By: Rand Fishkin
Fortune Interactive & SEM Logic
Public RelationsI'm fascinated by this SEM Logic software. It sounds like something we've been trying to get working for months: Research from the fields of Information ...
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By: Rand Fishkin
SERoundTable Forums
Public RelationsBarry Schwartz has finally opened the new SERoundtable forums. He's got quite an impressive staff - dazzlindonna, phoenix, pk_synths, sufyaaan and even Darrin Ward (yes, the OG himself). I'll be modding there, too and look forwar...
By: Rand Fishkin
Vote for Search Blogs
Public RelationsLoren Baker's running a Search Engine Journal blog awards deal and we've been nominated (very kind of the anonymous nominator - thanks). The voting has begun, so go tell 'em what you think. I found quite a few on the list that I've never read, along with the old standbys. Notably absent were a few of my favorites like ...
By: katfive
State of the Blogosphere
Public RelationsI've got one, you've probably got one, and so does nearly everyone we know. Blogs have been the "next big thing" for just about the last three years. Not surprisingly, the darling child of the 'new media' is still growing fast, and, according to info collected b...
By: Rand Fishkin
Birthday Season
Public RelationsSERoundtable is 2 years old, SEOBook is also 2. Threadwatch turned 1 earlier this year, and so did SEOmoz. It's amazing to me how young the big SEO blogs are - even Danny's SEW Blog only ...
By: Rand Fishkin
SEO Myths - A List and Discussion
Public RelationsBill Slawski starts an SEO Myths thread at Cre8asite that's a true gem. I've excerpted some of my favorite myths he's covered, but it's the evidence and explanations that contain the meat of this post, so take a visit: MYTHS of SEO: SEO copywriting means writing strong copy, then inserting keywords wit...
Can a US$500 Budget Deliver a Decent SEO Plan?
Public RelationsIn a recent thread at Cr8 I gave some rough averages of incoming bid requests I received: 80% has a annual budget less than 1,000US$ 10% has...
By: Rand Fishkin
Final Weigh-In on SEOChat
Public RelationsI promised a post that offered closure on the SEOChat issue. Here are the list of events: SEOChat admins instituted some changes to the forum software Members began complaining vehemently, particularly with regards to the "nofollow" links on signatures (which one can only earn by posting 100 or more times and spending 90 days on the forum) Admins and some Mods...
By: Rand Fishkin
A Record-Breaking Day at Cre8asite
Public RelationsI just browsed through the new members stats at cre8asite and found that almost 40 people have joined the site today. It's a remarkable thing and something that brings a real smile to my face. Kim Krause, who's run the s...
By: Rand Fishkin
Changes to SEOChat
Public RelationsThere's been some major changes to SEOChat, the forum where I moderate and spend most of my online forum time. The owners, DevShed and Jon Caputo, have decided to enforce strict "nofollow" tags on all outbound links in signatures, causing a mass exodus of many members, including many mod...
By: Rand Fishkin
What's the Big Secret?
Public RelationsAt Cre8asite forums, one of the more amusing threads today comes from new member severeidaho. His state is infamous for government coverups and FBI goings-on, so why not some secretive SEO: ...
Evolution of SEO – what happens to handcrafted SEO in 2006?
Public RelationsIMO one of the most alarming trends in 2005/6 has been, and will be the automation of SEO related tasks. I agree, some tasks like rank checking deserve to be automated but out there are people who seriously combine phrases like "generated...
By: Rand Fishkin
Yale Conference on Search & Law
Public RelationsAaron beat me to it, so I'll just give him the link - Yale's got a search conference coming up on Dec. 3, Aaron's got a good rundown of information on the subject. I got a nice email from Eddan Katz on the subject and wanted to break the news, but I'm just not fas...
By: Rand Fishkin
Contrasting SEO Ethics with Perception
Public RelationsThe SEO ethics debate may be pointless, but it does spur a lot of activity. I noted a thread at SEOChat on the subject, where some disagreement between Fathom and I, along with a stereotypical quote from Mick has me reading: Rand: Never take on two clients ...