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SEO vs. Conversion Debate Shouldn't Exist
Michael Nguyen, whose Social Patterns blog often has cool stuff, wrote an entry last week that made me wonder about som continuing myths in SEO: Before optimization a site is converting about ...
Quest for budget SEO package (part 5): link building
Both Michael and Rand have recently blogged about basic level link building and visibility and I’m about to chime in. Below are my top 5 tips to make link building process cost and resource efficient if you are a SEO services provider ...
Re-designing SEOmoz
The re-design of SEOmoz has proven itself to be a very difficult and time consuming task, as you can see I'm still working on the header. Rand suggested I write a blog entry so you can all see how things are coming along and share in my turmoil. :) Some of the designs turned out okay, others are just plain horrible. I've found my best work comes by accident, so I often just ...
Welcome to our Newest SEOmoz Blogger - Michael Martinez
I want to extend a warm welcome to Michael Martinez, who's agreed to join SEOmoz's blog team at my request. I know. I know. Michael's not your typical personality ...
egoSurf - Scraping Like Mad
Via SEW (via Phil Bradley) - it's egoSurf, where you can use their numerical algorithm...
Brief Contest Update
The v7n...etc. contest is in full swing, with Google and Yahoo! reporting respectable numbers of results in 5 figures. Sadly, the linkdomain searches to the new domains that are ranking aren't quite accurate (I hope). Either that or domain names really do carry a lot of weight in helping to rank. Note some of the leaders: www.watching-paint-dry.com/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem ...
AJAX Powered IP to Location Lookup
In the midst of re-designing SEOmoz I decided I really needed a change of pace. I've only lightly used AJAX, so I decided to build an AJAX powered tool that looks up the geographic location of an IP address. It seemed simple enough to build and I figured it'd ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US
Dr. King is, to me, one of the greatest heroes of the modern era. Every year I find myself wishing I could do more to honor his memory and this year, there's a few sites on the web that are doing a great job: Reme...
Updating a Logo
I noticed a highly linked-to post on Fizbang web design that covered how to re-touch and update a logo. Interestingly enough, Matt just re-made the logo for SEOmoz (for our new business cards and new website - on its way). Check out a walkthrough: ...
Mike Grehan Responds to Criticism of ClickZ Column
Remember early this week when I made a complete ass of myself by making personal accusations about Mike Grehan (instead of staying professional and on-topic). Well, ...