The legal issues presented in the lawuit against Aaron Wall of SEOBook are of critical importance not only to the SEO industry, but to blogs nationwide in the US. Although I'm devoting a significant porti...
Sadly, my call to action was largely ignored by the SEO community, but two awesome readers did take me up on it and joined last week. The SMA-NA is still running its membership drive, and you can still join up before nominations and voting begin in September. Hop to it! The recent joinees are: ...
Kim Krause Berg (whose usability reports I've recently implemented on some client sites to great effect) was interviewed by Jim Hedger of Stepforth. She had some criticism on a ...
DazzlinDonna has a pre-made SEO contract that might be useful for those who run smaller operations and need a hand getting started in contract design. It's by no means over-arching, but it's an excellent place to start and it's free. She also has a good, basic description of the specific tasks that fit into SEO work: ...
I'm a big advocate of the SMA-NA (Search Marketing Association of North America). I believe it's an organization that really has the power to make change in the search industry, conduct business directly with marketers and search engines, and help our ind...
Traian, a member at SEW, is asking for help in what to do regarding a client who will not pay for a verbal contract which he completed. The discussion is fascinating as both ethical and legal issues ari...
Bob Mutch, creator of the SEO Company website, sent me an e-mail a few days ago telling me that SEOmoz had won a very nice award from his site for having the best new tool for July (we...
The lazy days of summer crawl in North America & Europe, creating a bevvy of webmasters who fret and furrow their brows, wondering where the traffic has gone. This "summer slump" is an observable phenomenon every year in industries of all types as workers in t...
There's an opening for a "Black Hat" position with a company in Toronto, ON. It looks like they're desperate, as they've opened the position to candidates worldwide. Incubator has opened a thread at SEW on the subject and is requesting e-mails go to waynec_at_yellowmediainc.com. I'm not sure if an...
Invitationsgirl at SEOChat asks - Can I get out of my SEO Contract? There's quite a bit of good advice about contracts in general and SEO specifically in this thread, but mostly what we're seeing here is the forums serving as a business refuge and tool. There's several individuals in the thread who are p...
While many in SEO, myself included, pride themselves on being independent contractors or owners of small firms (in my case), there are others who are seeking that prestigious, well paying position in the Internet industry that will provide security, challenges and a fun work environment. ...
Todd (stuntdubl) has called out some of his least favorite lies from potential or new SEO/M clients in a new thread at SEW. I particularly love: I'm new to SEO (on third SEO company) I have a great business idea (but no money) I'll help write content (twice a year) ...
Aaron Wall (of SEOBook) has a slew of great interviews that I read through last night while experiencing a bout of insomnia. I particularly recommend: Peter Da Vanzo ...
An old idea of mine was to produce a wiki for SEO. Happily, someone else has taken on the project (as I really never got around to it). It's called Organic SEO and it's got a fairly good basic walkthrough of the principles of optimization already. I u...