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My Departure from SEOmoz

As Rand mentioned in his recent post: Big Changes at SEOmoz, I'm leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. It's been nearly 4 and a half years, which is a millennium in tech-industry time, and I feel that SEOmoz is at a point where I'm comfortable leaving. Previously, I was the only developer, designer, and systems administrator and our entire infrastructure depended on me. With Jeff, and more recently Mel, I can now leave knowing that SEOmoz is in good hands.

The Varied Delights of Moderating YOUmoz

One of the daily tasks that either myself or Rebecca take care of is moderating YOUmoz submissions. Everyone who has ever submitted a YOUmoz entry will know the process: you compose your piece, hit submit, and wait around for an SEOmoz staff member to publish it. If a piece is original (that is, it doesn't show up in Google when we search for a snippet of its text), is coherent, on-topic and gener...

Big Changes Afoot at SEOmoz

This is a tough post to write. Not because I'm not excited and not because the news I want to share isn't positive, but simply because I feel like I've been keeping something from you for the past few weeks, and I hate doing that. Of course, it's nowhere near as tough as hiding my Super Bowl engagement from Mystery Guest...

Whiteboard Friday - State of the Industry

Scott's somewhere in eastern Europe right now, so that means I'm fully at the helm of this week's Whiteboard Friday. In a break from the usual fare, this week Rand takes a step back and examines the search industry as a whole. He looks at how its made up, who does what & what questions you should ask yourself to see where you fit in. ...

Make Your Millions with Facebook Applications

Rand, how on earth do you expect me to complete any solid keyword research when you assign me a task that involves Facebook? Luckily, you asked me to review the most successful (and most useful, as they're not necessarily the same thing) Facebook applications. I'm one of those people who have shied away from adding applications to my Facebook account because I remember when Facebook was like a ren...

Get Creative With Your 404 Error Pages

One of the recommendations we often make to our clients is to ensure proper structure of 404 pages. We generally urge that at least one or more of the following be included on a site's 404 page:

Just When You Think Search Misconceptions Can't Get Any Worse...

A while back I talked about the frustrations of explaining my line of work to my relatives, but I'm starting to think that maybe ignorance truly is bliss. I recently heard two examples of non-search people's perceptions about how the search engines work, and it is frustrating to think that some people believe that this is actually how the search industry operates.

A Half Dozen Viral Campaign Launching Tactics to Try When Digg's Homepage Rejects You

I find myself in Montreal, Quebec this week, spending time with my old friend, Guillaume Bouchard of NVI and some new friends frmo an organization called Alliance numériQC (French only, sorry Anglophones). Guillaume and I got to chatting over dinner about the new version of Digg and the more prominent version of the social li...

The SEOmoz Premium Member Discount Store is Now Open for Business

We're officially announcing our newest benefit to Premium Members: the SEOmoz Premium Member Discount Store (note that only Premium Members will be able to access the page). We've partnered with several SEO and SEM companies to provide Premium Members with discounts and deals on various products and services (here's where I channel my i...

Are You a Newbie, a Novice, a Master or a Dark Lord of SEO - Take our Quiz & Find Out

So, you think you know your SEO inside and out, eh? Well, now's your chance to show your stuff. SEOmoz is proud to announce the SEO Expert Quiz. 75 action-packed questions designed to test your mettle, covering all corners of the SEO universe from beginner knowledge to sneaky tricks only true Dark Lords of the SERPs will know. Once completed, you'll have the chan...

The Analytics Project is Complete - Tons of Cool Data & an Interview with Eric Enge

Way back in November of last year, I suggested a linkbait idea to the wide community on a comparison of the major analytics vendors. Despite an incredible amount of work and effort required to put it together, Eric Enge of Stone Temple Consulting prevailed and produced the incredibly valuable, must read research report...

Mentally Check Out with the SES San Jose Comic Strip

Now that I've got about a week's worth of antibiotics pumping through my system (only one more week to go!), I was able to focus my valuable SEO skills on creating a litany of stupid speech bubbles and images of Dave Naylor saying "fookin." I think I may be underpaid. Anyway, thanks for being patient while my body became a culture of snot and goo. Here's the ...