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Whiteboard Friday - How SEOs Know SEO

So what's the trick? How do these folks who run around calling themselves SEOs actually know SEO? Do they just make it up? Is there a class you take somewhere? This week Rand looks at exactly this question: where do these guys (and gals) learn the stuff they know and how do they stay on top of the ever-changing search landscape to make sure they're putting forth best pra...

SEOmoz 2009 Search Spam PubCon Party

This post really doesn't need much of an introduction, so I'll get right down to it. Pubcon is coming! Pubcon is cooommiiinnnnggggg! It seems like the whole industry might just shut down for a week while we take over Las Vegas (I hope they're ready for us). This would probably be a great time for spammers to come in and take over our SERPs since we'll be busy in sessions, going to parties, meeting...

Web Analytics and Segmentation for Better Conversion Optimization

I noticed some months ago that SEOMOZ was having more and more web analytics/conversion rate related post, so I decided to give it a shot and talk about segmenting your traffic data in order to have a better understanding of your traffic. For this post I only use the Advanced Segments Tool from Google Analytics. Segmenting by location:I used to work fo...

Whiteboard Friday - Future-Proofing Your SEO

When individuals or companies are new to SEO they often wonder if SEO is a one-time thing, or if it's an ongoing process. In order to stay on top of your game, you need to keep an eye on your rankings over time and adjust accordingly; but there is a lot of core SEO strategy that doesn't change much and paying attention to these fundamentals (along with a little upkeep) can go a long way towa...

Third-Party Affiliate Programs: Roll Your Own Instead

One of the best ways to build inbound links is to create an affiliate program. It's also a great way to drive real customer traffic from related sites. But...don't just sign up for one of the big third-party affiliate programs--you'll get the customers, but you'll be throwing away a terrific opportunity to get great inbound links. ...

7 Tips for Surviving PubCon

SEO conferences can be amazing opportunities for education and networking, but to get the most out of them, you have to survive until the end. If your average SEO conference is an endurance event, then PubCon is the Iron Man – 3 full days of sessions, followed by sponsored parties, followed by being dragged around Vegas by crazy people, topped off by a full afternoon of even more drinking (j...

Getting the Best From On-Site Search on your Website

Improving on-site search functionality can benefit a site by contributing to a better user experience, and by reducing the barriers for users to reach their destination pages. In this post, I'd like to suggest some different techniques you can implement to get more benefit from your site search.

The New Era of Inbound Marketing

Selling is hard work. It sucks time and energy from both seller and buyer. Both engage begrudgingly in the act to fulfill a need. If you've been reading SEOmoz for a while, you can probably feel my personal allergy to "sales" as a process and to "selling," even when that's what I'm supposed to do. It causes discomfort to be on the pushing or receiving side of sales and over ...

Whiteboard Friday - Tips, Tricks & Tactics Preview: Seth Besmertnik on Winning SEO Budget

Rand's in Jolly Ol' England this week, so I decided to share a preview from our upcoming DVD Training Series, "Tips, Tricks & Tactics: Volume 1," coming out in November. We filmed this series during our recent seminar in Seattle and the response was amazing. O...

This Week in Search: Triple Roundup for 10/1/09 to 10/21/09

The 1st half of October saw its fair share of search news, announcements, & blogger-mama drama. And from Twitter search to Google Analytics' new roll out, there were plenty of headlines beyond the back-and-forth between Derek Powazek & Danny Sullivan.

Explaining (Some of) Google's Algorithm with Pretty Charts & Math Stuff

Our web index, Linkscape, updated again recently, and in addition to provide the traditional stats, we thought we'd share some of the cutting edge research work we do here. Below, you'll find a post which requires extremely close and careful reading. Correlation data doesn't have all the answers, but it's certainly very interesting. Likewise, the ra...

Conference Recap: ExactTarget Connections '09

We don't talk about email marketing on the blog much, but any of you working in the internet marketing space (and that's likely all of you) probably know that it's still one of the most effective marketing channels out there. We've been fortunate enough over the years to partner with ExactTarget for our email marketing services and ...