Blog Column

Increasing time-on-page

Originally published on Moz (December 2011) In 2011, “quality” certainly seems to have become the soupe du jour. With the release of Panda, Google affirmed their stance that quality was something that could be algorithmically determined and the determination of quality would be a key factor in determining search rankings. Many (including Rand) concluded that […]

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How startups should think about PR

If you start a company, you have about a 50% chance of being around in five years, which is the same survival rate as if you were just diagnosed with colon cancer.  Now let’s talk about PR. When you start a business, you also start a timer that is counting down the days until your […]

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Facebook’s approach to privacy in product releases (aka shoot first and ask questions later)

Personally, I haven’t really cared that much about what Facebook does with their platform.  In general, I would say that they are trend-setters when it comes to design, UX and general social functionality.  People often grumble when they release new features however retrospectively, most of the features they release tend to achieve significant adoption and […]

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Comcast Fail

Let me begin by saying that I’m writing from a Starbucks near my house because once again, Comcast (CMCSA) has failed to deliver and I’ve finally made a decision I should have made a long time ago, to cancel my Comcast subscription and use an alternative. That being said, I feel obliged to share some […]

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