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by randfish 16y ago
I can definitely do that. As of 2 hours after the post, we've had a good number of referrals and 3 applicants. Jobvite's system does a good job of storing lots of interesting data, so hopefully I can share metrics in a follow-up. That might
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by randfish 16y ago
I like much of the advice, but the style and presentation of the message is, like so many things I've seen associated with Facebook, lacking any sense of humility. There's no "we did this because it worked for us and we're sharing in hopes
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by randfish 16y ago
Seattle, WA - SEOmoz is hiring a product manager with mad wireframing/product design skills - http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sof/2120238146.html We're also hiring engineers - http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sof/2091255814.html
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by randfish 16y ago
I love that this post got 50+ votes and that so many people here are stepping up. Despite some occasional negativity in the comments, HN is something special. And throwaway - if you're not deluged with other offers, drop me a line (rand at
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The Best Way to Launch a Product/Site is to...(conversationmarketing.com)
17 points by randfish 16y ago|1 comments
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Conflicting Advice from Entrepreneurs on Fundraising, Vision, Hiring, etc.(blog.500startups.com)
35 points by randfish 16y ago|3 comments
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by randfish 16y ago
We put it in our terms of service (and many companies that do signups over the web do, too). For big companies with strict privacy, they'll get in touch or let you know if they don't want you using it. That said, my strong preference is to
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by randfish 16y ago
That certainly wasn't my intent - I was just brainstorming a list of ways one might fix the shortfall of math/science/engineering professionals. Salaries: Maybe we're still low, but looking at http://gigaom.com/2010/11/10/stat-shot-the-res
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by randfish 16y ago
If any engineers from Ask.com are seeking employment, please drop us a line - http://is.gd/gSyDd I'm sad to see them go - they actually innovated a lot of the things Google ended up using (topic-specific link popularity as a concept, the
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by randfish 16y ago
Good recommendation - I'm going to link to that from the post as a corollary to the list from a technical/development perspective (vs. marketing/metrics focus).
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by randfish 16y ago
I never met or knew Luke or the team at Nerdery, but all the same, I'm glad you posted this. It's a very sad thing to lose a member of our community, particularly one so accomplished and beloved. My thoughts are with you all.
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by randfish 16y ago
This is the biggest problem we've encountered scaling our startup. We're profitable, growing, have a great customer base and solid marketing, but our product simply can't keep up with customer demands and opportunities to solve problems bec
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by randfish 16y ago
This link points to a scraped copy of my post here - http://www.seomoz.org/blog/traffic-bait-and-ad-clicks-perfec...
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by randfish 16y ago
Seattle, WA (in our awesome new offices near Pike Place Market) - SEOmoz is hiring senior engineers/developers, a senior scientist (heavy math/stats background and interest in web search/information retrieval). Get in touch with Kate@SEOmoz
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by randfish 16y ago
There are two blog posts with real data from tens of thousands of search queries showing that in reality, the impact of Google Instant has been negligible: - http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-instant-fewer-changes-to-s... - http://www.di
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by randfish 16y ago
I'm the founder of SEOmoz, but I'd say if you're just learning, you can do it for free. Both SEOBook and SEOmoz (as well as other software/tools/community offerings like WebMasterWorld or Raven) are great for when you've settled into SEO as
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Latent Dirichlet Allocation Surprisingly Well Correlated w/ Google Rankings(seomoz.org)
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by randfish 16y ago
Jason - I think the data would beg to differ. Correlation of exact match domains and even of domains that simply include the keywords with high rankings on both Google and Bing are quite pronounced - http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-vs-bi
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by randfish 16y ago
Really like seeing stories like this shared in such a transparent fashion. I wish there were more case studies from inside. I will say that when we transitioned from free to paid, there was a little bit of negative feedback, but I agree wit
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by randfish 16y ago
The goal of this research was not intended to prove any hypothesis, it was exploratory in nature, designed to show the differences in ranking correlations between results on Google vs. Bing. One might argue that the hypothesis being tested
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by randfish 16y ago
I don't typically like to argue on a third party site, but the post in question sadly doesn't allow comments. The original post, however, does - http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-vs-bing-correlation-analys... - and I wish Ted had taken up
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by randfish 16y ago
I think that's an excellent analogy - couldn't have put it better myself. SEO is doing all the right things to make your content and hard work as accessible and shareable as possible.
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by randfish 16y ago
Hey Fred - I'm the CEO & founder at SEOmoz. We're here in Seattle, too, but don't quite think of ourselves this way. If you're ever around and interested, our offices are a block from Pike Place Market and I'd be happy to buy you a coff
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by randfish 16y ago
Yeah - certainly. And I think our branding around software for SEOs speaks to that, but the branding of "SEO" in general is something we think about a lot, too. We're not just trying to improve our image or brand, we want to make the brand
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by randfish 16y ago
Wow... Great point. We used to have a callout in our top menu nav, but it's pointedly missing. I'll definitely get on that with the team. In regards to openings: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sof/1757631095.html is what's currently up
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by randfish 16y ago
Yeah, we've generally tried to position ourselves in this fashion, but with SEO in our name (SEOmoz) and with core values of transparency and authenticity, we'd prefer not to try to hide who we are or what we do. We believe whole-heartedly
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by randfish 16y ago
I completely agree Trey - I'd say that over the last 5 years, I've almost never (maybe once) seen a case where SEO had to interfere with or detract from good user experience. The engines have actually done a great job making this an extreme
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by randfish 16y ago
Working in the SEO world for a long time on a huge number and variety of projects, I'd have to say that despite my respect for the people who visit and comment here, this comment is entirely false. Bad SEO is easy, good SEO is hard. Just li
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by randfish 16y ago
Hmm... I think maybe this is where a big part of the problem lies. SEO hasn't been "black magic" for a long time now, and most of the "black magic" that worked from 1997-2003 is dead and gone, replaced by creative marketing, accessibility a
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by randfish 16y ago
Fair points. We're working to figure out what works and provide software to message that and help businesses optimize. It's not just for search engines (we try to help with, for example, how/why people retweet, link, share content, "like" o

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