Today I'm going to sappify (yes, I just made up a word. Deal with it!) this blog. Why? Well, first of all I'm currently the only female SEOmoz blogger, and even though I tend to fall more on the tomboy side, I can still girly it up a bit from time to time. Secondly, work has been going really well for me lately, which caused me to reflect on exactly why I'm so happy with how things are going. Beho...
Fresh from the succes (and criticism) of our poll from Monday, I've switched providers, created a new poll and am proud to let you help choose the content you'd most like to see from SEOmoz in the near future. You tell us where to concentrate our efforts and we'll deliver: Feel free to fill in your own ideas in the comments....
Our first poll! We're seeking to get a better understanding of you - our audience. Mostly so we can bombard with horrible pop-up ads... Oh wait, you've all got blockers installed - scratch that. We're actually doing it so we know more about you and can better target our content. Hint - if you run a blog or site with some popularity in any space, getting the skinny on your demographics is a terr...
SEOmoz is hiring! Check out the post on Craigslist: Do You Use Your Powers for Good... Or for Awesome? I debated posting this job on the blog, but it wouldn't fit with our open culture to keep it private, and folks already in the search marketing sphere could make excellent candida...
The story as it stands so far... One of the things I've done in the past couple of years is to scrape the search engines for content. Once I get that content, I sometimes tweak it, but invariably it ends up on my network of sites to feed the search engines more of what they're looking for. (Ok, maybe that's a stretch but they DO crawl and index my sites :)) Occasiona...
Sadly, this week marked the 3rd time we've been threatened with legal suit over content in the blog. However, it was the first time that the post in question was created by a guest blogger, rather than someone from SEOmoz. To help with this situation and to prevent problems in the future, I thought some public guidelines and a full acounting was in order. This specific incident occured ...
No one is exempt from bad days - days when the weight of the world is on your shoulders and you question the decisions you've made. There's a feeling I get in my chest sometimes, like my heart is pounding a bit too hard, and a mix of discomfort and sadness are pulling the strings. The source is almost always the same - regret. A friend of mine once told me that the only thing that could...
Jeff Pollard, SEOmoz's newest employee and a fantastically talented web developer hasn't had a formal welcome yet on the blog - until now. Jeff will be helping us scrape, spam, hack and reverse engineer... uhhh, I mean build high quality, functional, usable websites and some new tools. He also adds to the number of bearded employees at SEOmoz, which is always a positive...
SEOmoz and Kat Ortland, who's been with us nearly a year, are parting ways today - Kat's off to pursue bigger and bolder ventures in the world of journalism and we wish her well. Her work with us, particularly on the Web2.0 Awards project helped to make her a star and we're looking forward to seeing great things from her career in the future. ...
So you're familiar with the US laws and think that you're safe because you're not breaking them? It's time to rethink that notion because of a treaty that the US signed up for. From the ArsTechnica article: According to the EFF, "The treaty requires th...
After a week of being online less than an hour a day, there's a lot of news worthy of coverage around the industry. Let's take it from the top: I get lots of questions asking - "how do I know if my site is news-worthy or link-worthy." The Time.com List of 50 Coolest Websites is a great place to get ide...
I'm back in Seattle and overwhelmed with email, new contacts and the need to post. But, while I collect my thoughts, I've asked Mystery Guest (yes, that Mystery Guest) to author a post on the subject of how and a viral campaign saved the TV program Veronica Mars. Rand, sadly, is overestimating how technical and ...
Everyone who's seen this short Flash video has been quoting pieces to me non-stop. I figured it was worth spreading the virus: The video is courtesy of...
Just a quick update folks - I've created a media="print" CSS file that creates printer friendly versions of all SEOmoz's pages. You should now be able to print out the stuff on our site without any major graphical issues. Printed pages won't look perfect (there's a lot of spacing issues), but it's still a huge improvement. I removed the header, footer, logo, and secondary navigation. I a...