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It isn’t SEO, it’s Performance Architecture

Thursday, 18 December 2008 by Paul O'Brien

On the radio today, I heard some laughter over the Jesse Jackson Jr. / Rod Blagojevich “scandal” (?); primarily, that Jackson’s handlers have taken offense at CNN’s labeling Jackson an ‘informant.’ The amusement stems from, with few exceptions, the fact that for all intents and purposes, that’s exactly what he is. Spokesman Kenneth Edmonds described

Published in Advertising, eCommerce, Search, Social Media

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The 4 Fundamental Web Technologies for User Retention

Friday, 24 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Standing in the shower this morning I had one of those epiphanies (yes, I know, perhaps TMI but I like to paint a picture in your mind so you can follow along with my logic 🙂 ). This was an epiphany while contemplating why people stay with a website. As I considered all of the

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Published in Comparison Shopping, Google, Insights / Research, Natural Search / SEO, Search, Social Media

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Paid Search Drives Organic Search Traffic – A 48 Hour Case Study

Thursday, 16 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

What struck me so directly, was how readily available and easily developed this insight was, once it occurred to me to try. 48 hours ago, I shut off a paid search campaign of over 10,000 keywords. The exact amount isn’t as applicable to you as knowing that this was the entire SEM campaign for a

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Published in Analytics, Insights / Research, Natural Search / SEO, Paid Search, Search

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What It Feels Like… to maybe have someone who writes for Esquire to have heard about your idea?

Friday, 10 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Leave it to Esquire to bring the Library analogy to explain search and SEO to the masses. In the November ’08 issue, an endorsement of The Public Library from Esquire’s Meryl Rothstein reads, …a librarian is like a Google that actually finds what you’re looking for and never clutters your screen with porn. That’s sort

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Published in Fun, Google, Search

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Is SEOmoz Building a Search Engine? – Live from SMX

Tuesday, 07 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Vintage Bath & Tub‘s Allan Dick hosted a fantastic dinner last night; bringing together the cream of the crop of search for a few hours of fun and food. I had no idea the fun would serve to validate my assertion that SEOmoz is on to something big. The annual dinner always features an innovative

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Published in Conferences / Events, Fun, Search

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Rand Announces Advanced SEO Analytics Engine Linkscape at SMX East

Monday, 06 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

I’ve just seen the future of link analytics and it is SEOmoz. Perhaps the most engrossing and entertaining presentation at SMX East was Rand Fishkin’s introduction of Linkscape, an advanced link intelligence engine delivering rich data to website owners and SEOs regarding inlinks, related anchor text, trust, and rank. SEOmoz has indexed over 200M domains

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Published in Analytics, Insights / Research, Natural Search / SEO, Search, Vendors / Agencies

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Can I Get an S? Can I Get an M? Can I Get an X?

Thursday, 02 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Is that grammatically correct? If S is a consonant, should it be “Can I Get a S?” an S? Who’s going? I couldn’t be more excited; the conference is expecting over 2,000 search marketing professionals, agencies, and marketers and I haven’t been to NYC in some time. Monday through Wednesday next week, the industry converges