I talked to some very smart folks last night over dinner about Craigslist and their position in the market. Currently, CL is the leader in online classifieds, they've had great success porting their model to other cities and countries and they have a built-in loyalty and fan base that rivals that of any online user-generated-content site. The question is - w...
As promised, here's a quick run-down of the new features on SEOmoz. Search - This will search the entire site. It needs some fine tuning, but it's effective for the time being. Threaded blog comments - You can now reply to individual comments rather than just the blog entry itself. Th...
The SEOmoz re-design is complete! I just wrote a nice long blog entry on the subject, hit "submit" and at that moment our internet access went down at the office. So here's a quick recap of that blog post: Watch out for bugs User photos are screwy right now - I'm working on fixing them Logins now ask for your email ...
Si and I arrived at the Hilton around 2:00pm and went for some lunch at a soup place around the corner. The weather here in New York is terrifically cold, but also beautifully clear, and our room features a view of Central Park (although, granted, it's technically a peek-a-boo view). I've already run into some folks downstairs - Greg, Todd, Dax (hair now purple) & I think J...
When you lose a whole workday away from computer, you realize just how much takes place in 12-14 working hours. Not only was my email box full, but it appears that news around the search space is bursting at the seams. I'll try to cover it the best I can: First, the issue of Google's stance on paid links has reared its ugly head again, there's good coverage at a few locations: ...
Starting Monday, I'll be traveling to New Jersey, New York & San Francisco over the course of the next 2 and 1/2 weeks. Sadly, this means very little blogging for a while. With a bit of luck, Michael, EGOL & 2K can help to pick up the slack, and I'll be asking Kat (from SEOmoz) to cover a few items while I'm gone. The good news is, SEOmoz's new design is nearly here, and I've go...
I thought this site summed up the Internet's general feeling towards Valentine's Day. I'm not particularly against the day - it's always nice to go out to a fancy restaurant in a nice suit. I just wish it weren't so crowded or hard to get reservations... ...
My friend Scott Fish dropped me a line on this neat little opportunity to pick up domain names at a very nice price: On Tuesday, the 14th between 4pm est until 5pm est Dotster.com is giving away $1...
I've been referencing a lot of folks to our recommended list lately, but we're finding that many come back without a satisfactory target, particularly when they're seeking local folks. I thought I'd ask the readers if they have recommended lists of their own with SEOs, web developers, designers, marketers, hosts, etc. that could be used to help expand whe...
I'm really thrilled to have had the opportunity to speak to two very influential minds in the venture capital sphere - Mike Devlin & Bob Crants from Pharos Funds. Not only are Mike & Bob smart guys with some fascinating ...
Things have been going well lately, so well in fact that Matt (our sole in-house developer) has no time to do anything but ooze his brain into his computer. In order to help revitalize him, we need a programmer/developer for a new project - it's outsourced work at first, but we're hoping to develop a relationship with someone local who can eventually become part of the team. The posting...
Alan Bellows' Damn Interesting is practically an entire collection of pure linkbait articles - the kind that not only make for good reading, but have to be linked to, emailed, and searched for at friend's houses in order to show them what they're missing. Just a quick dissection of how he does it so well: It's not just him - there's a...
In order to move past the very sad day we've just had here in Seattle, I've got an entirely new, off-the-wall subject. Via Plankie's post at HighRankings, I came across some nifty...
Could this be the Seahawks year? Seattle has been waiting a long time to be taken seriously in the sports world, especially in the NFL. With a high level performance today, we have a chance to become the national champions and I'm p...