RadioISS: Listening to Earth from Space Utilizing Twitter for SEO - A Very Effective Link Building Tactic for Tough Industries - YouMoz We all know that Twitter links are NoFollow and that until recently most SEOs have agreed that Twitter activity wasn’t a ranking factor. Yet, it seems that Twitter data influences the SERPs and thus might have a direct impact on search engine visibility. Regardless of whether Twitter influences the SERPs directly I want to show you an effective way how Twitter in combination with content syndication can be utilized for link building. We all know how tough link building can be and that creativity is extremely important when it comes to generating high quality links, especially for commercial websites. During the process of finding link building opportunities you are facing two main questions: 1) Why would someone link to your website? 2) What do they get from you in return? There is a creative way how you can answer these questions by utilizing Twitter. The only thing you need is an official Twitter page, ideally with a lot of followers, e.g. The problem The solution Quickly summarized
Culture&Stuff - A blog about history, especially the history of Paris in the 17th and 18th centuries. 29 Incredibly Useful Websites You Wish You Knew Earlier There are so many wonderful websites around, and it is difficult to know each and every one of them. The below list provides some of those websites that I find particularly helpful, even though they are not as famous or as prevalent as some of the big names out there. 1. BugMeNot Are you bugged constantly to sign up for websites, even though you do not wish to share your email? 2. This nifty little website tracks whether the emails sent by you were opened and read by the receiver. If you are on a constant lookout of free full length movies, then Zero Dollar movies provides a collection of over 15,000 movies in multiple languages that are available to watch for free on Youtube. 4. Livestream allows you to watch and broadcast events live to viewers on any platform. scr.im converts your email address into a short custom URLs, that can be shared on public websites. 6. TinEye is a Reverse Image search tool which is as accurate as Google’s Reverse Image search tool. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
3 Steps to Social SEO for Your Boring-Ass Clients Disclaimer: The following post is very long. If you do not like long blog posts then click here to read the one-line summary. A big complaint I hear in the SEOmoz Q&A forums, and in the industry in general, is from SEOs that have clients that sell boring things that they believe cannot be adapted for Social SEO Campaigns. Those poor SEOs that are tasked with promoting key words like "buy door hinges online", "junk removal smallville" and "personal injury claims". Well Boo Hoo! As an agency-side SEO analyst, I have found that the more boring the industry the more interesting the social campaigns can be. If you are not familiar with the industry the following statements may shine some light on what I was dealing with. Hellishly Spammy: some of the links I seen would make a black hat pharma SEO wince. Terrible Reputation: due to some unscrupulous firms, the industry was branded as "ambulance chasers". So, how did I combat these issues? Step 1: Produce Great Content Analyse the Response Stage 1 1.
Life Hack Ninja | life tips, self improvement, and throwing stars The 100 Best, Most Interesting Blogs and Websites of 2014 Editor’s note: 2015’s list of the best, most interesting websites has arrived! The video above is a sampling from that list. Welcome to the most awesome blog post you’re going to see all year. Yep, it’s the third installment in the super-popular annual series in which I document the sites I think you’ll want to spend a lot of time on in the coming year (below you’ll find a few highlights from recent years in case you missed out). I have one major rule: a site can only appear on this list once, so there are never any duplicates. There’s more to this article!
7 Key Ways to Optimize Facebook Fan Page SEO (along with Mozinar Q&A) There are a lot of rumors going around about the proper ways to optimize your Facebook fan page SEO. Some people suggest using keywords in the filenames of your uploads, and others say you need to have every URL you own linked to your fan page. If you're anything like me, you don't particularly have time to sit around and search for a tip here and a tip there, only to find out weeks later that it did you no good. This post provides a few more tips on optimizing your Facebook page for SEO right now, and answers your Q&A questions from my Mozinar with Rand. 7 Ways to optimize your Facebook fan page SEO right now 1. This may sound like a no-brainer. There is always the temptation to stuff your fan page name with tons of keywords, like "Bob's Bakery - Muffins, Bagels, Cookies, Breads - Catering & Events." Don't be too generic either, though. Quick Tip: The first word in your fan page title is given the most weight (importance) by Google. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Bottom line for Facebook fan page SEO
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