by Stone Reuning A hot topic of late in the SEO forums centers on what’s been dubbed Google’s “Mayday” update…we explained in our blog previously that many site owners were experiencing dramatic drops in their long-tail keyword (phrases over 3 words) rankings. Now Google has confirmed the “Mayday” update with Matt Cutts saying at Google…

Posted by RobOusbey There are a variety of tools and techniques recommended for SEO keyword research, from the free to the expensive, from the well-known to those that are almost kept a secret. However, there’s one source of keyword ideas which is often overlooked: the customers (and potential customers) served on a daily basis. Let’s…

Posted by great scott! You see an amazing story somewhere in the vastness of  the web and you think to yourself: "Man, that would be perfect for my readers! It’d get great traffic and my customers/advertisers would love it!" Now, how do you syndicate that content on your site (fairly and legally) without running into…

tweetmeme_source = ‘FreelanceFolder’; As a freelance web and graphic designer, I realize that I am one tiny fish in a huge sea full of countless others in the same field. I am also aware that, although I am relatively successful and skilled at my craft, I am definitely not the best. So how can I…

Posted by Dr. Pete The history of web analytics has read a bit like the quest for the Holy Grail. We’ve gone through a list of candidates searching for the one true metric: Hits, Page Views, Visitors, Unique Visitors… stopping at each one to admire its purity and virtue while denouncing the heresy of whatever…

Posted by Nick Gerner I know, I promised a Linkscape update by last week.  And I missed it.  But there’s an update today!  Do you forgive me?  No?  Not enough?  Well how about doubling the volume of data available in our free API?  You might have gotten a totally awesome email last week announcing that…

Posted by Errioxa 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. In the past, I have tried several different ways to skip…