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I'm a professional amateur - jack of all trades and master of none.

Professionally I'm a "Web Strategist", but that's mostly because I'm good at telling others to do what I'm not good at.

More: http://about.me/mikehudson


Aug
17
answered What could cause a drop in direct traffic (all other sources remain constant)?
Aug
17
revised What could cause a drop in direct traffic (all other sources remain constant)?
updated with further discoveries
Aug
15
comment What could cause a drop in direct traffic (all other sources remain constant)?
This is Google Analytics (using traffic segments). @Christopher - since Jul 25.
Aug
15
comment What could cause a drop in direct traffic (all other sources remain constant)?
I have several years of GA code for this account - this is not seasonal.
Aug
14
comment What could cause a drop in direct traffic (all other sources remain constant)?
Thanks - Pingdom's DNS check reports all green across the board.
Aug
14
comment What could cause a drop in direct traffic (all other sources remain constant)?
No, the site has remained almost unchanged other than weekly content updates. The only recent changes were to the DNS.
Aug
14
asked What could cause a drop in direct traffic (all other sources remain constant)?
Aug
14
answered link rel=“alternate”, multiple languages and canonical urls
Jul
30
awarded  Caucus
Jul
30
awarded  Constituent
Jul
14
comment SEO value of duplicating content externally
You might know 'very little' about SEO, but your rationale for it being a "bad idea" is spot on.
Jul
4
answered category title and affect on SEO and ranking
Jun
28
comment Limit magento title length in admin
Slightly off-topic: Better off truncating the title to 12 words, rather than 65 Chars...
Jun
19
comment Does google not count certain words in search queries
@Anagio this is clearly called out as an exception to the rule in the first point...
Jun
18
answered Does a large (hidden) submenu count towards site content in tems of determining page similarities?
Jun
18
comment Importance of frequency of keywords for SEO
Can you rephrase your question in a way that it explains how you see "frequency" being different from "amount" or the inferred "density"? Otherwise it will most likely be voted to be closed as duplicate
Jun
15
revised What tags should be used for SEO in simple blog posts?
sorry - attributes v tags OCD
Jun
5
comment Can Google tell the difference between a link in a blog post and a link in a blog comment?
@Su' the best I can do is this video from Cutts - youtube.com/watch?v=LHZIt0FisWI
Jun
4
comment Can Google tell the difference between a link in a blog post and a link in a blog comment?
I'd have to disagree with your statement "there's no difference between the value of a link regardless of where it appears in a page" - see my answer below
Jun
4
answered Can Google tell the difference between a link in a blog post and a link in a blog comment?