Showing posts with label Seo Services. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

SEM Pakistan: Try Google’s New 3 Pane Look

Try Google’s New 3 Pane Look: "That new Google look that’s being tested, that we covered last week in our Google Tackles Its “UI Jazz” Problem, Tests Streamlining Search Options Feature post? Now you needn’t just read about it. You can try it out yourself!
Google Blogoscoped has code that you can copy and paste to make it happen. Check it out, [...]



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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Search Engine: Key Capabilities of Next-Generation Project Managers

Key Capabilities of Next-Generation Project Managers: "Project managers might just have the toughest job in IT, responsible as they are for ensuring that high-stakes IT projects are completed on time and on budget. According to a new report from Forrester Research, the project manager's role is getting even more demanding and difficult to fill."

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

SEO Expert: Five Tips To Avoid Getting Burned When Starting Social Media Campaigns

Five Tips To Avoid Getting Burned When Starting Social Media Campaigns: "If you’re not already tapping into social media, you should, as the channel offers brands tremendous opportunities to foster community and engagement. But many marketers jump into social media efforts with little more than a “cool” idea. This is a mistake. Not only could it pose serious implications for a brand, but it could also [...]



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SEO pakistan: Good Wine and Books

Good Wine and Books: "We're just getting started as a company, but we believe thinking long term about making a positive impact will allow us to grow in the right direction to make a difference as both a technology and a business.

For Twitter to be at its peak in utility, people who would have never had access to the world's information need to be able to not only receive it but engage with it, too. Room to Read, a San Francisco based non-profit, will help us make that happen by bringing libraries and literacy to the world's poorest regions.

Together we'll be making some awesome wine over the course of a year to benefit @roomtoread, and with each case sold they'll be able to supply about 60 local language children's books to educate the 300 million kids around the world who can't read.

You can follow us throughout this initiative and even participate in barrel tastings and other activities along the way thanks to the folks at Crushpad. If you want to get a bottle of our limited Pinot Noir or Chardonnay, visit the Fledgling Initiative and contribute. Good wine has never been better!



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Search engine marketing expert: What Makes a Link Worthy Post - Part 1

What Makes a Link Worthy Post - Part 1: "
Posted by chenry
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 was recently inspired by a post by MikeTek, Examining the Top 150 In-Linked Posts at SEOmoz.  While the information was very informative, it was taken from a limited sample of the over 3,800 post on SEOmoz.  Along with the small sample size, the data was not proportional to other categories and posts.  Mike encouraged anyone with a little automation skills to look into all the data on SEOmoz and really look into what makes a post link worthy. 

For this post we will be looking only at In Linking Domains (ILDs) which is a great way to determine if a post is popular throughout the net.  For example if you have a site like dummy-domain.com that links to your post 1,000 times throughout its site, it would count as 1 ILD.  A great viral post will have a large number of ILDs along with a large number of links.

LET'S START WITH THE DATA

Much like Mike’s data, there were some categories that collected more links than others.  In fact there were five categories that have the most domains linking to them, Link Building (1,448 domains), Google (1,419 domains), Technical Issues (1,243 domains), Miscellaneous (1,215 domains), and Whiteboard Friday (1,044 domains).  See the graph below for the top 30 of the SEOmoz categories.

Linking Domains to Category

The data in the chart above can be a little misleading because some of those categories have many more posts than others do.  To make all the data proportional, I took the total number of linking domains and divided it by the number of posts.  The chart changes considerably when the data becomes normalized.  From the chart below you can see that the top 3 categories are Webdev (19), Technical Issues (14), and On-Page Issues (10).

Normilized Data of Avg Linking Domains Per Post

From the charts above it’s easy to say that “Link Building” is a very popular blog topic but it doesn’t always draw in the links like other topic can.  Part of that could be because of the difference in options on link building techniques.  Topics like “Technical Issues” and “On-Page Issues” the types of content that most people will agree on and possibly want to share with others in the business.

To take the study a little further, I stored all the post’s title’s and created a title word cloud for the top 10% of the 3,800.  This hopefully will give you an idea of what topics could have the possibility of being link worthy in your future post.  I was going to try and come up with a “Super” title based on the words in the cloud but couldn’t come up with anything catchy.  Maybe one of you Mozzers can come up with something amazing from the cloud.

Title Cloud - Top 10% of SEOmoz Post

Like Mike did in his previous post, let’s take a look at the content in the posts: images, list, and videos.  In the chart below you will see that having a just a list in a post compared to just text, doubles the average number of linking domains.  Have a video compared to just text will almost triple the average number of linking domains.  A post that has an image and a list will also triple the average number of linking domains to the post.

I’m sure many of you are like me and do a quick scan of the post before actually reading it.  By adding images, videos, and lists, it makes it easy to get a quick synopsis on what the post is about, encouraging people to go back and do a full read along with a possible link.  Adding Images and Lists are easy to do and could result in a post that is more link worthy.

Avg # of In Linking Domains Vs Media Type

I also recorded the length of the post to see if it had an effect on the average number of linking domains.  The length recorded was only that of the post and not the comments or other areas of the page to keep the data accurate.  I’ve read that most blog post should be kept to 500 words or less.  That information seems to be incorrect if you are going to post on SEOmoz and want it to be link worthy.  The chart below shows that posts with 1800 or more words have a much higher average of linking domains.

Avg # of In Linking Domains Vs Post Length

BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS

I feel the real take away from this post is in the last two graphics summarized below:

  • Content is most important thing to a posts but posts with extra visual content attract extra links.
  • By adding simple visual content, like lists and images, can increase the number of ILDs by good percent.
  • Posts with videos included will attract almost 3 times more ILDs than a plain text post.
  • Posts with all three media types (videos, images, and lists) will attract almost 6 times more ILDs than a plain text post.
  • Contrary to common beliefs, large posts seem to attract more links than posts with 900 words or less.
  • Posts with between 1800 and 3000 words will attract more than 15 times more ILDs than a post with less than 600 words.

The first part of this study was only with SEOmoz data and in the next part of this study I have decided to take on a huge project and taking a look at some of the top SEO/Internet Marketing blogs on the web.  With a larger sample size we may be able to find out if the information found during this study will hold true in other areas.  Stay tuned!

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

NICS joins petaflop supercomputer club

NICS joins petaflop supercomputer club: "The National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) brought its new petaflop-scale supercomputer online this month, joining a very rarefied club of systems that can reach a thousand trillion calculations per second."

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Rapid Fire Web Analytics Q and A with Avinash and Nick

Rapid Fire Web Analytics Q and A with Avinash and Nick: "Recently we started an initiative to ask you to share your most burning questions via Google Moderator (link: Google Analytics Google Moderator site).

This week, Avinash and I sat down to do a rapid fire Q&A to answer your questions. Rather than do a dry text Q&A version, we chose to do a video, and we think you'll find it educational and entertaining.

In this episode we discuss:
  • How is bounce rate calculated
  • Effect of search bots on data collection
  • Finding a benchmarking category for sites that don't fit into any particular benchmark category
  • What is the best way to identify landing pages with high bounce rate
  • How to find new keywords to improve content performance
  • Effects of private browsing and incognito mode on data collection


Here are links to resources we discussed in the video:
If you found this helpful, we'd love to hear your comments. If you have a question you would like us to answer, please submit a question or vote for your favorite question in our public Google Moderator site. We will answer your latest questions in a couple of weeks with yet another entertaining video.

Please add your thoughts about the Q&A via comments below. Thanks!


Posted by Nick Mihailovski, Google Analytics Team


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Twitter goes mobile in Japan

Twitter goes mobile in Japan: "It's the kind of thing that in many countries might pass largely unnoticed but the launch on Thursday in Japan by Twitter of a mobile Web site could end up being of vital importance to its success here."

Search engine Optimization: The Most Linked to Pages on the Internet

Tangled Web: The Most Linked to Pages on the Internet: "
Posted by Sam Niccolls
most linked to pages on the internetTo identify the most linked to pages on some of the world's most popular sites, we used SEOmoz's Linkscape powered Top Pages Tool and compiled a list of the most linked to pages on the web.



The results, broken out by website and by category, are not all what you might expect. From Google to GaGa the internet's most linked to pages offer a look at your favorite domains that will leave you both scratching your head and laughing.





en.wikipedia.orgWikipedia


5 Things You Didn't Know About Wikipedia:



  1. Twitter is more linked to than global warming.
  2. Search Engine Optimization is almost 2x more linked to than Barack Obama.
  3. Series of tubes is more linked to than computer.
  4. Google is more linked to than world wide web
  5. Sarah Palin is more linked to than Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, or North America.

www.youtube.comYouTube


Most Linked to Videos:



  1. Susan Boyle Performs on Britain's Got Talent
  2. Rick Astley - Rick Roll
  3. Judson Laipply - Evolution of Dance
  4. Work at Home Infomercial (in Polish)
  5. Web 2.0 The Machine is Us/ing Us
  6. Free Hugs Campaign
  7. OK Go on Treadmills
  8. Michael Jackson - Thriller
  9. Rick Astley - Rick Roll (Sadly, this is not a typo. It really is on the list twice...)
  10. Battle at Kruger Between Lions, Buffaloes, & Crocodiles

www.dictionary.comDictionary


Most Linked to Words:



  1. Bandwidth
  2. Nothing
  3. T1
  4. Religion
  5. Schadenfreude

Interesting:



  1. Pedophile is more linked to than friend.
  2. Anime is more linked to than America.
  3. Football (American) more linked to than love.

www.craigslist.orgCraigslist


Most Linked to Items for Sale:



  1. Vagina Couch
  2. Manly Bike
  3. Space Ship
  4. Catbus
  5. Nazi Dolls

Most Linked to Editorials:


  1. Hey Crackhead
  2. Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It
  3. Star Wars Guide to US Presidential Candidates
  4. Vasectomy
  5. Advice to Young Men From an Old Man

www.facebook.comFacebook


Most Linked to Groups:



  1. The Great Nationwide Kiss-in
  2. Fair Copyright for Canada
  3. A G-A-Y Foamparty
  4. "Hey Facebook, Breastfeeding is Not Obscene! (Official petition to Facebook)"
  5. Nouveau Riche Nationwide Community

www.myspace.comMyspace


Most Linked to Bands:



  1. Justice (Christian Club)
  2. Fleetfoxes
  3. Lily Allen
  4. MGMT
  5. Animal Collective

twitter.comTwitter


Most Linked to Companies:



  1. Comcast
  2. eGuideTravel
  3. Mashable
  4. Zappos
  5. AdSense

Most Linked to Celebrities:



  1. Ashton Kutcher
  2. Lady GaGa
  3. Lance Armstrong
  4. Oprah
  5. Stephen Fry

www.imdb.comIMDB


Most Linked to Actors:



  1. Heath Ledger
  2. Johnny Depp
  3. Christian Bale
  4. Angelina Jolie
  5. Alison Maclnnis (The Pink Power Ranger)

Most Linked to Movies:


  1. The Dark Knight
  2. The Matrix
  3. 300
  4. Slumdog Millionaire
  5. Star Trek

www.hulu.comHulu


Most Linked to TV Shows:



  1. Arrested Development
  2. Firefly
  3. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  4. The Office
  5. 30 Rock

www.perezhilton.comPerez Hilton


Most Linked to Celebrity Categories (tags):



  1. Heidi Montag
  2. Michael Jackson
  3. Britney Spears
  4. Lady Gaga
  5. Lindsay Lohan (Warning: You cannot unsee this page.)

www.icanhascheezburger.comcheeseburger


Most Linked to Cat Pictures:



  1. I Can Has cheezburger 3
  2. I Has a Bucket
  3. In Depth Analysis by David Mcraney
  4. Oldest Lolcat Ever Found
  5. Lol Kitteh as a Second Language

www.cracked.comCracked


Most Linked to Articles:



  1. Figures
  2. Zombies
  3. Bugs
  4. Most Badass Bible Verses
  5. Most Terrifying Foods in the World

www.collegehumor.comCollege Humor


Most Linked to Videos:



  1. We Didn't Start the Flamewar
  2. Font Conference
  3. The Matrix Runs on Windows
  4. 24 Unaired 1995 Pilot
  5. Minesweeper the Movie

www.allrecipes.comAll Recipes


Most Linked to Recipes:



  1. Sausage, Apple, & Cranberry Stuffing
  2. Creole Cornbread Stuffing
  3. Brownie Mix in a Jar
  4. Ham & Cheese Picnic Bread
  5. Candy Coated Chocolates

www.webmd.comWebMD


Most Linked to Health Ailments:



  1. Cankor Sores
  2. Dental Crowns
  3. Tooth Grinding
  4. Wisdom Tooth Extraction
  5. Pain Management

www.foxnews.comFix News


Most Linked to Stories:



  1. Hundreds of WMDs Found in Iraq
  2. Cost of Freedom Recap (Dec 2004)
  3. America's Debt Rises
  4. Transcript / Video of Bush and Kerry Debate
  5. US Consumer Credit Card Debt May Crash the Economy

www.whitehouse.govWhitehouse


Most Linked to U.S. Presidents:



  1. Barack Obama
  2. George W. Bush
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. George Washington
  5. Thomas Jefferson

Most Linked to U.S. First Ladies


  1. Hillary Clinton
  2. Eleanor Roosevelt
  3. Abigail Adams
  4. Jacqueline Kennedy
  5. Michelle Obama





Source: All data for this post has been pulled from Linkscape, which is SEOmoz's index of the world wide web.



Contributors: This post was a collaborative effort with help from both Scott Willoughby and Danny Dover.
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Usman Farooq: Rethinking Duplicate Content

Rethinking Duplicate Content: "

Posted by Lindsay

This post is about three pretty interesting things in my book: opportunities at SEOmoz, a new kind of duplicate content, and me. Despite the clever title, this post is not about SEO. You’ve been warned, OK?



That’s OK. Who are you, anyway?



I know, I know - I haven’t been very active on the blog, nor have I been oot 'n aboot on the conference circuit much this year (Did I mention I'm Canadian?). But I have been busy! Back in January, I relocated from Denver to Seattle and joined SEOmoz for the coolest job ever as the SEO Consulting Manager.



Oh, what a year!



We have been honored to work on some of the web’s most exciting projects this year. From Fortune 500s to peppy start-ups, non-profits, and a few in between, our clients and each of their unique situations have been as challenging as they have been rewarding. All that excitement has kept me busy behind the scenes, working the SEO hands-on and rallying some of the industry’s best, brightest, and busiest to help our consulting clients succeed in the SERPs.



Big deal. What else you got?



Hold your horses. I’ve been busy in more ways than one, let me tell you! One night back in April, my new husband and I were settling in for another rainy night in the Pacific Northwest when … [“Lindsay, this is a family blog!” - Rand]. Oh, sorry boss. Let’s look at this from Googlebot’s perspective …




Googlebot learned about this online.


Googlebot has seen that before.



Googlebot is on to something



Googlebot lets it slide.



That's right, Googlebot! All except the bad neighborhood thing, but I'll let you take that up with Matt. My husband Eric and I are expecting twins on December 27th! I bet our friends have some questions. Let's see if we can cover a few of them now.




Frequently Asked Questions



Q. Were you planning to have twins?

A. Yes. Of course this was planned. [looks around nervously] ... But, seriously - do I look like I'm from the future? Boy/Girl twins are so awesome, wouldn't more people be doing it if it could be planned? My hubby and I, along with our families, can't believe our good fortune ... but no, twins weren't planned.



Q. Can I have your job?

A. Yes! [I mean it this time.] Rand is on the lookout for someone to fill my role. You should definitely ping him!



Q. Are your twins identical?

A. One is a boy. One is a girl. If they are identical ... oh dear.



Q. While I'm doing your job, what will you be doing?

A. I'm told that caring for an infant is a lot of work. No matter how many ways I look at this in Excel, when I multiply the work it takes to care for one infant by two ... sleep, eating, and personal hygiene disappear from the spreadsheet. Any Excel wizards out there that can help me with this? I'll also be hanging around Q&A, a service we offer our SEOmoz PRO members, to keep my offspring clothed and my skills sharp.



First, I'd like to thank the Academy.



Rand, Sarah, and Gillian - Each of you bring kindness, compassion, and generosity to work everyday and somehow never run out. What a team! I love you all so much, I'm inviting you into the delivery room. [*crickets chirp*]. Um, this is awkward ... How about a phone call from the hospital?



Jen - Keep it up! (This woman knows her stuff. You should totally take her to lunch.)



I'd also like to thank the whole crew over at SEOmoz for their warm welcome, great sense of humor, occasional lunch room snacks, and the best going away party / baby shower / fried chicken feast a girl could ask for.



Wrap it up, lady.



Except for the fact that I have already relocated to Florida, I'm not going anywhere yet. Pregnancy permitting, I will be working full-time until the end of November, doing what I always do on the consulting side of the business. I might even post again on the blog! ["We've heard that before!" - angry crowd].



In summary;



  • Duplicate content isn't always a bad thing

  • Don't forget to apply for my job

  • Boy/girl twins can't be identical, for obvious reasons

  • I heart SEOmoz

  • I twitter (@lindzie) more than I blog





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