BUY THIS.  Seth Godin is a genius.. ’nuff said.  http://ow.ly/4bPbM

Businesses and entrepreneurs alike can learn from Seth Godin’s “Poke the Box”.

Take Initiative
Embrace Failure
Create Experiences

Take a moment and listen to a few words on his new book and some of the challenges of doing something different.  Your job is to invent the status quo…make something happen.

Hubspot interview with Seth Godin:

http://vimeo.com/20759976

Youtube short on the new book:

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Google Farmer Update, Overstock,  Bing, Mobile SEO and other ramblings..

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There are also a number of great sites with additional information on the recent Google Search Engine changes:

ReelSEO: Google Algorithm Changes

Negatively Impacted By Google Changes

Tell Google About You Site: Post on Google’s SEO Forum
Have any of you been affected by the new Google Search Engine Changes?

As many of you fellow SEO Freaks out there already know, Google Instant launched this week and there is quite a bit of buzz centered around it.

In Search Engine Land’s article:  “SEO Is Here To Stay, It Will Never Die“, they discuss some of the buzz on the launch of Google Instant and whether it’s an “SEO killer”.  If you aren’t yet familiar with the new Google Instant service, I’ve included a video below which will catch you up to date.

While Google Instant has some really cool application possibilities, it is definitely not a “SEO killer“.  Search engine Land’s own response to this was:

“…No, Google Instant isn’t killing SEO. In fact, nothing’s going to kill SEO. I know there are a lot of SEO haters out there who wish this were so, but that hate comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of what SEO is about. If you misunderstand something so much as to hate it, you surely have no understanding about its future.

No, SEO is not about tricking search engines, nor spamming links, nor ruining web design. It’s about building good content, understanding the ways people might seek it — including the words they might use — and ensuring the content is search engine friendly along with being human friendly.”

“…Google Instant reemphasizes the need to do keyword research by examining suggestions, but that was already part of the SEO landscape for ages”

What are your thoughts?

For good measure, I’ve thrown in one more demo of Google Instant:

On-Page (Keyword-Specific) Ranking Factors

(Information about these factors:  The following ranking factors were rated by our panel (SEOMoz.org ) of 72 SEO experts. Their feedback is aggregated and averaged into the percentage scores below. For each, we’ve calculated the degree to which the experts felt this factor was important for achieving high rankings as well as the degree of variance in opinion, estimated using the standard deviation of the contributors’ answers. Thus, factors that are high in importance and low in contention are those where experts agree the most that the factor is critical to rankings.)

This is a great little tool provided FREE from the fine people @ SEOBOOK.com. Its a fast and easy to use SEO tool which I highly recommend everyone take a moment and try. I’ve included a brief “how to” video below which takes you through the various features included with this free tool.

Did you find some new features in your analytics account recently? Learn more about Analytics Intelligence & Custom Alerts…

I’ll outline some additional new features in future posts.. stay tuned!