One of the first steps to take when analyzing on-page SEO (and accessibility) is looking at the text-only version of the page. This way you remove all the clutter of CSS styles, images, JavaScript and flash and see what really is important: text content that matters to crawlers and users. Google’s text-only cache version of …
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The Delicious Motivation of Rock Bottom – The ShoeMoney Story
Many of the people who become successful only do so after falling hard. And some of the people who never fell before becoming successful often let success slip away because they lack appreciation for where they are and what they have. Shoemoney recently published his monthly email newsletter revealing his personal story…and I thought it …
You Aren’t Average
Do you ever think that SEO is “obvious”? “Common knowledge”? “Pretty easy, really”? Watch this: In this video, “Scott” from Google asked 50 people on the street if they knew what a browser was. Less than 8% of people surveyed did. Many people confused a browser with a search engine. Google Chome – or Google …
Google Localizing Search Results Based on the Search Query
David Naylor highlighted how some Google UK and IE search results are showing primarily Australian websites because some of those keywords are most frequently searched for in Australia. Conversely some Australian search results were returning primarily UK websites for keywords that are more popular in the UK. If you can’t rank for a specific keyword …
Google & Bing Annouce Real Time Search Deals With Twitter
Marissa Mayer announces that Google has reached an agreement with Twitter to include Twitter updates in Google’s search results. We look forward to having a product that showcases how tweets can make search better in the coming months. That way, the next time you search for something that can be aided by a real-time observation, …
Open Questions – Subdomains and Main Domains
I got a great question on my SEO Empire post from Ryan at NetSEO. I figured it was worth addressing in a post rather than leaving a really long comment. Eli, Can you be so kind and explain why this is: “Primary domains can pass a penalty to subdomains. Subdomains can’t pass a penalty to …
Web Analytics and Segmentation for Better Conversion Optimization
Posted by philou2803 This post was originally in YOUmoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. I noticed some months ago that SEOmoz was having more and …
This Week in Search for 10/28/09
Posted by Sam Niccolls Eric Schmidt – What the Internet Will Look Like in 5 Years: Google’s CEO takes a look into the future and talks about some of the ways the internet will change, such as Chinese language sites outnumbering English language sites, an increase in the number of digital natives in the …
Third-Party Affiliate Programs: Roll Your Own Instead
Posted by MichaelC One of the best ways to build inbound links is to create an affiliate program. It’s also a great way to drive real customer traffic from related sites. But…don’t just sign up for one of the big third-party affiliate programs–you’ll get the customers, but you’ll be throwing away a terrific opportunity to …
Google Removes Phone Numbers From 7 Pack
Google has apparently removed phone numbers from the so-called 7 Pack of organic local results. The numbers were present as recently as 24-36 hours ago. Immediately below is an example of a recent search result for “dentist, San Francisco” (within the last several weeks) and then for the same query this morning: The result on …
