See Part 1 and Part 2: What most applicants are lacking and Part 3: Rocking The Interview. The last question I asked our panel of SEO experts was "What is your best interview story Good, bad or funny?" Four of the five SEO experts told experiences of things that you should not do in an .

There seems to be some confusion when people talk about SEO strategies that could lead to problems for your own efforts'and your clients. What's interesting is this confusion seems to be created and sustained not by people who don't know what they are talking about, but the very people who should know what they are .

In addition to recently winning the Crunchie for Best New Startup of 2011, a new study by shareaholic is now indicating that Pinterest is driving more referral traffic than Google Plus, LinkedIn, and YouTube combined. The study, which examined aggregated data for over 200,000 web publishers with a reach of over 260 million unique monthly .

You can't get far online right now without coming across an article about Pinterest, the hot new visual bookmarking tool. Pinterest's growth is explosive, and content creators and "brands" are scrambling to figure out how to "leverage this channel" )hate the buzzwords(. Most advice focuses on creating a presence on Pinterest and pinning your own .

Although seven technology giants from Silicon Valley requested the district court dismiss a lawsuit that alleges anti-poaching deals, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh stated yesterday that the companies must defend themselves from the plaintiffs' complaints. The seven companies, Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Intuit, Lucasfilm, and Pixar, allegedly entered an illegal agreement to not recruit .

As someone that has been to several BlueGlass events I have to say that the experience is extremely rewarding on many levels. The size of the conference gives you the ability to hang out with a small group of people for long periods of time. You not only get a chance to get to know .

This is part one of three in a geeky Google Analytics version 5 series to help you get accustomed to the new Google Analytics and use the new neat reporting features to impress your clients and bosses. In the next article, I will share my top 6 new features in Google Analytics version 5. And .

Zendesk, the cloud-based help desk technology behind Groupon and Zappos, announced today its availability in the Google Chrome Web Store. Zendesk has two offerings on the Google Chrome Web Store. The first is the Zendesk Activity Stream that displays recent customer service activity on the computer desktop when new inquiries come in. Agents never have .

Well, Flowtown made a fantastic one and we want to share it with you. Now obviously many of us do not need this cheat sheet, but there are plenty of people that do! Like clients and parents. I have emailed this to many this morning. I also like the representation of audience sizes for clients. .

As early as tomorrow, Facebook is expected to file paperwork for an initial public offering )IPO(. The social media giant is reportedly hoping to raise $10 billion on a valuation of $100 billion. According to many experts, Facebook's revenue, which eMarketer estimates was approximately $4.4 billion last year, is not high enough to warrant a .

Twitter announced changes in its privacy policies, which immediately raised concerns for freedom activists in addition to writers and reporters in other lands, who feel their ability to share stories, some that may be seen as 'controversial' by respective governments and authority figures, will be limited. The reaction comes at a sensitive time for most .

You did it! You got an interview at the SEO agency of your dreams! Since you've started reading this series you now know the main things they are looking for in a SEO , you've mastered the SEO skills that most are lacking, and now you just need to nail the interview. A big fear .

When asked about this acquisition Chris Winfield said, "I have known and worked with the team at Voltier for about 4 years )that's actually 28 in Internet time!( and I have always been so impressed by what they come up with. They are some of the most creative and inventive people I have ever known. .

When Google+ first hit the scene this past summer, I couldn't help but think about how the fledgling social network could eventually be monetized by Google. I do a lot of SEM work and know how powerful Google's AdWords platform is, as well as how much revenue it generates for Google. The AdWords platform generates .

While factors like local relevance, link building and trust seem to get all the attention these days, there are some ranking factors that you need to learn how to use effectively if you want to become a top-notch SEO. The following ranking factors have proven to be equally important to the other factors. In fact, .

I have heard so many crazy things about Klout and I am seeing the same myths repeated over and over again. So, I asked some of the leaders in our industry some questions related to the Klout myths I see often. I highly suggest that those that are doing SEO, social media and also those .

In a blog post late last week, Twitter announced plans to begin censoring users' tweets within certain countries. The censorship policy, which the company has stated is reactive only, will not filter tweets before they appear on Twitter. Instead, after Twitter receives what they view as a valid and applicable legal request concerning a specific .

The following video was done by Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz. He has some fantastic tips on how you can help the boring pages of your site rank better.

There is a common misconception about the return on investment )ROI( via social media. For reasons most of us do not understand, Social Media has been classified primarily as a marketing tool by many. Because of this misconception at the foundation of a social media strategy, calculating actual ROI can be a circuitous and inexact .

The following infographic is by Dan Zarrella of HubSpot. This IG a lot of great recommendations if you are looking to increase your clicks on Twitter. I especially liked the suggestions on using words correctly and the use of action words. I guess I will be tweeting more on the weekends too. To find out .