This article is seriously outdated since I no longer use WordPress If you write a technical blog post about optimizing source code for SEO or programming scripts, I highly recommend the Crayon Syntax Highlighter for WordPress users - it gives your examples a nice, snazzy look to it. The plugin includes 25 default themes but I couldn’t find a good preview gallery for them anywhere so I decided to list them all out below. Enjoy! ...
I updated my aHrefs bulk link analysis script to improve its functionality by adding two features. The script now returns the results in a CSV file called ahrefs_results.csv Introduces the .map Ruby enumerable for a “cleaner” syntax The source code for this Ruby script can be found at my Github repository. My next task is defining individual functions to eliminate any code redundancy and ultimately speed up the API calls. Stay tuned! ...
This post is super late but if you didn’t know already I left my short tenure with Macy’s earlier this month and joined the SEOgadget family! You can read my first SEOgadget blog post here. I’m helping out Laura Lippay expand the US office so I’ll be getting a taste of both agency and startup life. Business is already booming and I’ve got so much work ahead we are looking to hire another Organic Search Strategist. Yes, that’s right - I need a partner in crime! ...
Just like the natural world SEO traffic adheres to a Power Law, more commonly known as the long-tail or the 80-20 rule for you MBAs. Applying this to search, it means approximately 80% of your organic traffic is attributed to the top 20% of your keywords. When you visualize this type of data though an inherent problem occurs… …the number of visits for the head terms far exceed that of the torso and tail keywords, thus rendering the graph useless. And if you wanted a YoY comparison of your SEO performance? ...
One of my top blog posts this year is the bulk URL checker and has become my staple tool for HTTP checks en masse when I don’t want to fire up third party software. This accomplishment got me hooked (on coding) and to keep my momentum going I decided to write a Ruby script which interfaced with the aHrefs API and emulate their batch analysis tool. If you’re only interested in the bulk link analysis script then you can find it here. It may look simple but it took me a couple hours to complete and needs some cleaning up on my part. This file is a good start for anyone who needs a quick analysis about a list (big or small) of URLs and their links. Regardless, I’ll continue to build upon it so it resembles that of the aHrefs tool. ...
2012 was such an amazing year for me I can’t even begin to describe how grateful I am for everything that has happened. Anyways, check out the “Year in Review” video by Google below…they always get me all teary-eyed. Let’s hope for an even better 2013. =] YouTube: Year in Search 2012 If you liked this video you may also want to check out the one from last year.
When I first started doing keyword research I found myself easily downloading 10+ CSV files from the Google Adwords Keyword Tool. This became a (painful) problem because I had to manually copy and paste all the data into a single Excel file. Fast forward a few months when I finally found the perfect solution: using the CAT function (short for CONCATENATE) within the command line. Mac users can get started immediately with their Terminal (located in the Utilities folder); Windows users will have to download Cygwin. ...
I occasionally browse my Twitter feed to stay in touch with SEO news and random internet shindigs. One thing I’ve noticed is some SEO’s only interact with a certain group whereas others are more open to “outsiders.” This social phenomenon shouldn’t be too surprising since it’s easily observable in high school where you have the popular kids, jocks, math geeks, environmentalists, goths and so forth hanging out with their own clique. In fact, we can sum it up with one timeless quote… ...