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By day Ryan Jones works at Sapient where he runs a search strategy & analytics team. By night he’s either playing hockey, working on WTFSEO or attempting to take over the world – which he would have already succeeded in doing had it not been for those meddling kids and their dog.

I am awesome at

SEO, Mobile SEO, Blogging, being awesome

Link Building

The End of DMOZ and the Evolution of SEO

Beware the Ides of March. In case this is all Greek to you, it won’t soothe you to hear me...

Ryan Jones
3/3/2017
3.8K Reads
1.2K shares

SEO·Mobile Search

What Does Mobile First Index Actually Mean?

There’s a lot of talk about Mobile First Indexing – but what does that actually mean? What’s likely to happen...

Ryan Jones
11/21/2016
17K Reads
2.7K shares

SEO

You Don’t Want a Google Disavow Links Option

Do you really want a disavow links option? I don’t. With the recent Penguin update, the SEO community has been...

Ryan Jones
6/18/2012
2.8K Reads
158 shares

SEO

Google’s Over SEO Optimization Penalty

If you haven’t already heard, Google’s Matt Cutts and Bing’s Duane Forrester recently did a SXSW session with Danny Sullivan...

Ryan Jones
3/16/2012
6.6K Reads
378 shares

SEO

Sesame Seeds and SEO

“Why are our hamburgers square? Because we don’t cut corners.” – Dave Thomas A long time ago I did an...

Ryan Jones
1/13/2012
732 Reads
40 shares

SEO

Not All Spam Deserves The Death Penalty

By now you’ve most assuredly read about the Google Chrome fiasco. You know that Google threw Essence, their video ad...

Ryan Jones
1/4/2012
1.0K Reads
80 shares

SEO

How Does Google Use Quality Raters?

There’s been a lot of fearmongering talk lately about Google’s human quality raters and just exactly what they’re used for...

Ryan Jones
12/8/2011
3.0K Reads
90 shares

SEO

#pubcon Liveblog: Rogue SEO Tactics

Hey #pubconners it’s snacktime again so that means I’m doing what everybody else is – rushing to the conference room...

Ryan Jones
11/10/2011
824 Reads
81 shares

SEO

#pubcon Liveblog: Convergence of Analytics & SEO.

Welcome back to #pubcon. It’s been a long night playing blackjack (and an even longer night playing craps after that)...

Ryan Jones
11/10/2011
740 Reads
65 shares

SEO

#pubcon Liveblog: Black Hat Tactics

Ok boys and #girlsofpubcon here’s the session you’ve been waiting for. Black Hat Tactics and and Preventative Measures with Ziv...

Ryan Jones
11/9/2011
2.0K Reads
74 shares

SEO

#pubcon Liveblog: Correcting the Biggest SEO Mistake & Retargeting

Welcome back to day 2 of #pubcon liveblog coverage. There’s a lot of rocking sessions going on right now and...

Ryan Jones
11/9/2011
871 Reads
80 shares

SEO

Liveblogging Pubcon: Enterprise Level Local Search

Up next we’ve got the enterprise level local search panel with Brian MacDonald, Will Scott, Chris Tolles, Alan Bleiweiss, and...

Ryan Jones
11/8/2011
313 Reads
54 shares

SEO

Liveblogging Pubcon: Optimizing Personalized Search.

Welcome back to Pubcon! Lunch is (almost) over and everybody’s heading back to the sessions. First up is the state...

Ryan Jones
11/8/2011
164 Reads
52 shares

SEO

Quit Blaming Your Suck on Panda

Is it just me or has Google’s panda update become the scapegoat for poor SEO? It seems like every day...

Ryan Jones
10/25/2011
3.9K Reads
229 shares

Mobile Search

Mobile SEO is a Myth

I hate the term “Mobile SEO.” What exactly is it? Besides being a buzzword thrown around at every conference, seminar,...

Ryan Jones
10/17/2011
8.2K Reads
226 shares

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