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Introducing the SEOmoz SEO Services Marketplace

I'm pleased to announce that after many hours of work and testing by SEOmoz, our beta testers and yourself truly, the SEOmoz SEO Services Marketplace is officially launched! Th...

Just Another Day at the Office

Want to know what a typical day at the SEOmoz office looks like? How's about I give you a sneak peek? Here's a day in the life of an SEOmozzer, from start to finish... 7:15 am: Wake up 7:45 am: Head to gym 8:00-9:00 am: Work out 9:00-10:00 am: Drive home, shower, get ready for work 10:15 am: Get to office 10:20 am: Have a bagel (Blueberry....

Answers to Questions for Rand: Round 2

Sorry it's taken me so long to get to all of these. The past few days trying to get grounded after a week in Stockholm have been even busier than the usual (and that's saying something). With a little luck, though, we'll have two very exciting announcements tomorrow and Thursday, and we've managed to get some great YOUmoz entries over the last few days - keep 'em coming! For those who m...

Should You Optimize Your Site For Each Individual Search Engine?

I was reading through Search Engine Land today (as I do every day--kissuptodannykissuptodanny) and came across the following blurb in Stoney deGeyter's 10 Useless SEO Worries post: Don't think that you need to optimize a page for each search engine. It doesn't work that way. Just do good optimization and all eng...

Snippets from 30,000 Feet

I'm on a plane from Newark to Seattle. It's late at night, and the first hour was spent on the ground waiting for low CIGS (low ceilings of clouds & rain) to clear. So, while I still have another 4.5 hours in front of me, I'm just grateful to be in the air. The last week was a whirlwind – although that's nothing new. For the last 4 ...

13 Things to Do When Your Loved One is Away at Conferences

As many of you know, Rand travels quite a bit for his work, leaving me at home with Raul, the cabana boy. All is well for the first few hours, until I grow tired of Raul's deep tissue massages and the peeled grapes he insists on feeding me. After that, I tend to get a little bored and lonely. I'm assuming the other conference widows out there feel the same way, and as such, I'...

What if the Ron Paul Fans Became SEO Savvy?

It's late, and I should be wrapping up Q+A (or at least blogging on my promised topic of the Beginner's Guide) and getting some shut eye, but I simply couldn't resist sharing some thoughts about the web-based fervor for Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul. For those who don't know, Paul's supporters are possibly the most organized and galvanized web community in the modern political spec...

3 Minute Guide to Taxes for SEMs/SEOs

If you’re a newly self-employed SEM/SEO, you’ve certainly got several things on your plate right now: link building for your clients, promoting your own website and blog, worrying that your paid links are now going to get you blacklisted by Google, etc. Well, if you haven’t thought of it yet, there’s one more thing for you to worry about: Taxes. Now that...

My Departure from SEOmoz

As Rand mentioned in his recent post: Big Changes at SEOmoz, I'm leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. It's been nearly 4 and a half years, which is a millennium in tech-industry time, and I feel that SEOmoz is at a point where I'm comfortable leaving. Previously, I was the only developer, designer, and systems administrator and our entire infrastructure depended on me. With Jeff, and more recently Mel, I can now leave knowing that SEOmoz is in good hands.

Big Changes Afoot at SEOmoz

This is a tough post to write. Not because I'm not excited and not because the news I want to share isn't positive, but simply because I feel like I've been keeping something from you for the past few weeks, and I hate doing that. Of course, it's nowhere near as tough as hiding my Super Bowl engagement from Mystery Guest...

Just When You Think Search Misconceptions Can't Get Any Worse...

A while back I talked about the frustrations of explaining my line of work to my relatives, but I'm starting to think that maybe ignorance truly is bliss. I recently heard two examples of non-search people's perceptions about how the search engines work, and it is frustrating to think that some people believe that this is actually how the search industry operates.

The SEOmoz Premium Member Discount Store is Now Open for Business

We're officially announcing our newest benefit to Premium Members: the SEOmoz Premium Member Discount Store (note that only Premium Members will be able to access the page). We've partnered with several SEO and SEM companies to provide Premium Members with discounts and deals on various products and services (here's where I channel my i...