By: Rand Fishkin
Rand Wears Two Hats
Moz NewsCourtesy of Shoemoney, who I really enjoyed meeting in Toronto, it's Rand wearing both black and white hats! He's got a ...
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By: Rand Fishkin
Formal Introduction of SEOmoz's Speed Demon - Rebecca
Moz NewsShame on me for taking almost 2 months to post on the addition of Rebecca Kelley to our team at SEOmoz. Rebecca started out as an intern through the Univ. of WA and became totally indispensable. She's the kind of person who finishes a week's worth of work in 8 hours, and she isn't yet overwhelemed by multiple projects to manage, she's become our go-to resource for everything from c...
By: Rand Fishkin
Welcome to SEOmoz's Newest Blogger - Guillaume Bouchard
Moz NewsI'm proud to welcome Guillaume Bouchard to our blogging team at SEOmoz. Guillaume and I have communicated a few times over email, but after meeting him at the conference, I knew he was a guy who "gets it". In the search marketing field, Guillaume may be relatively unknown, but he's one of French-speaking Canada's foremost S...
By: GeoffreyF67
When Did Webmasters Lose Control of Their Content?
Moz News/rant on Ok. That's it. I've had enough. When, exactly, did webmasters lose control of their content and why is it that the search engines now get to define how we have to provide that content? I understand that the search engines would like to provide relevant content to users. But this holy war against paid links and any other issues ...
By: Rand Fishkin
Doing Away with Official Titles
Moz NewsI made the executive decision today that having titles like CEO, CTO, Project Manager, etc. really doesn't serve us well. It inaccurately describe the jobs that we do and creates executive level distinctions that aren't entirely functional in a small business environment. Thus, I'll be taking a cue from my girlfriend, who was hired at Cranium with the job title "Princess Leia Organiza...
By: Rand Fishkin
Quarterbacking Redux
Moz NewsAnother Monday-morning quarterback style post, so look away unless you're ready to click lots of links... Loren Baker is pointing us to Andy Beal's recollection of dinner with Mike Grehan on the subject of his ...
By: Rand Fishkin
Off-Topic - IRA Account Recommendations
Moz NewsI'm looking to contribute to an IRA account for the first time this year. Since tomorrow is the deadline for paying into these funds, I thought I'd seek the advice of other small business owners and self-employed folks. Who do you recommend opening an account with? Roth IRA vs. Traditional - good resources/articles on how to choose Investment ...
By: GeoffreyF67
10 Steps to Guarantee You’ll Never Make More than 0.14 cents per month with AdSense
Moz NewsOk so I really don't have anything useful to add to this but given the number of people who are always touting how to make millions with Adsense, I thought it was damned funny! (Rand - on edit) My favorites: ...
By: Rand Fishkin
Rand's Accessibility Issues
Moz NewsI'm writing this post solely with my left hand this morning thanks to a nasty accident with a glass on Saturday afternoon that required a trip to the ER and 10 stitches. With luck, I should be healed up in 10-14 days, but in the meantime, I thought it might be interesting to explore some accessibility-related technology products that are helping to make lives easier. For thos...
By: Rand Fishkin
Weekend Off
Moz NewsI'm about to leave the office early on a Friday (unheard of), in addition to that, I'll be gone the whole weekend with no Internet access until Monday morning. If I'm able to survive (think "no TV and no beer make Homer something something"), it will be the longest I've been unwired in more than a year. Some cool news before I go: Graywolf's outing the ...
By: Rand Fishkin
Web 2.0 Awards Traffic & Link Analysis
Moz NewsI promised a friend that we've have the data related to SEOmoz's Web 2.0 Awards posted today and I'd hate to dissapoint. I'm providing statistics from launch in the early morning of Tuesday, March 28 to today - a total of 10 days (8 weekdays). Traffic (unique visits): M...
By: Rand Fishkin
How Passwords Actually Get Cracked
Moz NewsDarren Miller, a network security consultant, has written an easy-to-grasp piece on exactly how password cracking is done. Although his example uses social engineering to bypass the first few layers of security, it's the type of breach that could happen to anyone. For t...
By: Rand Fishkin
Roundup by Proxy
Moz NewsI thought another Monday morning QB style post was in order, but lucky me - Bill's done it for us. Thanks, Bill. Make sure that you read in particular the piece by Nadir on IBM and Google; that's a good one (and a subject we never touch on). ...
By: GeoffreyF67
To Ponzi or Not to Ponzi - That is the question!
Moz NewsA little background reading first for those of you who are not familiar with what a Ponzi scheme is.I would assume most of you are doing your daily activities because you want to make some form of money and, you also hope that you'll be able to retire comfortably one day.That's an admirable goal and the Internet has spawned a...