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Re: Feedback on the frame in the news release

Annie Cushing — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:29:33 -0000

I think that's a fabulous idea. I had a client whose WordPress site looked atrocious in the frame, which made them look bad for their launch. Furthermore, a link from PRWeb carries nice PageRank - provided you don't start nofollowing these links.

Re: 5 Useful Tools for Conducting International Keyword Research

Annie Cushing — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:33:06 -0000

Great post. Could you possibly expand on how you'd use different international proxy servers for competitive research?

Re: 5 Useful Tools for Conducting International Keyword Research

Annie Cushing — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:26:44 -0000

Thanks so much, Alec. That clears it up for me. :)

Re: BlueGlassLA Goes Full Circle & Drops Knowledge

Annie Cushing — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:22:21 -0000

Seriously, what a great conference writeup. I can only imagine the conference that dream team pulled together. But if they pull together one for NYC, I just might have to pull out all the stops.

(Oh, and great writing style, btw. There aren't many people who can pull off winsome like that.)

Re: BlueGlassLA Goes Full Circle & Drops Knowledge

Annie Cushing — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:02:29 -0000

LOL. I think the world might just tilt on its axis when we finally meet irl. Can't wait to make that happen. :)

Re: Setting Up Goals in Google Analytics

Annie Cushing — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:53:43 -0000

Thank you very much for that feedback. I'm glad you're getting value from my posts. :)

Re: Email Traffic Is Bad. Should We Kill It?

Annie Cushing — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:05:06 -0000

Glad you like it and have learned something. :)

Re: How to Not Fail at Tracking Goals in GA

Annie Cushing — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:11:20 -0000

I sure will. Anything in particular you'd like to know? :)

Re: How to Not Fail at Tracking Goals in GA

Annie Cushing — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:55:56 -0000

Thank you. Glad you're getting something from it. :)

Annie

Re: Replicating Google Analytics’ Time Format in Excel

Annie Cushing — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:49:15 -0000

Yay! That makes me so happy, Dana. Annielytics strikes again. :)

Re: We Upgraded All Buffer Plans to Unlimited Daily Timeslots

Annie Cushing — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:48:50 -0000

So then what's the difference between the two plans? What benefits are there to going pro?

Re: When the numbers don’t add up: tips for reconciling different analytics tools

Annie Cushing — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:56:17 -0000

Great article! But your Health Check page(http://www.analyticspros.co... is blank.

Re: Hacking for SEO – BEWARE of the Crap Hats

Annie Cushing — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:22:57 -0000

This is a phenomenal post! Thanks for the great resources, insights, and link to the MHF Tool page with even more great info.

Re: Google To Let Webmaster Report Bad Incoming Links

Annie Cushing — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:49:55 -0000

I became a proponent of this when I started to talk to business owners whose previous SEO companies/consultants/in-house SEOs built links that eventually tanked them in search. I don't care so much about the large corporations with deep pockets that knew the risks they were assuming by talking a walk on the wild side. It's the business owners who took out a second mortgage to pay for SEO services just to be left bleeding out by Penguin I care about. To give these SMBs the ability to offset these damages without having to shell out thousands of dollars to an SEO agency that may or may not get them cleaned up is a step in the right direction, I think. This could provide an affordable solution that will ultimately clean up the SERPs and give companies a chance to get back in the game.

Re: The Bitch Slap: Knowing What Scares You

Annie Cushing — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:34:46 -0000

Wow. I've been thinking about this post all day. A blog post hasn't hit me this hard in I don't know how long. It's one thing to face your fears (hard enough!), but to publish them exposes our cowardly tendency to hide them from others and pretend we have everything under control. For someone as intensely private as I am, I'd have to say my greatest fear is most likely exposure. Thank you for taking a swing at that today. #respect

Re: June 16th Google Update? Google Says No.

Annie Cushing — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:55:38 -0000

I took a screenshot yesterday of the SERPmetrics (which measures daily fluctuations in G, B, and Y across 100k keywords) to investigate some volatility. Sure enough, there was a huge drop in Google 6/15 (screenshot: http://screencast.com/t/3uG.... You can see the report here: http://api.serpmetrics.com/....

Re: A Marketer’s Guide To Table Formatting In Excel

Annie Cushing — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:41:10 -0000

Nice resource, Michael! Evernoted.

Re: A Marketer’s Guide To Table Formatting In Excel

Annie Cushing — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:03:14 -0000

I agree, Brian. I've searched long and hard for a way to do that. Microsoft really needs to add that functionality. They offer it for charts; it would stand to reason they could add it for tables. Sigh.

Re: A Marketer’s Guide To Table Formatting In Excel

Annie Cushing — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:04:10 -0000

Great. I think you'll really enjoy the series then. :)

Re: How To Manage Big Data With Pivot Tables

Annie Cushing — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:37:13 -0000

You'll get an email saying that it's ready if you're an SEOmoz member. And, unlike most tools, you actually can get a fully formatted report. But I still get the csv and format it myself.

Re: How To Manage Big Data With Pivot Tables

Annie Cushing — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:37:38 -0000

You bet! :)

Re: How To Manage Big Data With Pivot Tables

Annie Cushing — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:38:05 -0000

They're more addicting than pistachios. :)

Re: How To Manage Big Data With Pivot Tables

Annie Cushing — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:21:54 -0000

I would disagree that it's "never" okay to replace nulls w/ 0's. You overstate your point. That said, not all data sets are friendly to pivot tables. But in the example you state, you could easily replace the nulls w/ a value greater than 100 and then filter those rows out or just note that any value greater than 100 = null. Problem solved.

Re: How To Manage Big Data With Pivot Tables

Annie Cushing — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:22:47 -0000

Right??? I'd include the day I learned how to use vlookups to that short list. :)

Re: Excel Instructions for MozCon

Annie Cushing — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:49:29 -0000

The password is mozcon.