Rob Ousbey VP Operations - Seattle
Blog posts by Rob Ousbey:
Issues with page indexation (or lack of it) are typically faced by larger websites. I regularly run into questions about “How can I tell which pages aren’t indexed?” or “Which section of my site has indexation problems?” et cetera. One Continue reading »
This time last year, I shared some ideas for Halloween costumes for search marketers. This year I wanted to take a look at some Halloween pumpkin carving ideas that will appeal to internet geeks & video gamers – with some Continue reading »
For Chrome users: the advice in this post should take you two minutes to implement, and could save you loads of time. How often have you wanted to search Google and see as ‘standard’ a set of results as possible, Continue reading »
There are a bunch of online apps and services that make running Distilled much much easier, and I wanted to share these with you. This is mostly written from my perspective at Distilled LLC (our new American office) – Continue reading »
The background: in 2009, Google Analytics added a feature – Multiple Custom Variables – which allows you to store additional data in Google Analytics – specifically name/value pairs at a visitor, visit or pageview level. You can then segment and Continue reading »
Blog posts begin with a little preamble. This part sets the tone of the article, and helps the reader establish what they’re going to find out over the next 500 words, even though they’ll probably only just read the section Continue reading »
Firebug is a Firefox plugin that lets you inspect the code on a webpage, giving you a quick way to check if best practice, SEO-friendly coding has been used. The ability to edit page code and content means you can Continue reading »
Sometime this year, the agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo will see Yahoo’s web-search replaced with results powered by Bing’s technology. One of the greatest concerns from an SEO’s perspective, is that we will probably lose one of the more useful Continue reading »
Happy New Year, and welcome back to the Distilled blog. Over the holiday season, and with a bit of down-time, many people had the chance to pick up some new skills or look into something that they’ve never had time Continue reading »
Having spoken about online news at the Pro Training Seminar last month, and given this week’s discussion about Rupert Murdoch’s plans for his online properties, I felt that I should offer some comment on his plans, and the direction that Continue reading »