User Experience (UX)

What Will Be the Future of Search ?

We all have our interpretation on what the future of search will be. Will it be more dependent on signals coming out of social media (Twitter, blogs, etc.), or will Google reboot the search mechanism by introducing something entirely new? Here are some points which will have a deep impact on search in the future:

Via Enquisite: PPC Agencies Make 45X What SEOs Do for the Same Value

Here at the Seach Insider Summit in Park City, UT, Richard Zwicky from Enquisite has just released some amazing data. As Jessica Bowman, Todd Friesen, John Marshall and I sat in the lunch room watching his slides, we alternately stared in shock, shook our fists in anger and raised eyebrows in disbelief. If you've ever felt, as an SEO, that you were un...

Google's Online Marketing Challenge

I've been following with interest Google's Online Marketing Challenge and I find a part of me is really angry and a part of me thinks this is a phenomenal marketing tool and a great opportunity for college students. They'll be posting the results in June -- so I'll keep you posted!He...

Link Farming in the Toronto Star

I feel almost bad for reporters in the mainstream media who attempt to cover the search marketing field. It's a tough gig to wrap your head around the concepts of what makes the industry tick, made doubly so by shady tactics and those who practice them. When these combine to slip past Google's spam filter and slide onto the desk of a hapless journalist, it's time for Rand to put on his sleuthing...

SEOs Bubbling Influences Society, Culture and Values

Take a little sand and a handful of beans. Add the beans to an empty vase. Add the sand on top. Shake shake shake. What do you see on top? SEOs are the new creators of 'taste'. We think the wisdom of the crowd is on Digg's home page but that's not really true. That's because Diggers with large friends’ networks get dugg a lot more and SEOs spend a great deal ...

SEO is One of the Hot, Up & Coming Jobs

Thanks to Ryan McCann, who pointed me to this article from MSN Careers - Four Jobs on the Cutting Edge...

Two Great Pieces from Slate; One on the Long Tail, the Other - Linkbait

Slate's begging for two blog entries with their content today, but I'm going to put both subject in one to help conserve space. Besides, they really don't need link love from the SEOmoz's of the world . The first piece is a review of ...

BusinessWeek: SEO Can Help Revenues...

Although the obviousness of this article is killing me, it's a decent look at the results of a successful SEO campaign. Sadly, the naming of SEO related articles is still completely tragic - How SEO Upped the Revenues: That's when I deci...

Most well known blackhat spammer???

Oh come on! Saying stuff like that does not help me fly under the radar people!Not to mention I really don't think I'm all that advanced. There are plenty more people I know that are better than me.G-Man...

A Morning Stroll through Hypertext Town

Over at Debra's Linkspiel blog, guest writer Bill Slawski is talking about offline advertising for online services. This was my favorite bit: Walking through a parking lot, I feel an urge to click on cars, noticing that some Maryland and...