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Microsoft Weighs in on Ranking Authors in Social Networks

Author Ranking in social media is more than just a popularity contest, and can include things like how frequently an author surfaces content that subsequently becomes popular, topical authority on different subjects, and popularity and influence signal…

What Might Be Next For (not provided)

On May 7th, Mozilla announced that Aurora (Firefox’s public beta) is beginning to roll out their HTTPS-by-default Google+ search behavior. It won’t be long before this is default in Firefox. As their announcement states, the user will be none…

The Penguin Update – Whiteboard Friday

SEOmoz and I don’t always see eye to eye on industry issues, but I still have a lot of respect for the company. In fact SEOmoz is still the website that I send people to, when they want to learn about SEO or get into our industry. Rand kindly invited…

The Penguin Update – Whiteboard Friday

SEOmoz and I don’t always see eye to eye on industry issues, but I still have a lot of respect for the company. In fact SEOmoz is still the website that I send people to, when they want to learn about SEO or get into our industry. Rand kindly invited…

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Announcing PushFire (and what it means for the Sugarrae site)

A little over a year ago I posted about how I was taking my life back – making a lot of changes and figuring out what was next. Changes sure as hell have been made. :) And now it’s time to let you know about them and what they mean for me as an in…

Live Blogging the Bing Search Summit

Danny and I are here at the Bing Search Summit in San Francisco. Qi Lu is on stage talking about the launch of the “New Bing.” He talking about “reorganizing the web for task completion.” The web is no longer a collection of documents; i…

The New Bing: Microsoft Tries Again With Search Meets Social

Bing announced a relaunch of its search engine today, with a big emphasis on bringing social into search. But wait! Didn’t Bing already have social as part of its search experience? Yes, but now the search engine hopes to do it better, especia…

What Is Search Engine Ranking Authority?

Next month, I will speak at SMX Advanced as a member of the authority panel, so it makes sense to discuss authority in my column this month. Authority is a term that has been around as long as I can remember, probably longer than the term search e…