In the spirit of the day, I've listed our Thanksgiving menu below. My girlfriend and I plan to spend most of tonight and tomorrow morning cooking, after which I'll be watching lots of yummy NFL football. I'm particularly excited about the Denver v. Dallas game (should be a...
ISOS has done it again. Hot on the heels of SEMPO and SMA-NA, the ...
We're considering an overhaul of our current banner ad systems here at SEOmoz. I haven't been exceptionally pleased with the performance of the banner ads, and I feel that it may be taking away something from the site. My plan is not to rid SEOmoz of ads ...
Ruud, a moderator at cre8asiteforums, runs a unique site called the Good News Blog. It's got positive, heartwarming stories and collections of links to news services running these pieces - a nice alternative to the mainstream press and scandal rags that dominate Internet news viewership. Ruud's recently re-designed the site ...
See that image next to the post - that's what my weather forecaster has looked like for two straight weeks. I literally haven't seen the sun in 5 days - not even a bit of yellow or orange. As much as I love my town, I'm totally ready for a day of cold, clear b...
In my view, usability and SEO go hand in hand like HTML and CSS. You can't separate them because both are entirely critical to the successful promotion of a website. Without great usability, you lose conversions, natural inbound links and visitor retention and return rates. ...
Our ranking factors article from several weeks ago is now in 3rd place at del.icio.us SEO tags for all time most popular. 671 folks have tagged it to date and we're closing in on Vaughn's Google Ranking Factors List, wh...
Many times, I'm overwhelmed with the ideas I have for growing my business, handling the clients I already have and maintaining some semblance of a personal life. I feel lucky to be in the entrepreneurial group that spends their personal time imagining work, rather than their working hours imagining when they get off. However, I really liked this ...
A handily written, succinct history of the Internet from Marcus Kazmierczak had this to say on the nascent begginings of the web: ...The early 1960's, in the middle of the cold war, was possibly the closest this world has ever been to nuclear annihilation. The US Department of Defense wanted...
There's a fascinating (and yes, non-search related) article at MSNBC (whom I've never linked to before) on research conducted to test if people could "see", even when blinded. The test showed incredible results...
Phil Bradley, who's deep into library and information science, has a really useful page that refers to a high number of useful, usable sites on the web. Just for example: Set up bookmarks I can use anywhere ...
I know, I know. I'm tough on Web 2.0. But, this is hilarious. Hit refresh a few times and be entertained....
I apologize for the slow posting. We are mired in work here and can't quite escape. I'll try to post some interesting news this evening, but for now, Donna has a great post on the 2nd part of the Jagger update and the DCs you can currently observe it at. Check out the crazy new rankings......
The Search Engine Ranking Factors report has been updated slightly as some data was missing in the non-commented version. I've also finally created a 30-page printable MS Word document that you can download and print out for the long flight to WMW Vegas, AdTech, SES Chicago or...