10 Tools for Creating Infographics and Visualizations
Posted by Miranda.Rensch
Hello there! I'm Miranda Rensch, Product Manager at SEOmoz and lover of visual communication. Communicating visually is one of the most effective ways to explain complex concepts and relationships, and can be a great way to explain your services/products and create valuable site content. I often use diagrams and whiteboarding in order to communicate new features and concepts internally with my team.
I've compiled a list of tools you can use to create visualizations, or simply use to communicate visually with your teammates. Enjoy, and feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments!
Tools for creating simple infographics and data visualizations
1. Piktochart
Piktochart is a web-based tool that has six decent free themes (and a whole bunch more for the paid version) for creating simple visualizations. You can drag and drop different shapes and images, and there is quite a bit of customization available. You can also add simple line, bar, and pie charts using data from CSV (or manual entry). You can export to PNG and JPG in either print or web quality. Note that with the free version, you get a small Piktochart watermark on the bottom of the
February 6, 2013
Tags: Creating, Infographics, Tools, Visualizations
Posted in: SEO / Traffic / Marketing
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An Updated Guide to Google Webmaster Tools
Posted by beammeup
This post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.
With the recent Google Webmaster Tools security bug, I thought a deep dive into what GWT has to offer SEOs might be prudent since many SEOs may have logged in recently.
Google Webmaster Tools was once Google Webmaster Wasteland. But the past year has been a fruitful one as Webmaster Tools has rolled out improvements faster than Facebook does new privacy statements. Google Webmaster Tools (GWT) is now full of insightful data and metrics that you cannot get anywhere else. Some GWT data is useful, some is not. Let's dive in and take a look at each tool in GWT.
Guide to Google Webmaster Tools Index
| Webmaster Tools Sections | My Favorite Tools |
|---|---|
| Configuration | #1. Download Your Latest Links |
| Health | #2. View Your Website Crawl Stats |
| Traffic | #3. Submit To Index |
| Optimization | #4. Webmaster Tools Data in Google Analytics |
| Labs | #5. Rich Snippets/Structured Data Test Tool |
Webmaster Tools Home
When you first login, you'll … Read the rest
December 26, 2012
Tags: Google, Guide, Tools, Updated, Webmaster
Posted in: SEO / Traffic / Marketing
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Local Search Dream Team – Tips, Tools & Predictions
In addition to the infamous Panda and Penguin updates, locally-focused business are going through a lot with constant changes to Google Places (now Google+ Local). Not only is the platform often broken, leaving very little support to small businesses, the local search industry is quickly growing and evolving. The majority of local businesses don’t have the time, patience or experience to keep up.
Fortunately for small businesses and those interested in local search, some of the most talented SEOs in the industry share their thoughts and findings through their blogs and social media outlets.
So in honor of another gold medal for the USA men’s basketball team (my favorite Olympic sport), I present the Local Search Dream Team. If you weren’t familiar with the 1992 Men’s Basketball Team (nicknamed the Dream Team), all you need to know is that it was the greatest team ever assembled in professional sports. Period.
The Local Search Dream Team
David Mihm – Best known for publishing the Local Search Ranking Factors on DavidMihm.com, as the founder of GetListed.org and a frequent speaker at industry events.
Follow David on Twitter and Google+
Mike Ramsey – founder of Nifty … Read the rest
August 26, 2012
Tags: Dream, Local, Predictions, Search, Team, Tips, Tools
Posted in: SEO / Traffic / Marketing
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16 Public Relations Tools and Tactics That Can Help Grow Your Business
Public relations has traditionally been a tactic to drive publicity to a company, enhance reputation and highlight some of the good things they do for their community. It’s easy to understand how public relations can help build natural links and improve SEO. It’s not always easy to understand how to implement some of these ideas. Here’s a look at some public relations tools and tactics that can help you come up with great ideas, generate buzz, distribute content and manage your reach.
Inbox Q is an application that helps you find questions on Twitter and facilitate story ideas. For example, if you come across a trending question or topic within your industry it might be a good idea to write a press release or blog post which includes your company’s expert opinion about that topic.
Quora is much like Inbox Q in the way that it can help you generate ideas for press releases, blog posts and other online material. This question and answer site allows you to understand questions people want to know about your industry or product. Much like Twitter or Goggle+, you should follow thought-leaders in your industry and build your business reputation.
After you … Read the rest
August 14, 2012
Tags: Business, Grow, Help, Public, Relations, Tactics, Tools
Posted in: SEO / Traffic / Marketing
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Is Your Linkbuilding Working? How to Easily Check Using Webmaster Tools and a Pivot Chart
Posted by electricmice
This post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.
Is all that time spent doing linkbuilding helping you acquire links faster than you would acquire them without linkbuilding? This guide will help you determine if the rate with which your site is acquiring links is any different than the rate your site acquires links naturally.
Pulling the Data
To start this process you will need to have already verified your site in webmaster tools. Once verified, navigate to the Traffic>>Links To Your Site section of webmaster tools.
From here you will see three sections: who links the most, your most linked content, and how your data is linked. Click "More>>" under the who links the most section.
Once you have clicked for more, you should see a list of domains that are linking to you, the number of links, and the number of linked pages. What you will also now see is the ability to download the latest links.
While I love Google … Read the rest
August 11, 2012
Tags: Chart, Check, Easily, Linkbuilding, Pivot, Tools, Using, Webmaster, Working
Posted in: SEO / Traffic / Marketing
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