Ranking Factors That Matter

Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz talked with us about ranking factors, but took a different approach than Laura Lippay of Yahoo. Experts are quick to offer advice on how to get your site to rank well, but does their advice match the data? What the data shows is what really matters.

SEO Metrics to Replace PageRank?

Rand Fishkin and SEOmoz introduced their tool Linkscape at SMX East and WebProNews was there to get the story. We followed up with Rand at SMX West to get an update on the tool. Rand prefaces the discussion by boldly stating that they are “a few months away from reversing Google’s algorithm.” (If that does happen, just know that WebProNews broke the story. J) As we all wait on that to happen, Rand tells of a different technique SEOs can work on.

PubCon: Buying and Selling Links, Good or Bad?

The Linkfluence session at PubCon reportedly had a packed out house with many opinions. We already brought you Aaron Wall’s take on the infamous link buying subject, and now we’re going to delve into Rand Fishkin’s ideas on the subject.

Here’s the question that causes so much debate: Is link buying good or bad? Which is it?
If you are selling links and making money, then it seems to be working out “good” for you. Another scenario in which it seems to be “good” is when you are purchasing links and your ranking is improving.

Linkscape: Making Valuable Link Data Available

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.

Let’s Talk Analytics, Conversions, Cloaking, and More

It’s always good to hear what Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz has to say and the conversation at SMX Advanced was no exception. Rand talks about the latest tools from SEOmoz including a new analytics tool that not only allows you to track your own statistics, but also those of your competition. SEOmoz has also updated [...]

SMX West 2008: Evan Fishkin

Rand Fishkin is no stranger to the SEO world, but what about his brother? Evan Fishkin, representing “Generation Google,” talked with Mike McDonald of WebProNews about the launch of his SEO speaking career at SMX West in Santa Clara. He explains the role that the Internet plays for his generation. Find out all the details [...]

SMX West 2008: Rand Fishkin

Mike McDonald of WebProNews and Rand Fishkin, the CEO and Co-Founder of SEOmoz, had an “explicit” conversation about spam at SMX West in Santa Clara. Easily one of the liveliest interviews of the whole !%$@ing conference.

PubCon Las Vegas 2007: Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz

WebProNews spoke with Rand Fishkin, the CEO and Co-Founder of SEOmoz.org, at PubCon Las Vegas 2007. Fishkin discusses the prevalence of link buying. He suggests building a marketplace all the search engines approve of and one that contains paid reviews. Fishkin also explains his recent blog post in which he talked about a few Google [...]

SEO Experts Talk Strategy

WebProNews takes a look at what you need to do to begin optimizing your Web site for the search engines. We talked to several experts in the SEO market including Rand Fishkin of seomoz.org, Brian Mark of toolbarn.com, David Brown of Top SEO Consultants, and Eric Enge of Stone Temple Consulting. All the experts give [...]

SMX Social Media, NYC 2007: Rand Fishkin

What is social media? Why is it important? Why is it so popular now? At SMX Social Media 2007 in New York City, WebProNews Reporter Kara Ratliff caught up with Rand Fishkin of seomoz.org to get these answers. Fishkin discusses blogging and social networking and what could be in store for the future of social [...]