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Yes, Virginia, Design can be Link Bait, too

I've struggled for a while trying to find this URL, that I was sure I emailed myself and sure enough, there it was, right in the email, getting overlooked the last 50 times I searched for it. But, my own tagging problems aside, this site, ...

SEO Gurus - A Decidely Dodgy Bunch

Jill Whalen's linking to a good post on her (new?) blog through her signature at HighRankings. I like what she's got to say: Often, when they get their answer, they write back with something like, “But, so-and-so SEO guru wrote this article here at [insert stupid SEO site that prints ...

Beginner's Guide Finally Finished

For the last 4 weeks, I've been toiling away in my non-existant free time on a Beginner's Guide to SEO. My goal was to have a comprehensive document that I could reference to the many newcomers I engage through email, forums and in person. The final product is something I'm already proud of, though I hope to get even more feedback and improve it over time. I...

Good Retrospective from Jim Boykin

Jim (of WeBuildPages) was interviewed by Aaron Pratt of SEO Buzzbox (a site I hadn't heard about until today). In it, he talks about the last few years of running an SEO company, getting called out for being "evil" by Matt Cutts and touches on how he's gotten "whiter" with the times. It's a ...

Nick's 80/20 Rule & Your Thoughts on SEOmoz

I've been trying to find something "relevant" to point to a Performancing, Nick Wilson & Patrick Gavin's new foray into the blog publishing sphere and ran into this - The 80/20 Rule of Focus. From Nick: The problem in brief is that some, and by my reckoning, many, blogger...

Don't Like a Result in the SERPs? Hijack It!

At SEW, rumbinder is asking what can be done about an SEC investigation page that pops up whenever folks search for his company. The first piece of advice comes from seomike, who shows rumbinder the 302-hijacking trick and recommends its use to "take down" the SEC page. ...

Cyber Monday

The media's got a name for the "biggest online shopping day of the year", the Monday following "Black Friday" and Thanksgiving in the US. Our two (holiday benefitting) e-commerce sites actually saw higher sales yesterday and today, but I guess we're outside the mainstream. A good article on the subject comes from the IHT - ...

Oilman Wants Your Sandboxed Sites

Todd Friesen, who lives here in Washington (though I never see him since he's nowhere near Seattle), is inviting folks with Sandboxed sites to email him. All of ours are currently out (probably because we haven't taken on a new customer in more than a year), but I wish I had some to send him. I know Bill's SEO by...

SEO Myths - A List and Discussion

Bill Slawski starts an SEO Myths thread at Cre8asite that's a true gem. I've excerpted some of my favorite myths he's covered, but it's the evidence and explanations that contain the meat of this post, so take a visit: MYTHS of SEO: SEO copywriting means writing strong copy, then inserting keywords wit...

SEOmoz and Wired Magazine

As several of my close associates know, SEOmoz was to be featured in the January issue of Wired Magazine (which hits newsstands around Dec. 19). In October, Brad St...

BOTW Blog Directory

I was going to write about this, but Andy beat me to it. BOTW directory (note: they do advertise with SEOmoz) has launched a "free" inclusion blog directory for sites that qualify. Andy thinks it looks good and I agree: As opposed to many directories out there, ...

E-Commerce Done Right at Design Public

I visited Design Public, an online furniture & gift store, on a whim last night. Low and behold, I've discovered that their online presence is doing literally everything right... Well written Title Ta...