- The Free and Open Productivity Suite WordPress Forms - Gravity Forms Contact Form Builder and Lead Data Management Plugin For WordPress 4 SEO Presentations w/ Tips, Graphics + Data You Can Use NOTE: All of the slide decks in this post are free to download and distribute, as are any of the stats/graphics in them (please reference the source if you do). Hopefully they'll be helpful learning tools and will make your deck-building processes easier than mine have been! The past few weeks have been a whirlwind for me, and they're not slowing down anytime soon. From there, I headed to Rome, where, thanks to the US State Department and LUISS University, I gave a talk on entrepreneurship and told the story of SEOmoz, which contains my usual level of oversharing and transparency: In Rome, I also did a video interview with Robin Good of MasterNewMedia on a number of SEO related topics. Next up was London for the awesome Link Building event from Distilled (can't share decks from that, sorry) followed by 2 days at home in Seattle and then a mad dash to Phoenix for Infusioncon (just before Link Building V2 in New Orleans). I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at one of these events!
Quora For Business, Not Social Media Hipsters There’s a lot of talk today about Quora. It’s Robert Scoble’s fault, really. He had an opinion, changed it, and then it was up to the Internet to tell him he was wrong. Just a normal day around these parts. Personally, I don’t care how Robert Scoble uses Quora. If you’re not familiar with Quora – congratulations on avoiding the hype in favor of a life. How can you use Quora as a business owner? Market Research If you’re reading this blog, there’s a good chance you’re involved in marketing, social media or tech, in some way. Vendor/ Tool Vetting If you need help vetting social media, SEO or analytic tools, Quora may be an outlet to help you do that. Answering Your Own Questions The conversation happening on Quora is a lot smarter than what’s taking place on other question and answer sites and that’s 100 percent the work of the Quora staff. Pick Out Blog Topics Sabre often jokes with me that I see the world in blog topics and blog titles. Finding Opportunities to Connect
Link Building London: Absolutely Remarkable I have attended an extremely large number of SEO-focused events in the past 7 years, planned and run seminars and training myself, contributed keynotes and sessions to major conferences and yet, I believe Distilled's Link Building day in London has just, in my opinion, grabbed the title of "best single day of content" ever at an SEO event. In the past, I've been impressed in particular by the more expert-level shows like SMX Advanced, SES London and SEOmoz's own PRO Training (now officially MozCon), but this one took the cake. I'm, apparently, not the only one who thinks so: I obviously can't give away all of the phenomenal tips and content from the day, but I can share a few of my notes: Martin MacDonald of SEOForums showed the remarkable power of updatable, embedded widgets and how these can be remotely controlled to shift link locations, anchor text, etc. on the fly. He ran a specific experiment to show it off that had the crowd gasping and Tom Critchlow tweeting: _ p.s.
The Music Executive Summary Guide | Gerard Spinks UndagroundMilli Yes, I was involved in the music industry for quite some time. I started out way back in the day. Long story that I have expressed in my book, “How To Be Rich, Nicca”. Anyway, The Spinks Music Group was my label and I presently run The Spinks Entertainment Group now based upon the film industry. Here’s an executive summary that you can use if you are building your music business today. Change the name of the company and put it in your business plan if you are raising money to push your music from an executive level. Executive Summary The Spinks Entertainment & Music Group, LLC is an Atlanta, GA Limited Liability Corporation with offices in Atlanta, GA. The company’s mission is to broker, fund, and develop entertainment-based properties in the film, film score, and music industries. The Spinks Music Group finds, signs, promotes and delivers artists music who is unique in the marketplace with significant product and music differentiators. Executive Management Mr. Product Uniqueness
The Humane Society of the United States: Donate Would you like to know more? Is The HSUS a reputable charity? Founded in 1954, The HSUS is the nation's largest and most effective animal protection organization, backed by 11 million Americans, or one in every 28. Recently, we were chosen as one of Worth magazine’s top 10 Most Fiscally Responsible Charities, and our accomplishments for animals range from local needs to national legislation. For more information, you can read our annual reports and financial statements, as well as check out our latest accomplishments for animals. What can I do to help animals besides making a donation? Contact local law enforcement if you witness animal abuse.Make sure your pet is always wearing an I.D. tag.Prepare a disaster plan that includes your pet.Make sure your pet is spayed or neutered. What is The HSUS' mission? The HSUS' mission statement is "Celebrating Animals, Confronting Cruelty." How does The HSUS accomplish its goals? How is The HSUS affiliated with my local humane society?
Hey Google, check out my 301s | RagePank SEO Dec 18, 2008 Every so often, you need to change the domain name for a website. This isn't something to be taken lightly as there are several implications. One of these implications is having stale pages lingering around in Google's index from the old domain. The issue here is that due to dupe content issues, Google may not be willing to index your new content until the old content is gone. Sure, you have setup a 301 from the old pages to the new pages, but maybe your site just doesn't have much authority and Google doesn't care much about your redirects. Without any links to those old redirected pages, Google won't be revisiting those pages anytime soon. My solution to this problem is simple - write an open letter to Google. Hey Googlebot, long time no see mate. Thing is, the site has had dupe content issues in the past and we are only now doing something about it. Cheers mate. Cheers, Harvey. You don't post the letter - you just place it on a page somewhere that Googlebot will find.
"Sam Spratt Illustration" What, in your opinion, has been the biggest effect of the internet on art?How do you get noticed in the contemporary art scene when there are so many artists on the internet and social media? With so much plagiarism and emulations of artworks, how do you keep your artworks so original? How do you make sure you style is distinct so that people know it is yours?How different is it selling art online then in a gallery? What are the main differences? 1-2. The Internet has allowed more people to discover art, do so easier, and thus enabled more people to be and aspire to be artists — and I think that’s neato burrito. 3-4. Well, not plagiarizing other people’s work is really the key here. It should be made having referenced the source material, materials beyond that source, references created on your own, and tied together through a technical understanding and personal treatment. 5-6. Very. 7.
Making search more secure: Accessing search query data in Google Analytics As search becomes an increasingly customized experience, particularly for signed in users, we believe that protecting these personalized search results is important. As part of that effort, today the Google Search team announced that SSL Search on will become the default experience for signed in users on Google.com (see the Official Google Blog post to learn more). Protecting user privacy is important to us, and we want to take this opportunity to explain what the Google Analytics team is doing to help you continue measuring your website effectively in light of these changes. How will this change impact Google Analytics users? When a signed in user visits your site from an organic Google search, all web analytics services, including Google Analytics, will continue to recognize the visit as Google “organic” search, but will no longer report the query terms that the user searched on to reach your site. What is Google Analytics doing about it?
Five Google tools journalists don't use but should Google logo via reasonpad.com You may think you know Google, but here are lesser-known tools that can help journalists with everything from reporting on natural disasters to hunting for new sources. Google featured these tools in a recent digital media training session for Pakistani journalists hosted by the International Center for Journalists. The session was led by Sean Carlson, global communications manager, and Robert Boorstin, the director of public policy for the global search company. IJNet found these five tools that can simplify reporting and give stories a dynamic approach: Google Moderator – It’s the perfect tool for crowdsourcing story ideas. Public Data Explorer – After browsing through available stats found online, use this data visualization tool to find a story in the numbers. Fusion Tables – When you’re dealing with intense heaps of data that took months to independently gather, you can use this tool to visualize and publish your data to find clear patterns.