February 2009

I remember the day I got my break in the search engine optimization industry. I was so excited to have the chance to put things I had learned in practice into action. I was a multi-tasker back then. Actually I still am. But multi-tasking in SEO can be a bit tricky. There are hundreds of [...]

In the past few months, I have seen SEO professionals being attacked left and right by folks who literally know nothing about how search engine optimization works. We have been called snake oil and charlatans. Now, I do not agree with most things that are being said about search engine optimization professionals. But in reality, [...]

Everybody hates thieves. I have railed against folks who steal others’ content and put them on their own sites to move up the rankings or help make their miserable websites look less miserable. But there is such a thing worse than content thieves – idea thieves. So what do I mean by idea theft? Let [...]

I don’t mean to be the messenger of terrible news, but here is a fact: The job market is officially dead. You can’t find a job to save your life these days. Every open position has 4000 people going for it. You have to literally share interview sessions with 5 other folks to even get [...]

We have all heard it before. Content is king. In fact, anyone who wants to sound smart would say that. It’s politically correct and somewhat correct in real life. If you ask people what does it mean when they say that, they are probably going to tell you: good, solid content which is unique to [...]

I have been in the search industry for years now (since I came to the U.S.). Through my time in the industry, I have seen many SEO tools, books, and membership sites. But SEOmoz is the only membership site that I have kept up with over the years. I have learned the years that in [...]

Just when you think SEO is becoming too predictable, folks find new ways to build links and drive free traffic to websites. While everyone is talking about how SEOs are forgetting about Yahoo and MSN, in reality creative marketers are taking advantage of Twitter to drive thousand of eyeballs to their websites free of charge. [...]

Everybody wants to build links these days. People are finally catching up with the reality in the SEO business. You can have the best title tags, meta tags, and even content on the WWW, but if you are not getting links to it, there is a good chance you are not maximizing your SEO opportunity. [...]

What do you know? It’s almost time for the next big SES in the East (SES 2009). It feel as if it was yesterday that I went to SES NY 2008. It was a great event, and this year’s event promises to be another great event. Here is what is on the agenda: Introduction to [...]

If you have been involved in the search  industry, you have probably heard about the importance of getting links from .edu and .gov domains. Those domains are supposedly more trusted by Google and can bring credibility to your sites. Not only that, if you can get your hands on one of these domains, you have [...]