Rand Fishkin’s New Chart
Rand Fishkin's New Chart
Check out this new chart by Rand Fishkin that gives some really interesting information on the evolution of the Google Algorithm over time.
Rand Fishkin, SEOMoz, on the future of SEO in 2009
Here's a good interview of Rand Fishkin on the future of SEO. I think he sums it up all very well.
The Importance of Video SEO
Byron Gordon interviews Matthew Scheybeler, Chief Technology Expert of Blinkx and he discusses the importance of video search engine optimization.
The End Is Here! No More SERP Reports?
Stoney deGeyter posted an article this week "An End To Ranking Reports Is An End To Analysis." Google is blocking Web Position Gold's SERP reports, and Stony points out that all reports show different numbers. Focus on sales and spend more time in your analytics program.
The Definitive Local Search Rankings Document
David Mihm steals top honors this week with his article "Local Search Rankings Factors." Sage refers to the post as the definitive local search document, thus far. David picks the brains of the top 20 local search experts to help determine what the most important factors are for local search. He created a scale of negative five to positive five that he uses to rank topics on how important they are to impacting your rankings. With a total of 47 different criteria listed, David not only tells you how the experts ranked them, but he also tells you how much they agreed or disagreed upon their importance. Topics discussed range from the "General importance of claiming Local Business Listing" to negative factors like "Listing multiple addresses on website."