Posted by randfish The web marketing community, and specifically many folks in the search field have recently been engaging in lots of conversations about the industry's nomenclature . I think these discussions are excellent to have and I'm glad we're openly communicating with one another on the topic. If there's to be a shift or a progression in how online marketers focused on non-paid channels describe themselves and their work,

Posted by NiftyMarketing This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. I am slightly shocked and simply amused that the recent Google Venice Update has largely flown under the radar. The Inside Search Blog published a list of 40 some-odd changes to the algorithm for February,

Posted by willcritchlow We recently gathered up a list of all the link building tools and resources we turn to daily across the company at Distilled. In the "TAGFEE" spirit of generosity, we thought it might be useful to others and we thought we'd share it here. Link building is on our minds a lot of the time anyway, but even more so at this time of year in the run up to our Linklove link building conferences in London and Boston )it's in less than a month and yes,

Posted by Ray Grieselhuber This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. A couple of months ago, I came across Danny Dover's excellent Web Developer's Cheatsheet for SEO .

Posted by randfish In this week's Whiteboard Friday, we will be talking about the inbound marketing funnel. All too often basic web analytics can mislead marketers which can lead to investing in the wrong channels. Understanding what content drives people to your site and when will allow you to make much more informed decisions on where to invest your money. Thanks for joining us and don't forget to leave your comments below. Enjoy!

Posted by aleyda This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. Domain migrations are one of those activities that even if in the long-term can represent a benefit for an SEO process - especially if the new domain is more relevant,

Posted by Dr. Pete Dear New SEOs, First off, let me congratulate you. Whether by luck or good planning, youve entered the field at a time when business is booming and just about every decent company I know of is looking for talent. So, you may be wondering why arent they hiring you ? Maybe being a dad has gone to my head )Im sure of it, actually(, but Im here to give you some tough love Do First,

Posted by Eric Enge This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. Content marketing is an increasingly hot topic these days. More and more people are starting to realize the potent role that high quality content plays in creating visibility for your brand on the Internet.

Posted by neilpatel This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. Blogging is a lot like fishing. Some people do it all the time and never catch anythingwhile others catch everything. Why is that? You know better than to say it is luck.

Posted by Julianne Staino Content is King! Ah, the wonderfully overused statement that makes me want to throw my monitor at the wall and then hang my head in shame because its actually true. I feel like I can safely assume that we can all agree on the increasing importance of awesome content. Recently, it seems like everyone is championing for companies to evolve the way in which they approach creating content. )Ie. Coca-Colas 2020 content strategy .

Posted by ericpratum This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. Recently, Susan G. Komen pulled some funding for Planned Parenthood, and the internet exploded in disgust.

Posted by randfish Guest blogging can be a great way to help build up your brand, earn recognition, and even get some great links back to your site. When guest blogging it's important to study your audience so that you can produce the best content possible. Exceptional content is often heavily shared and that has huge potential value for your site. In this week's Whiteboard Friday, we'll be covering a few guest blogging strategies that you can start using today.

Posted by Eugen Oprea This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. Do you know what is the most common question that I get every day on social media, forums or email? "How to get insights about my Google Analytics data?" People approach me saying that they have a Google Analytics account for years,

Posted by Daniel Butler This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. Bing recently announced some pretty cool new features within their Webmaster Tools, so in this blog post we are going to delve a little deeper to see exactly what these tools are capable of.

Posted by KeriMorgret One of my guilty pleasures is looking through the search query reports)SQR( of an AdWords campaign for the cringe-worthy search queries that led to someone clicking on a PPC ad. Really Google? You felt that goat transportation cost was related to my keyword of freight costs ? Or that a babe cam search should show my ad for digital camera ? Sadly, these matches and worse can happen if you lack proper negative keywords.

Posted by randfish After some wrestling with Amazon's EC2 and the tragic loss of many hard disks therein, we've finally finished processing and have released the latest Linkscape update )previously scheduled for Feb. 14(. This new index is, once again, quite large in comparison to our prior indices, and contains a mix of crawl data going back to the end of last year. In fact, this is technically our largest index ever! Here are the latest stats: 65,997,728,

Posted by wilreynolds This past week I gave the keynote presentation at Searchfest in Portland and I hit on a few themes that seemed to resonate with the audience, and with Rand. So I wanted to share them here. Its what I have been passionate about trumpeting for some time now. And its that the "Good Guys" of SEO, the people who do the things like building great content and community are being made into two faced liars every day by Google.

Posted by chriswinfield This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. I love Ben Affleck's first scene in the movie "Boiler Room." I always felt that the quote above perfectly relates to companies and press coverage.

Posted by Modesto Siotos This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. Site migrations occur now and again for a various reasons but arguably are one of those areas many SEOs and site owners alike do not feel very comfortable with. Typically,

Posted by Slingshot SEO This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. When I hear the word, cookies, I generally think of warm, gooey homemade chocolate chip cookies. But when it comes to passing the Google Analytics Individual Qualification )GAIQ( test, I had to put my cravings for Mrs.