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Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and Google's Rankings are Remarkably Well Correlated
Last week at our annual mozinar, Ben Hendrickson gave a talk on a unique methodology for improving SEO. The reception was overwhelming - I've never been part of a professional event where thunderous applause broke out not once but multiple times during Ben's remarks. ...
Two Quick, Simple Social Media Tips
Today, I want to share two pieces of advice that are particularly useful to certain types of business - and will be exceptionally quick to implement. I've also created a free download that might help some people implement one of these ideas even more quickly.
LDA - Is On-Page Optimization the SEO Secret? - Hold for Review!
How do I recap the SEOmoz PRO Seminar session on Uncovering a Hidden Technique for SEO? The title is so attractive that it produces Pavlonian symptoms as we salivate at the thought of uncovering a hidden SEO treasure. ...
A New Day, A New SEOmoz
It's been a wild few weeks at the mozplex. Today wrapped up the amazing mozinar with our half-day tools training just in time to launch the new version of SEOmoz. Should we slow down this crazy pace? Nah. If you're feeling a sense of deja vu, don't worry; it's perfectly normal. We're the same old moz, but with a new look, faster loading pages and a surprising amount of new functionality....
Day 1 at the SEOmoz Training Raceway
I’m going to speed through the 2nd half of the 1st day at the SEOmoz Pro Training Race Track. Recall that 9 speakers raced through topics covering clicks to conversions.The following are highlights of the end of the race for Day ...
From Clicks to Conversions at the SEOmoz Training Raceway
Day 1 of SEOmoz Pro Training was like being at a race track. The course careened from clicks to conversions and from search results to landing pages. The audience watched 9 speakers drive their search marketing race cars at speeds faster than fingers can type. Given the finger-breaking speeds, it was fortunate all SEO fans were well fueled - beginning with a he...
E-Commerce SEO: Making Product Pages into Great Content
In this week's Whiteboard Friday, Rand Fishkin explains how to turn boring product pages into conversion-worthy product selling machines. These tips are topical (with the holiday season coming up), useful and in most cases, reletively easy to implement. ...
Dear Google: Big Brands Aren't Enough
Google's recent brand update means that a large brand can completely dominate the top 10 with a single website. Is that what searchers really want?
Segmenting Important Data through Advanced Segments
This post is in conjunction with the recent post made by Rand: A Powerful Analytics Tip Every Website Should Employ. Now going one step further, would you be interested in segmenting your traffic data like th...
5 Actionable Takeaways from SES San Francisco 2010
Last week I covered SES San Francisco for SEOmoz. Every time I attend a conference, I try to attend sessions that will have information I can bring back to the community. Sometimes I look for sessions that aim to answer questions we see a lot in Q & A or that I notice popping up in comments on the blog. Either way, my focus is usually to find information that will be helpful to the communit...