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Linkscape: Making Valuable Link Data Available

Abby Johnson — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:48:32 +0000

Rand Fishkin and the SEOmoz crew have a new tool to add to their roster. Linkscape crawls the Web and allows access to link information on more than 30 billion web pages. Rand believes this is information that should be open and available. Learn more about Linkscape including its metrics in the WebProNews video.

SEO: Home Edition

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:29:35 +0000

Conferences, articles, experts, demos: in sum, information overload. In this video, Mike talks to SEO consultant Michael Gray about what to do when one gets home from a conference. Gray echoes a now-familiar theme: test, test, test. Mike and Mike also talk about WordPress, Flickr, and a little of the darker side of SEO.

Website Workout With Tom Leung

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:24:29 +0000

Fortunately, you won’t need leg warmers, cheesy music, or a “juice” supply. Google’s senior business product manager Tom Leung unveils Google’s new Website Workout, a promotion through Website Optimizer to help webmasters test their landing pages. As Leung puts it, “Those who are not testing are going to get left behind.”

A Few Comments on Commenting…

admin — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:19:05 +0000

For some, blogging is not as easy as it may sound. Whenever you break it down to issues such as how to get readers to your blog, how to get them to comment, and then what to do with the negative comments, it can be quite a challenge. WebProNews Reporter Abby Prince spoke with Leo Laporte, host of TWiT.tv and blogger of Leoville.com, as well as Matt Mullenweg, Founding Developer of WordPress and blogger of photomatt.net about these very issues. Catch their experiences and advice, only on WebProNews.

PubCon Las Vegas 2007: Microsoft's Nathan Buggia and Jeremiah Andrick

admin — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:49:09 +0000

While at PubCon Las Vegas 2007, Mike McDonald of WebProNews had the opportunity sit down with Jeremiah Andrick, the Program Manager of Microsoft Live Search Webmaster Center, and Nathan Buggia, the Lead Program Manager of Microsoft Live Search Webmaster Center. Andrick and Buggia discussed Live Search and the coverage it’s providing for people’s websites. They also talked about the differences between the Live Search tools and Yahoo and Google‘s tools. Check out the full interview, only on WebProNews.

SES Chicago 2007: Seth Godin's Keynote Wrap Up

admin — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:59:58 +0000

Entrepreneur, Agent of Change and Author of Meatball Sundae, Seth Godin gave a keynote speech at the 2007 Search Engine Strategies Conference in Chicago. WebProNews Reporter Kara Ratliff gives a recap of Godin’s keynote and discusses 14 trends that Godin says are changing the marketing industry forever. She also describes the title of Godin’s new book, “Meatball Sundae.” These tips and more can be found in the video right here on WebProNews.

Cloaking: MSN Live Search

admin — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:35:42 +0000

Product Manager of Live Search Webmaster Tools, Jeremiah Andrick spent the day here at the WebProNews headquarters. Our very own Mike McDonald took him on a wild, Kentucky escapade while picking his brain about Webmaster tools at MSN. Andrick discusses indexing issues, cloaking detection, and goes into detail about why AdSense showed up in their search results. While showing off their athleticism, the two also discuss why transparency is key and why to stay away from paid links. Don’t miss all of this and the inside scoop to both companies’ viral campaign, right here on WebProNews.

SES Chicago 2007: Jim Muller, Tech Lead for Google's Universal Search

admin — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:04:16 +0000

WebProNews Reporter Abby Prince speaks with Jim Muller, Tech Lead for Google Universal Search. Muller talks about Google’s view of SEO’s future (hint: it still involves getting those links), and also about Google’s continued expansion of Universal Search and Blended Search.

We're off to PubCon

admin — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:06:09 +0000

WebProNews is off to PubCon 2007 in Las Vegas! But first we talked with Brett Tabke… well we tried. Sadly someone (AKA Mike McDonald) forgot to hit the record button but we’ll let him tell you all about it.

Writers Strike…But For How Long?

admin — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:45:19 +0000

What’s your favorite television show? And how do you think you will do without new episodes of it? These are questions that many Americans are asking themselves since the start of the Writers Guild of America strike on November 5th, 2007. The WGA is striking for more pay on DVD sales, but more importantly they want some kind of compensation for Internet downloads and sales.
The writers are striking against the big studios and production companies. WebProNews interviewed a former member of the Board of Directors for the WGA, Charles Pogue, a blogger of plaintivewail.com, Stephen Falk, and the press representative for the WGA-East, Sherry Goldman.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) did not respond to us about inquiries for an interview. Yet every person we talked too felt very strongly about the strike and were unsure when it will come to an end. For more details of the strike and for the exclusive interviews with all three people, watch the full story from Reporter Kara Ratliff on WebProNews.

BlogWorld and New Media Expo: Steven Van Yoder, Author of "Get Slightly Famous"

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:42:28 +0000

One of the toughest challenges a blogger faces is getting their name out there. At the BlogWorld and New Media Expo, WebProNews Reporter Abby Prince spoke with Steven Van Yoder, the Author of Get Slightly Famous, about this very subject. According to Van Yoder, if a blogger truly is an expert in a certain area, he should be confident about it and not belittle himself. Watch all the other tips from Van Yoder for promoting yourself in the blogosphere, only on WebProNews.