SEO with Rand Fishkin. Richard Durnall interviews Rand Fishkin, CEO of Seattle based SEOmoz. In the most basic sense, Search Engine Optimization is simply the practice of improving a website or webpage to receive more traffic through search engines. That alone is somewhere that I think some folks get confused - it's not about rankings, it's about traffic. If you concentrate on trying to achieve rankings for a few ... Read full entry

I seem to be referring to the MyBlogLog blog community quite often these days, but I'm telling you, if you're a blogger, and you're not a member, then you're missing out on all the fun! There's been much said about the newly introduced, and, oh ah, controversial community messaging feature in recent days, but there's something else that's been happening there over ... Read full entry

Fill The Dams is an initiative by Andy Parthenopoulos of Noodle Networks to raise funds for charity groups assisting those bearing the brunt of the current drought in Australia. Both individuals and organisations can contribute, and individuals can also submit their blog URL for inclusion on the Fill The Dams site. How's that for an incentive to get involved? Westciv, creators of CSS generator ... Read full entry

The kottke thing continues to reverberate around the blogosphere, as is to be expected. I haven’t looked at all the opinions or commentary, but his initiative has certainly stirred up some lively debate.Angie McKaig, for one, questions Kottke’s business model, or apparent lack thereof. What is his focus? What does he actually ... Read full entry

By now we’ve all heard what Jason Kottke is doing. For those still not in the know, listen up. Kottke has thrown in his day job, to take up blogging full time.Now this is something any blogger of note will, or should, be watching very closely. Kottke believes it is possible to make a living ... Read full entry