So I was playing with the Page Strength tool over at SEOmoz (it turns out rotten bananas falls only slightly lower on the scale than TechCrunch), and it’s actually a pretty cool tool. It takes into account a number of factors from link counts to Alexa rank to domain age. Check it out if you haven’t seen it. But I digress.
What got my attention was this helpful little note at the bottom of the report:
If your report contains missing data, try refreshing it.
If what now? If my report contains missing data? If that happens, pushing the refresh button will be the last thing on my mind. I’ll first be making a call to Stephen Hawking for an explanation that will surely be beyond me, but I’ll feel smart while politely nodding and saying, “mmhmm… mmhmm.”
I don’t mean to pick on SEOmoz because, well, they’re bigger than me, but that one made me laugh.
On a separate note, like I said, I’ve been reading up on SEO lately, and so far I’ve found two “star blogs”* on the subject: Tropical SEO and the Scoreboard Media Group SEO blog. They share a lot of good info and viewpoints and manage to do it with a sense of humor, which is a crucial part of maintaining interest while learning anything new.
* “star blogs” is a term that I just pulled from the dark to mean “blogs that I enjoy reading”
4 responses so far ↓
1 Mark // May 11, 2007 at 11:25 pm
I’m with you, some of these sites talk way over my head. There are the top tier bloggers out there like Steve Pavlina and Darren Rowse, and then there is a huge group of techies that know the ins and outs of the web but aren’t great at explaining it. Then there are people like me - newbies just trying to figure it all out. The best site I’ve found for people like me to get started with is http://courtneytuttle.com. Very good information explained in a way I (we?) get it.
2 Sexy Amateur Webcams // Nov 19, 2009 at 9:33 pm
I’ve used the tool before and although I don’t see it being a necessity I do think it’s a little fun to play with. Thanks for sharing with everyone else.
3 ISO 9001 // Dec 5, 2010 at 5:01 pm
I love this blog. The post here has given me the desire to learn a lot more. Thank you.
4 Health & Fitness Blog // Feb 27, 2011 at 10:52 am
Hmm, I’ve never used the page strength tool before. The only tools I use for strength are the offline equipment for physical fitness training, but it was some interesting information, nonetheless. Yeah, sorting out the baloney in the SEO world is a real tough task. You have so many people claiming to be a Guru at this and that, while most of the self-professed “gurus” are actually failures with big mouths. Ha!
Anyway, good luck out there with your cyber-based success and everything else. Cheers!
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