As part of my newly adopted daily ritual, this morning I was doing my best to drown out the sounds of Yo Gabba Gabba (don’t ask) and enjoy my coffee and blog reading.  Surprise, surprise – I subscribe to a ton of blogs.  Blogs about SEO.  Blogs about PPC.  Blogs about blogging.  Blogs about business.  Reading all of these blogs keeps me abreast of …

In the past few weeks we’ve talked about various well and lesser known SEO pricing models and how each can help marketers and SEOs adapt budgets and billing to cope with strained budgets. But, not everyone is cutting back to deal with the difficult economy—many brave entrepreneurs are using this as an opportunity to get their companies off the ground. Who would start a business in this economy you wonder? Smart people.

The internet offers businesses the chance to get …

Recently I came across a client who had <meta name=”robots” content=”NOYDIR” /> and <meta name=”robots” content=”NOODP” /> tags in their meta data and I feel there is need to go in depth on the purpose of these two tags and how they can affect SEO.   A while back we wrote on this topic when the new canonical tag came out. But it’s been a few months and I feel it’s important to highlight the two tags individually.

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Analytic programs are fun for the data-lovers, but there is a tendency for some SEOs to over analyze or become reactionary to that data. To keep yourself from going stats-crazy or just plain ole crazy, here are some tips to keep some semblance of discipline when reviewing your SEO performance and website analytics.

Give it Time

Looking at analytics in real time can actually make you very skittish and make you doubt your SEO decisions. Slow and steady wins the race and …

The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered SEO Boy’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from April. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful SEO management tips. Enjoy!

Are you using a robots.txt file, meta nofollow tags, and/or meta noindex tags on your site? Probably! Are you using them correctly? Find out! Learn how to use these tools to improve your internal linking structure & prevent various PageRank-flow …

• Have you heard? You need to create fantastic content in order to earn links & achieve ultimate SEO success! Of course you’ve heard. We’ve all heard. Rand at SEOBook gives some insight (in fabulous list format) into what you need to consider in order to generate that quality, “reference worthy” content you’re supposed to be creating.
• Domains will stick with you for a long time, so it is important to pick one that is …
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Greetings! SEO Boy would like to wish everyone a happy National Hamburger Month! May is a perfect time to reflect on the numerous ways that this delicious sandwich can be enjoyed. As you can see, SEO Boy likes his hamburger with everything. And when we say everything, we mean EVERYTHING! He’s a growing boy! Enjoy!

I’ve been reading the Search Engine People blog for some time now, but today was the first time I’ve ever noticed them offering any kind of tool, plugin, what-have-you.  If it is in fact their first foray into the world of plugins, they certainly are making a splash!  At 52 Sphinns and 54 ReTweets, I’d say they’ve struck a cord with SEOs.  Their new tool is called the “Wordpress Blog Link & Traffic Analysis Plugin.”  Once loaded into …

Recently, we encountered a tracking issue with a client’s website.  What was the problem? Tracking visitors between multiple websites in Google Analytics. So, I thought I’d share the the problem and solution with you, just in case you ever have the same issue.

The website in question has a unique purchasing process that makes it difficult to complete the sales funnel in Google Analytics. This means we were having trouble attributing sales to specific keywords.

Why were we having this problem? …

Thanks for joining us for the newest installment of SEO Boy’s Super Friends Interview Series! Today we are delighted to chat with The Wizard of Moz himself, Rand Fishkin! Rand is the brains behind SEOmoz, one of the most respected SEO resources and communities in the world. Rand is also a well-traveled speaker, and just recently returned from engagements at the Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference and SMX Sydney.

SEO Boy authors John and Carrie spoke with Rand about the evolution …