In March I speculated on Twitter that the Google analytics referral spam referral spam problem might be solved. At the time, lots of people agreed with me, and things stayed pretty clean through the first part of April. Did @googleanalytics fix the referral spam...
As of now, it looks like this may be the last update needed. Last month I only needed to add six domains to my referral spam blocking segment, and this month there were even less. Going through the referral stats for nearly 40 client websites, I only found two...
One of the most useful tools I ever had built was a “keyword multiplier.” It lets you enter some keywords, along with some variables, and it multiplies those variations into a long and complete list of phrases. Up until yesterday, the tool would return...
On February 12th, Google announced that they would *not* be certifying for Search Engine Optimization, a decision that I disagree with completely. I recently wrote about “Trusted Google Partners” giving the industry a bad name and it really shouldn’t...
Not a week goes by where I don’t learn something in this business, and last week blew me away. What I had always considered a hard cold SEO fact turned out to be not true, despite there being claims to the contrary all over the web. Last Friday, February 5,...
I’m letting this poll run for a few days… What do you think, and why do you think it? Cast your vote here on Twitter, and feel free to leave any comments below. I’ll update this page after the poll is done… After URLs change, for #SEO purposes,...
Google does not always send malware discovery notifications to site owners when they notify the public. I know, because it happened to me again today. Today I got an email from my friend David Portney, showing me that Google was displaying a security warning when...
Each month I update an Analytics segment with more Google Analytics referral spam domains, and Decembers additions are as follows: ranksonic adf.ly snip.to copyrightclaims – (clever) traffic2cash black-friday hosting-tracker cyber-monday alibestsale...
I’ll be showing both presentations that I’ve put together for Pubcon Las Vegas, coming up the first week of October. They’re primarily for advanced audiences, but anyone is welcome to come and I’ll be happy to answer questions. The two...
I just ran across a Google Adwords client with a new toolbar I’ve not seen before under the keywords tab, that gave me instant access to the negative keywords, and to the keywords that drove the clicks. I’m pretty sure this is brand new, not only because I...
