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Oilman Wants Your Sandboxed Sites
Rand Fishkin

Oilman Wants Your Sandboxed Sites

Todd Friesen, who lives here in Washington (though I never see him since he's nowhere near Seattle), is inviting folks with Sandboxed sites to email him. All of ours are currently out (probably because we haven't taken on a new customer in more than a year), but I wish I had some to send him. I know Bill's SEO by...

SEO Myths - A List and Discussion
Rand Fishkin

SEO Myths - A List and Discussion

Bill Slawski starts an SEO Myths thread at Cre8asite that's a true gem. I've excerpted some of my favorite myths he's covered, but it's the evidence and explanations that contain the meat of this post, so take a visit: MYTHS of SEO: SEO copywriting means writing strong copy, then inserting keywords wit...

BOTW Blog Directory
Rand Fishkin

BOTW Blog Directory

I was going to write about this, but Andy beat me to it. BOTW directory (note: they do advertise with SEOmoz) has launched a "free" inclusion blog directory for sites that qualify. Andy thinks it looks good and I agree: As opposed to many directories out there, ...

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Open-Source Full Text Editor for Content Applications
Rand Fishkin

Open-Source Full Text Editor for Content Applications

I've been using KTML and Matt's home-written code for a while now with SEOmoz, but I'm thinking of making the switch to FCKEditor. The name reminds me of the London fashion firm - French Connection United Kingdom (FCUK), but it's actually a good-looking system. You can try it for free on this page and download the installation sof...

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Final Weigh-In on SEOChat
Rand Fishkin

Final Weigh-In on SEOChat

I promised a post that offered closure on the SEOChat issue. Here are the list of events: SEOChat admins instituted some changes to the forum software Members began complaining vehemently, particularly with regards to the "nofollow" links on signatures (which one can only earn by posting 100 or more times and spending 90 days on the forum) Admins and some Mods...

Changes to SEOChat
Rand Fishkin

Changes to SEOChat

There's been some major changes to SEOChat, the forum where I moderate and spend most of my online forum time. The owners, DevShed and Jon Caputo, have decided to enforce strict "nofollow" tags on all outbound links in signatures, causing a mass exodus of many members, including many mod...