Latest posts made by Lindsay
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RE: I keep getting Authentication Failed on the API
Good morning!
While I don't know the answer, maybe I can help! Have you tried posing this over at the API Forum? https://seomoz.zendesk.com/categories/6328-SEOmoz-APIs-and-Extras. That is usually the best place for API issues and questions. If you leave this question open too, we can go at this from two angles. 
posted in Moz Pro
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RE: Recovery during domain migration
If the migration is done perfectly, both domains are already very strong, all content is migrated (and no new keyword cannibalization issues are created), the move should be recognized in a matter of days.
Things to consider:
1. How does the to-be-moved site get crawled and how deeply? A key to successfully moving a site is ensuring that the search engines quickly find all of those 301 redirects.
2. XML Sitemaps can help with a speedy transition. Here is the trick, though. Be sure you have an up-to-date XML Sitemap of the to-be-moved domain just before the transition. Once the move is live, upload the old sitemap to webmaster tools to help get Google looking at those redirected pages.
3. SEO is a relative excercise. There are a lot of variables at play here is both domains show up in the SERPs for the same important keywords. Expect a lot of change as a result of the move. Look out for keyword cannibalization.
I hope this helps!
Lindsay
posted in Intermediate & Advanced SEO
Best posts made by Lindsay
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RE: Recovery during domain migration
If the migration is done perfectly, both domains are already very strong, all content is migrated (and no new keyword cannibalization issues are created), the move should be recognized in a matter of days.
Things to consider:
1. How does the to-be-moved site get crawled and how deeply? A key to successfully moving a site is ensuring that the search engines quickly find all of those 301 redirects.
2. XML Sitemaps can help with a speedy transition. Here is the trick, though. Be sure you have an up-to-date XML Sitemap of the to-be-moved domain just before the transition. Once the move is live, upload the old sitemap to webmaster tools to help get Google looking at those redirected pages.
3. SEO is a relative excercise. There are a lot of variables at play here is both domains show up in the SERPs for the same important keywords. Expect a lot of change as a result of the move. Look out for keyword cannibalization.
I hope this helps!
Lindsay
posted in Intermediate & Advanced SEO
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Blog Posts
7/1/2013
Enjoy this quick interview with two of the top web analytics professionals in the industry, Avinash Kaushik and Annie Cushing. Not only are they experts at leveraging data effectively, they’re incredible conference speakers who are returning to MozCon this year!
6/17/2013
We’re excited to bring Aleyda Solis and her international perspective to MozCon, where she’ll lay out how to make the bold but lucrative move into the international market.
8/18/2011
In an effort to get their point across, webmasters will sometimes implement more than one robot control technique to keep the search engines away from a page. Unfortunately, these techniques can sometimes contradict each other: One technique hides the instruction of the other or link juice is lost.
3/16/2011
Left to their own devices, search engine spiders can generate a whole slew of issues. Are you doing everything you can to guide bots through your website and make the most of each bot visit?
10/28/2010
There are a lot of great posts and resources about the rel canonical tag, but they can be hard to identify with a simple search. Even if you break through the clutter and find something truly useful, the current information can be hard to separate from the old. The web has been missing a current top-to-bottom resource on the rel canonical tag. In this post, I’ll do my best to cover it all...
10/12/2010
Some of the Internet's most important pages from many of the most linked-to domains, are blocked by a robots.txt file. Does your website misuse the robots.txt file, too? Find out how search engines really treat robots.txt blocked files, entertain yourself with a few seriously flawed live examples, and learn how to avoid the same mistakes yourself.
6/3/2010
A typical SEO site audit takes me around 50 hours to complete. If it is a small site (<1000 pages), I am working efficiently, and the client hasn't requested a lot of extra pieces, this estimate can come in as low as 35 hours. If the site is large and has a lot of issues to document, the time investment inches closer to 70 hours.
At SEOmoz, we usually asked for a project time-line of...
5/12/2010
Last week Jen and I attended the Search & Social Summit here in my backyard of Tampa Bay. This isn't your typical conference recap post, though. I wanted to focus on the action items that still stand out for me a week later, the things will make a difference in what I do or how I do it. Perhaps you'll rethink the way you do a thing or two as well.
10/15/2009
This post is about three pretty interesting things in my book; opportunities at SEOmoz, a new kind of duplicate content, and me. Despite the cleaver title, this post is not about SEO. You've been warned, OK?
2/20/2009
For every excellent experience I have had in seeking, retaining, or managing an SEO consultant relationship, I have had five others that were downright bizarre. Of all the consultants I’ve considered hiring or have worked with (voluntarily or otherwise) these are the ones that intrigue me most...
Closet Genius
Brilliant and eccentric, you are ‘internet famous’ and greatly respected in the search community. Your reputation is enveloped in an air of mystery. Nobody has met you in person… this includes the pizza guy and your largest paying client....
2/17/2009
After a whole month on the job I can attest that it’s an exciting time to work at SEOmoz! In the midst of a tough economy, we are delighted to see continued growth in the number of PRO members we serve as well as an impressive stream of consulting inquiries. To help support our next stage of growth, we are hiring an SEO!
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Lindsay is the CEO at Keyphraseology, an SEO consultancy in sunny Florida. Prior to Keyphraseology, she led the SEOmoz SEO Consulting Team. Lindsay has helped companies from the Fortune 500s to small and medium businesses succeed on the web. Lindsay writes about SEO and Site Auditing at seomoz.org and keyphraseology.com. She has spoken to advanced Internet Marketing and SEO audiences at SMX, SEOmoz Training, and the Microsoft Speaker Series.
A sampling of the websites that Lindsay has worked with include; Adecco.ca, Microsoft (Office 2010 and Windows 7 ), Etsy.com, Real.com, MyWedding.com, SimplyHired.com, onTargetjobs.com, Hcareers.com, MedHunters.com, RegionalHelpWanted.com, BioSpace.com, HealtheCareers.com, Robeez.com and SEOmoz.org.