Why I Believe in Intentional Efforts to Increase Diversity
Wil Reynolds is one of my closest friends. When I reflect on people I love, respect, and want to spend time with (even when…
The “Pester Your Potential Lead Until They Hate You” Approach to SaaS Sales Sucks
I caught this tweet from Peep Laja (someone I admire greatly and whose advice I generally think is gold) today: This was one of…
The Traffic Prediction Accuracy of 12 Metrics from Compete, Alexa, SimilarWeb, & More
Services that claim to predict the traffic websites receive have been around for 15+ years, but I’ve long been skeptical of their accuracy (having…
Google Suggest Has Wildcards?! KW Planner Hides Data?! Crazy.
Google’s Search Suggest is a wonderous feature. Not only does it save humans beings around the planet millions of key entries each day, it’s…
This Chart Does Not Show SEO Is Dying
Sigh… Every few years, there’s a renewed effort in the worlds of shoddy journalism, clickbait, and cheap pageviews to claim the death of SEO.…
The False Narratives We Tell Ourselves
I carry a story around in my head. It’s not a true story. But it’s a story that’s hard to escape. It goes something…
On Being Wrong and Not Knowing the Answer
There’s the naive view of expertise – the one that we all have as young people – where we think that Eddie Vedder must…
The 5 Best Things I [______] this Year
It’s quiet out there on social media. I’m in San Diego with my wife’s family for the holidays, as per usual. And, as per…
Heresy: Google and SEO Don’t Actually Change that Much
This post is going to sound like clickbait to some, irrational to others, and probably sane to only a handful of practitioners, but I think…
Negative Self Talk and Self Deprecation
I’m not sure if I can short form blog effectively (like two of my blogging heroes – Brad & Fred), but I’m going to…