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BusinessWeek: SEO Can Help Revenues...
Although the obviousness of this article is killing me, it's a decent look at the results of a successful SEO campaign. Sadly, the naming of SEO related articles is still completely tragic - How SEO Upped the Revenues: That's when I deci...
New Ways to Monetize the SERPs
For a very long time (at least in web years), CPC advertising has been the only model for search engines seeking to monetize their search results. While the effectiveness and profitability of these ads can hardly be disputed, it's also obvious from statements like Google's famous "20% of all queries each month are completely unique)" and Ask's "80% of our users' searches show any ad...
The Project: Page Rank Update
Note: If you are unaware of The Project topic, please read the previous parts The Project: pt1 , pt2, pt3I usually have a pretty good hunch of future PR updates, and it was accurate...
A Visit to GooglePlex Irvine
A big thanks to Zachary Applegate from Plumber Surplus for contributing this blog on the subject of his team's recent visit to Google's Irvine complex. Hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I have: While our small team from PlumberSurplus.com was excited to be able to go to the Google open house in their new Irvine California office, we were u...
The Next Web: Amsterdam 2.0
It's been several months since we launched the 2006 Web 2.0 Awards, but the buzz is still going strong. Later tonight I'm meeting with one of the companies we reviewed. Then, next Wednesday I'm off to Amsterdam for The Next Web Conference, where speakers including Kevin Kelley (of Wired Magazine), Michael Arrington (of TechCrunch), and Kevin Rose (of Digg) will address the way Web 2.0 is changing the way people use the internet.Level Up Your SEO Skills With Our Free Training
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Keyword Difficulty Tool Upgrade
Matt's been hard at work this week, upgrading SEOmoz's KW Difficulty Tool. It's now faster, more accurate and comes with spiffier graphics. In honor, I thought it would be valuable to write a post on how to read this data: ...
Farecast - An Evolution in Travel Pricing Prediction
I've been using the private beta of Farecast for a couple months now and I've really enjoyed it. With the launch of their public beta release today, everyone (in Seattle & Boston at least) can take advantage of the high quality data mining and spiffy GUI that the Farecast team has put together. ...
Discussion on Persuasion Architecture at Cre8asite
Reading through the the thread - Persuasion Architecture and the Art of Agreement for Website Success - is inspiring. Although the discussion starts with a short review (by Kim) of the Eisenberg brothers' new book, it evolves into a stirring debate and exploration of how websites can influence user actions. From the t...
My first true grey SEO technique...
Ok... Here's my first grey technique that I attempted last week for one of our site (not to hard to guess which one). Our company was confronted with the following elements: -Dire need to start growing our community on a young domain and newly started blog-Virtually no money to spend on it, only precious planned time from actual employees-No knowledge of any kind for viral m...
Compelling Blogs I've Stumbled On Lately
In case you're seeking some inspiration for writing on your own blog or in need of strong examples to point your executive team/marketing director/non-believer business partner to, I thought I'd share a few favorite blogs (outside the webdev/SEO sphere). I've just gone ahead and listed the titles, along with an excerpt: WaiterRant.net...