May 18, 2012

Moz’s $18 Million Venture Financing: Our Story, Metrics and Future

Posted by randfish Today is a good day. Whether you're a Mozzer, a fan of what we've built, a Seattle-startup supporter or even tangentially involved in the field of web marketing, there's reason to celebrate. After 5 years of organic growth (from our initial funding in 2007) and two tough, failed attempts at financing (in 2009 and 2011 ), I'm excited to announce that SEOmoz has raised $18 million in venture capital from Foundry Group and Ignition Partners

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Moz’s $18 Million Venture Financing: Our Story, Metrics and Future

The Real Impact of the Google SmartPhone Crawler (Part 2): Generating Mobile Redirects Properly

Posted by Suzzicks This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community.

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The Real Impact of the Google SmartPhone Crawler (Part 2): Generating Mobile Redirects Properly

Perfecting On-Page Optimization for Ecommerce Websites

Posted by Paddy_Moogan Back in 2009 (was it really that long ago?!) Rand wrote a post titled Perfecting Keyword Targeting and On-Page Optimization, which is one of the most popular blog posts on SEOmoz. It is still referenced as much today as it was back in 2009.

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Perfecting On-Page Optimization for Ecommerce Websites

Negative SEO: Myths, Realities, and Precautions – Whiteboard Friday

Posted by randfish This week we will be covering a topic not often discussed on Whiteboard Friday. We are going to be talking about negative SEO tactics and how these practices function. Negative SEO is definitely not something we condone here at SEOmoz but education around these techniques can be a helpful, precautionary method that could prevent you from being the subject of malicious intent

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Negative SEO: Myths, Realities, and Precautions – Whiteboard Friday

How We Managed to Benefit from the Panda Updates

Posted by Martin Panayotov This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.

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How We Managed to Benefit from the Panda Updates

The Real Impact of the Google SmartPhone Crawler (Part 1): Situation Overview

Posted by Suzzicks This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. Not everyone realizes it, but Google has been serving different search results to mobile phones than desktop computers for a long time

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The Real Impact of the Google SmartPhone Crawler (Part 1): Situation Overview

#SocialSuccess – An Inbound Marketing Case Study for B2B

Posted by searchbrat This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.

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#SocialSuccess – An Inbound Marketing Case Study for B2B

6 Changes Every SEO Should Make BEFORE the Over-Optimization Penalty Hits – Whiteboard Friday

Posted by randfish Having overly optimized web pages could soon get your websites in some hot water with Google and their search results. It has recently been announced that Google will start to penalize websites that engage in over-optimization practices

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6 Changes Every SEO Should Make BEFORE the Over-Optimization Penalty Hits – Whiteboard Friday

Will Scamming Slaughter Social Search Signals?

Trond Lyngbo wrote a long and thought-provoking piece for Search Engine Land on this very topic, and I highly recommend it to anyone who cares about their clients and their online reputation.

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Will Scamming Slaughter Social Search Signals?

Why Big Brands Get All the Breaks

Posted by Dr. Pete If you live outside of the ivory walls of the Fortune 500, it can sometimes seem like Google gives big brands all the breaks.

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Why Big Brands Get All the Breaks