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Best Thing About Search Conferences

Every search conference is usually filled with sessions, keynotes, site reviews, clinics, etc. If you're not at the conference you can usually follow the blogs and Twitter to get your daily dose of conference fare. These help keep you up-to-date on the sessions and general goings on.

SES San Jose Day 2 - Overheard on Twitter

The second day of SES San Jose is wrapping up, so it must be time for the Twitter roundup! There were a number of debates, someone was found sleeping in the first row drooling and another person claimed that most people at the session were probably already following him on Twitter.

SES San Jose Day 1 - Overheard on Twitter

This week I'm at SES San Jose covering the conference for SEOmoz. I'm a one woman show so I'm putting my multi-tasking skills to the test! Obviously I can't make it to every session, or cover every track. Plus there are many others live blogging the event. So, how can I make sure the SEOmoz community gains as much information as possible from this conference? Reuse other people's content, that's h...

4 Essential SEO Infographics

I've been doodling a lot lately (see, for example, the whiteboard illustrations I turned into a slide deck for a presentation this Wednesday) and thought it would be fun to share a set of infographics - some humorous, some serious - about the field of search engine optimization. If you're uninspired by these...

Whiteboard Friday - How to Get Re-Tweeted

Well, whadda ya know? Rand is talking about Twitter this week! Oft accused of under-utilizing his widely followed Twitter profile, Rand takes a moment this week to explain what you can do to increase the likelihood of getting yourself re-tweeted. As Twitter continues to grow and become an increasingly va...

SEO Guide: How to Properly Move Domains

Moving domains makes a tremendous impact on search engine rankings and usually leads to a temporary loss in traffic. But Why? This is because the major search engines use metrics on both the domain level and the page level to determine rankings. When a webmaster decides to switch to a brand new domain, they are resetting their domain metrics to zero whether they know it or not. Luckily, there are steps one can take to minimize the affects of this.

This Week in Search for 8/6/09

'This week in search' is a compilation of some of the most interesting, newsworthy, and useful stories in and around the world of search over the last 1-2 weeks.

Building SEO into the Development Process

Over the past few weeks we’ve been having some great conversations about how SEOs and developers view each other, how they can work together, and why they shouldn’t try to kill each other. Heh. The conclusion that we should all know at least a little about each other’s jobs and that working together (rather than against each other) is beneficial to everyone is fairly obvious. ...

Search Engine Optimization Secrets Book: I Want Your Input

Disclaimer: This post doesn’t include SEO advice or tactics. Instead it is a request for input on a book I am writing. If you are looking for actionable SEO content, please skip this post and read the other search related posts on our blog. About three months ago, I was fortunate enough to be contacted by Wiley Publishing and asked to write a book a...

10 Things You Must Check When You Re-launch Your Website

Re-launching a site is a crucial and often worrying time. There are many many things that can go wrong, and when they do go wrong the results are often spectacular.

New Mozbar: An SEO's Dream Come True

Well, it's this SEO's dream anyway. You see, my biggest frustration in life is lack of time. It limits the potential of any given hour or day. I sometimes think to myself - sure, I could be running an SEO analysis on this site... OR I could be sitting next to my wife on the couch, eating chocolate and watching Venture Broth...

How to Spam Blogs and Possibly Get Away With It

Ok, so you've all read about The Best Spam Submission Ever which was illustrated ever so eloquently (and if you haven't read it, please read it now... uhm well ok after you read this - it's awesomely funny!). As the post mentions, we sift through many YOUmoz entries every day determini...