Digital PR
Are People Loving Google+ or Hating It?
Quick - who am I describing with these sentiments? great, awesome, interesting, cool, better than Facebook, annoying, boring, and stupid...You got it (and of course the title of the post probbbbably gave it away) - Google Plus (aka Google+ aka Google plus 1 aka the Facebook Killer aka that new Google social thing).
How Much Does Google Make?
Google made $58.8 Billion in revenues in 2013. This post is based on Google's 2010 revenues of $29.3 Billion, and it attempts to illustrate just how much money that is.
Agency vs In-House vs Freelance SEO: The Endless Debate (starring Mr. Men)
So you want a career in SEO? Or maybe you already have an SEO role and it's time for a change. Well, I've been doing SEO for five years now and I can safely say that I've endured the pros and cons of almost every type of SEO career situation. So let me give you some insight on the good, bad, and ugly for all of them. ...
Why Clients Have the Same Issues/Questions - It's Not About SEO... But About the People!
I really enjoyed the recent Whiteboard Friday about Top 5 SEO Questions from SEOmoz customers and I was surprised by mainly two things: 1. Most of the questions were basic
The Question About The Reputation Of The SEO Industry
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Inbound Marketing Attracts Millions from Google, Salesforce and Sequoia
Today, Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Salesforce.com made a massive investment - $32 million - into Hubspot, the company at the forefront of the Inbound Marketing movement. Hubspot's had impressive growth, reaching more than 4,000 customers in their 4 years on the market. The founders, Brian + Dharmesh, authored an ...
Thumbs Up: Help Raise Money for New Zealand
Today we're taking a different angle than we normally do on the blog. As you know, recently New Zealand and specifically Christchurch was seriously affected by an earthquake on February 22nd. After Rand sent out an email last week for those chosen to participate in the 2011 Ranking Factor. our friend Kalena Jordan from Search Engine College resp...
The Next Generation of Ranking Signals
Every 3-4 years, there's a big shift or addition to the key metrics Google (and, to a lesser extent MSN/Bing and Yahoo!) uses to order competitive search results. 1996-1999: On-page keyword usage + meta data 1999 - 2002: PageRank + On-page 2002 - 2005: Anchor text + Domain name + PageRank + On-Page 2005 - 200...
The Bing Sting Facts: Why Bing Isn't Copying Google
For anyone who hasn't been following this week/last week's whole Google and Bing copying and not copying saga, let me fill you in. Google noticed late last year that Bing were showing the same result as Google for a misspelled query (torsorophy which should have been spelt, tarsorrhaphy). But Bing showed no spelling correction in their result. The news was broken via Danny Sullivan in another great investigative journalistic pieces.
Summary of the #FutureSearch Talk with Google, Bing & Blekko
Wow. Today has been interesting - I woke up to the news that Bing copies Google search results and I've ended my day watching a live cast debate between Google, Bing and Blekko over on BigThink.This post wraps up some of my thoug...