web, I've been a great admirer of Robert Scoble, noted technology blogger and former Microsoftee, since I first saw his work (probably around 2004). However, after watching this bizarre video on how Mahalo, Facebook & Techmeme are going to beat Google in search, I think I'll have a tough time respecting his opinions on future topics. Let me get this straight fo...