by Mike Tekula on June 22, 2009
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I’ve been tinkering a lot with SEOmoz’s new Top Pages On Domain tool (currently in SEOmoz Labs – access for PRO users only). This tool returns a list of pages at the domain you input that have the highest number of in-linking domains (according to Linkscape) – a good indication of link power.
I noticed while reviewing the top pages some of my favorite blogs/websites that posts and articles on link building seemed to show up frequently. In other words, posts on link building and linkbait turn out to be pretty good linkbait themselves.
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by Mike Tekula on June 24, 2009
You’ve got to love roundup posts that feature the best in web design. It’s inspiring to see what great designers can create when they’re firing on all cylinders.
But sometimes the bad stuff is even better.
Sometimes the lamest design teaches us the most – about what not to do when designing a website.
Amazingly, we still see people using the worst elements. Apparently the memo hasn’t reached wide enough circulation. So we wanted to do our part.
Here are 7 of the cheesiest web design elements we know of.
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by Mike Tekula on June 19, 2009
It’s easy to forget sometimes that each of us is at our own point on the path of learning.
While those of us who live/breathe Internet Marketing have come to view certain truths as self-evident and obvious, many people are just starting out, coming to grips with the basics and uncertain about what information they can trust.
We all start there.
And when you’re just starting out it’s tough to separate the scoundrels from the sages.
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by Mike Tekula on June 5, 2009
Wouldn’t it be great if SEO were easy?
Imagine if every project you looked at was a “no brainer” – the starting point, the goal and every step along the way laid out clear as day like Google Maps directions.
We’d all be happy as clams, sitting back and watching the money roll in, laughing as we sipped cocktails in the sun on a beach somewhere.
Uh…wait. How big a beach are we talking here?
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by Mike Tekula on May 27, 2009
There is no shortage of SEO checklists out there, and they all go something like this:
- Research keywords
- Write optimized title tags
- Write optimized headlines
- Write optimized body copy
- Optimize internal link text
- …
If you’ve been learning about SEO for any amount of time you’ve no doubt read a few of these.
And the truth is that most of them are accurate. At least, the tasks they describe generally improve the signals search engines pick up to determine what your pages are about.
But here’s the thing: you’re still unlikely to rank competitively even when you get the on-site stuff right.
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