I am proud to call Greg Hartnett, President of Best of the Web, a personal friend.  So this post will not be as objective as the others you’ll find here on Mihmorandum.
But as a practicing SEO, I can truly say that BOTW Local is up there with Marchex’s OpenList network and Localeze as my favorite [...]

I wrote awhile back about getting banned after a spammer injected a scummy footer into my Wordpress blog.    Despite upgrading to the latest version of Wordpress, it seems to have happened again.  I’ve filed all the necessary reinclusion requests with Google; I’m obviously hoping for the same outcome.
The offending links aren’t showing up in [...]

The second half of this month’s “Links of Local Interest” series follows below: Yet More on Small Business Reputation Management, A Bunch of Stuff by Matt McGee, Mike Blumenthal, Yellowpages Payola, and my latest Search Engine Land article.

Kind of like the “S” in your old Encyclopaedia Brittanica set, the third installment in my “Links of Local Interest” series is SO big that it requires two sub-volumes. (Look for part B tomorrow.) In this edition: SEMpdx Hot Seat Next Week!, Google Local Guidelines Announced, Questions and Answers from Google Local, Web Reference (aka Citation) Tips, How Many Small Businesses “Get It” When It Comes to Online Advertising?, More About Small Business Reputation Management, and
More Self-Promotional Drivel from the Yellow Pages.

Just wanted to put this out there so everyone is aware of it. I feel the need to set down in writing my policy on comments:

* Comments will be published immediately as soon as you hit submit.
* I reserve the right to edit comments for any offensive material (hasn’t happened yet).
* I reserve the right to delete comments that say things like “First!” or other lame, one- or two-word comments that don’t contribute to the discussion.
* I reserve the right to edit the name (i.e. anchor text) under which you submit your post.

Doing my best Sarah Palin impression, let me reword that sentence a couple of different ways: SEOmoz’s new SEO Tool, Linkscape, will change the face of SEO. (Also, too, the face of SEO is bein’ changed by SEOmoz’s new Linkscape product, also.)

I continue my monthly website design award series, showcasing seven websites I’ve come across recently deserving of special mention. Featured this month are The Ernest Hemingway Collection, Design Intellection, Rob Across America, Robert Henry, William Duff Architects, Deform Group, and Typechart.