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About

Loren Baker is the Founder of SEJ, an Advisor at Alpha Brand Media and runs Foundation Digital, a digital marketing strategy & development agency.

I am awesome at

SEO, International SEO, Technical SEO, Social Media, Content Marketing, Blogging, Entrepreneurism

Favorite Tools

SEMRush, Alexa, Ahrefs, Spyfu, DeepCrawl, Yoast, OnCrawl, Google Keywords Planner, HARO, OptinMonster, Mailchimp, Podio

SEO

Everything I Know About Link Building I Learned in 1998

When you think back to how the world of SEO and link building has changed over the past 2 years, it’s absolutely amazing. Before the...

Loren Baker
4/2/2013
2.7K Reads
11 min read

Careers & Education

Speaking at SES NY, Pubcon & Interactivity Digital

Hello friends and readers at SEJ! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here, but I wanted to drop in and say hello, and...

Loren Baker
3/19/2013
205 Reads
3 min read

SEO

Track Santa Online – NORAD Bing & Google Santa Tracker

Happy Christmas Eve SEJ readers! Like many other search & tech blogs, we’ve been doing write ups on NORAD Santa Tracker for years. This year...

Loren Baker
12/24/2012
12K Reads
5 min read

SEO

SEJ Update : Introducing Phil Butler, New Editor-In-Chief

In the next couple of weeks, Search Engine Journal will go through some significant changes : more news when it happens, online marketing intelligence, new...

Loren Baker
11/19/2012
764 Reads
2 min read

Mobile Search

Smartphone Penetration: Japan Users Lead Way When Adapting To Mobile Technologies [INFOGRAPHIC]

While the smartphones market in Japan has only reached a 6% penetration rate compared to 31% in the United States and 30% in the United...

Loren Baker
2/7/2012
3.4K Reads
2 min read

SEO

Marketing Mayhem in the Hotel Booking Space

If there is any more dynamic and competitive marketing niche online than travel and hospitality, even the casual observer would have a hard time noticing...

Loren Baker
2/3/2012
1.1K Reads
5 min read

Careers & Education

Chris Brogan Speaking at BlueGlass LA + 24 More Search & Social Experts

Over the next month, BlueGlass will be unveiling a new confirmed speaker for BlueGlass LA daily with a really cool calendar countdown. Traditionally, at BlueGlass...

Loren Baker
12/13/2011
203 Reads
2 min read

Careers & Education

BlueGlass LA 2012, Pubcon Vegas & #EpicDinner : SEJ @ Events!

We have a couple of announcements to make here in the conferences department at SEJ that will make for some exciting times this fall and...

Loren Baker
10/31/2011
242 Reads
1 min read

SEO

Best of the Web : BOTW Constantly Evolving the Web Directory

For years on SEJ we’ve been a proponent of listing sites web directories as a form of traditional organic link building. And over these years...

Loren Baker
10/16/2011
1.9K Reads
2 min read

SEO

Comparison of the Top Three Search Engines: Bing+Yahoo > Google? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Recent trends indicate that Google’s heels are getting nipped at month over month by Bing + Bing-powered Yahoo Search. But do the “other search engines”...

Loren Baker
10/11/2011
53K Reads
1 min read

Social Media

Recipe Finder’s Search Engine Entering the Portal Niche

Recipe-finder.com announced on Friday that it publicly entered the recipe portal niche this month. The recipe portal niche has been fairly competitive over the past...

Loren Baker
9/19/2011
672 Reads
3 min read

Careers & Education

BlueGlass TPA Only 16 Days Away : Last Chance for SEJ Readers

Good morning SEJ Readers! Later on in the month, down in sunny Tampa, FL, we will be holding an intimate and stellar Online marketing event...

Loren Baker
9/9/2011
121 Reads
2 min read

Careers & Education

ShoeMoney Added to the BlueGlass TPA Lineup

Big news today from the BlueGlass camp! We’ve secured Jeremy “ShoeMoney” Schoemaker to the speaker lineup for BlueGlass TPA! Jeremy will be sitting on the...

Loren Baker
8/26/2011
172 Reads
2 min read

SEO

SEJ’s Future: Change Can Be Very Good

SEJ, a uniquely collaborative nexus for interactive marketing information, is evolving, says founding editor Loren Baker. There are new faces and a deeper commitment to...

Loren Baker
8/16/2011
646 Reads
7 min read

SEO

SEJ: A Renewed Focus On ROI

Of all the acronyms in search marketing, one is mightier than them all: ROI. That’s what we intend to chase relentlessly.

Loren Baker
8/15/2011
296 Reads
2 min read

Careers & Education

BlueGlass TPA Agenda Announced : Register Soon

What better way to end the week than with an update on the agenda for BlueGlass TPA, the next BlueGlass conference (after LA & FL)...

Loren Baker
8/5/2011
179 Reads
3 min read

Careers & Education

BlueGlass TPA Expands Speaker List : AOL, eBay & CopyBlogger

BlueGlass TPA, the exclusive two day conference that will be held in Tampa, FL on September 26th & 27th, has added some well known expert...

Loren Baker
7/26/2011
306 Reads
2 min read

Careers & Education

BlueGlass TPA Conference Tickets Now on Sale

Today at BlueGlass, we announced the opening of registration for BlueGlass TPA, our upcoming exclusive conference in Tampa, FL which will be held on September...