During the Moz conference in Seattle, Rand Fishkin invited Barry Shwartz to his office to interview him. During one portion of the interview, they two spoke about the early days of the SEO industry, how they got into the SEO community, among other things. They discussed why he started Moz, the challenges he had over [...]
In order to help advance their platform, Bing Ads creating a community for the most enthusiastic advertisers. In an announcement made on Thursday from Franes Donegan-Ryan, Bing Ads Community Manager, he said that the team is looking for active users who want to engage the community and help Bing Ads “build better products,” “push us to be innovative” [...]
The idea behind building an online community sounds pretty awesome right? When you bring together a group of engaged users to help boost your brand, it sounds like a match made in heaven. But is there a hitch? Building a community that thrives online takes work, and can be quite slow and arduous. There are [...]
As it's just a few days before Christmas, it's the best time for giving. And when it comes to giving, one of the best examples in this industry of ours is the topic of communities. There's always a great connection between your readers, commenters, and subscribers and your site - it's them that can sustain [...]
Dana Lookadoo, center, at an SMX Conference flanked by Mat Siltala (right) and Matt McGee. Photo by Dana Lookadoo. In a bit of saddening news, last week, the SEO industry has lost on if its own. Dana Lookadoo, an SEO Consultant, Online Marketer, and founder of Yo! Yo! SEO, died early last week [...]
Unless you've been living under a rock, and you've been in the SEO industry for a while, you know who Matt Cutts is. We all know him as the head of search spam for Google for the last ten years. But, last July, Matt decided to take some leave from work. Afterwards, he extended that leave [...]