Following our recent testimony in front of the U.S. House Small Business Committee, we revisited Washington D.C. to deliver our first seminar for small businesses on the web - specifically those in the Hispanic-American community. The Spanish-language seminar, co-sponsored by both the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the League of United Latin American Citizens ,

A quick note about my upcoming keynote at the Search Engine Strategies conference, Tuesday, August 19 th at 9:00 am in San Jose. Kevin Ryan and the entire SES organization put on one of the best search conferences around. This year I have the privilege to present to more than 4,000 of you down in the Valley.

Now that we've bid farewell to soft 404s , in this post for 404 week we'll answer your burning 404 questions. How do you treat the response code 410 "Gone"? Just like a 404. Do you index content or follow links from a page with a 404 response code? We aim to understand as much as possible about your site and its content. So while we wouldn't want to show a hard 404 to users in search results,

Posted by Danny Dover Disclaimer: This post doesnt include any information about SEO. If you are looking for SEO related content, please read the normal search related posts on this blog. The SEOmoz community has always been a fundamental driving force behind this company. All of you (Moz Community) provide the motivation to keep us (SEOmoz employees) working and you issue the guidance to keep us on the right track. When asked why I like my job so much,

Now you have more ways to keep tabs on your account You shouldn't be intimidated by reports"whether it's a report card, a weather report or the cover sheet for a TPS report . Our Ad Performance Reports, located under the Reports tab in your Sponsored Search account, help you understand how your ads are performing. You should use this report to help identify the ads that most effectively generate leads, conversions and revenue.

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by Molly McCall Unfortunately for those who really, really want to believe, the wait must continue. Two researchers presented evidence today of a large, shaggy (and dead) creature they claim is Bigfoot . The two men say they found the mysterious beast in the north Georgia woods and stashed it in a freezer. Though the bold duo had claimed they would present DNA evidence, photographs, and video to prove they did indeed nab the big guy,

Jamie Welsh, the founder and CEO of 10% Solution , will be speaking at the session on "Non-Profits & Socially-Responsible Companies With Global Interests in a 2.0 World" during next week's SES San Jose . 10% Solution is a social responsibility certification and consulting company. In a previous life Jamie was a highly accomplished executive with a diverse background in, ISO certifications, process consulting, marketing, organizational management and software development.

Olympics fever continued to lay much of the nation low as the dog days of Summer stagger through mid-August. Will tomorrow's children ask about 9-year old Chinese girls competing in gymnastics, or Russian tanks rolling into Georgia, or that election stuff with that old guy and that celebrity guy when they look back at this week in their history Kindles? I think it's more likely they'll want to know where Grandma was when Gmail and Netflix were down. To the ticker!

For anyone doing a search these days looking for some good reading material on how to educate themselves on search engine optimization for either themselves or their company they know that it can quickly get overwhelming with the amount of information in existence. So many books, so many authors and everyone seems to be an expert these days. How do you know whose information to trust anymore?