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The Interpretation Mistake

January 28th, 2009  |  by Jordan  |  published in SEO

Criticism, though sometimes painful to swallow, is a good thing.  It challenges our preconceptions.  It pushes us to be something better than we are.  I like criticism, but not when it’s unfounded.  I ran across such an unfounded critique this past weekend in which SEO Theory writer Michael Martinez attacks SEOMoz writer Rand Fiskin’s video post [...]

How to get a 200% goal conversion rate in Google Analytics

January 17th, 2009  |  by Jordan  |  published in Web Analytics

200%?!  It doesn’t take a mathematician to reveal the absurdity in that statement.  And yet it’s true: I have seen a 200% goal conversion rate in Google Analytics with my own two eyes.
But fear not, for there is a logical explanation.  Google Analytics uses a flawed mathematical technique in calculating what it labels the “Goal [...]

A look at link building through a different lens

January 6th, 2009  |  by Jordan  |  published in SEO

If you’ve ever done any search engine optimizing, I bet I can guess the facet of SEO that makes you cringe the most.
Link building.
Was I dead on?  Then let me assume some more.  You’re exasperated by the thought of pleading with hundreds of webmasters for linkbacks and submitting your site to obscure web directories — [...]

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