I have received a few queries about optimizing new website builds - keeping SEO clearly at the forefront of the design.I though it might be a good idea to write about this as my first contribution to the YOUMoz community. Here is how I tackle it. Whenever

SEOmoz's newest product, Linkscape, provides link data that Search Marketers have always wanted, but never really had access to.? What we found though is that once you start collecting that data, there's a lot more to it than one might think.? Building Li

It's been 12 long months of intense anticipation, but the waiting is finally over. Today, I'm ecstatic to announce some very big new developments here at SEOmoz. They include: An Index of the World Wide Web ? 30 Billion pages, refreshed (and grown) monthl

If you want me to take a sh*t in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will...I got spare time." - Tommy BoyWe should all know by now that rankings in and of themselves don't have any inherent value.? It's rather a well-worn topic - one Rand covered effectively

We fall on the very search-engine-friendly side of SEO (I hesitate to use the phrase "white hat" because I think all the lines often blur). Despite this, I have a lot of respect for well-executed darker tactics and find it fascinating to watch and deconst

Its Friday afternoon, no one's blogged on here for a while and I've been asked to step up to the plate without mentioning SpyFu. I should've been thinking of what to post for a few days now but I'm afraid I've been a bit distracted... So, I'm sitting in a

A new homepage for Google Blog Search has been announced by the search engine.

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