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Pyscape: Your Best Friend for Using the Mozscape API
Pyscape: Your Best Friend for Using the Mozscape API |
Pyscape: Your Best Friend for Using the Mozscape API Posted: 30 Jun 2013 07:37 PM PDT Posted by GeoffKenyon If you do link building and have to pull a lot of metrics from Open Site Explorer, I would like to introduce you to your new best friend, Pyscape. You might use a Google Doc to take advantage of the Mozscape API, but this is better. I promise. Pyscape, created by fellow Distiller Ben Estes, enables you to pull link data such as an export of more than 10,000 backlinks or look up Moz metrics for a bulk URL list. And itâs super-fast. What does Pyscape do?When you use Pyscape, you must choose one of the following operating modes to run:
It is also worth noting that Pyscape does not cut off your reports at 10,000 URLs, and it can be much faster than using the Open Site Explorer Interface â" especially for sites with large link profiles. Selecting Your Granularity In addition to telling Pyscape which report you want to run, you need to give it a little more guidance. This is especially important because Pyscape will pick an intelligent set of fields to grab from Mozscape based on the options you specify. Start by telling Pyscape how it should interpret the URL(s) that you input:
Links Mode If you are in the links operating mode, here are a few more commands you should know:
Anchor Mode Finally, there are a couple more directives you should know if you are going to use the anchor mode:
Setting Up PyscapeSo now that weâve covered what Pyscape will do, letâs look at how we use it. The following steps will take you through setting up Pyscape.
![]() ![]() Running Your First Pyscape ReportOk, now that weâve got Pyscape installed, Iâm going to take you through how to run reports using the command line (It sounds technical but itâs really pretty easy).
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Entering these commands will give you the data you need to start your analysis in a nice .csv output in lightning-fast time. This Google Doc contains examples of the output data from Pyscape to help you get a feel for which reports will best work for you. The rest is up to you! If you like the tool, make sure to say thanks to Ben and to vote it up on inbound.org! Sign up for The Moz Top 10, a semimonthly mailer updating you on the top ten hottest pieces of SEO news, tips, and rad links uncovered by the Moz team. Think of it as your exclusive digest of stuff you don't have time to hunt down but want to read! |
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duminică, 30 iunie 2013
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis |
China Manufacturing Conditions Deteriorate, New Export Orders Fall at Fastest Rate Since March 2009 Posted: 30 Jun 2013 08:06 PM PDT In what should be no surprise to Mish readers, the HSBC China Manufacturing PMI™ shows Operating conditions deteriorate at quickest pace since last September, and new export orders plunge. Key pointsI frequently disagree with Markit economic comments but these comments from Hongbin Qu are spot on. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Posted: 30 Jun 2013 12:13 PM PDT Just to show how far out of line NSA surveillance has gotten, the US is gathering routine information on US citizens and has also been bugging EU offices. Der Spiegel reports "Senior European Union officials are outraged by revelations that the US spied on EU representations in Washington and New York. Some have called for a suspension of talks on the trans-Atlantic free trade agreement." Please consider Spying 'Out of Control': EU Official Questions Trade Negotiations Europeans are furious. Revelations that the US intelligence service National Security Agency (NSA) targeted the European Union and several European countries with its far-reaching spying activities have led to angry reactions from several senior EU and German politicians.Evidence Overwhelming The US has not officially acknowledged that fact but nor has the US denied it. But the evidence is overwhelming. "I can't comment". is the best the US can do. The Financial Times comments on the mess in EU demands answers over claims US bugged its offices A diplomatic row over communications surveillance deepened as European ministers reacted with disbelief and fury to reports that EU offices were bugged by US intelligence services. Legal But Unconstitutional Washington Post writer Laura K. Donohue, professor at Georgetown University Law Center and director of Georgetown's Center on National Security and the Law, says NSA surveillance may be legal — but it's unconstitutional. The National Security Agency's recently revealed surveillance programs undermine the purpose of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which was established to prevent this kind of overreach. They violate the Fourth Amendment's guarantee against unreasonable search and seizure. And they underscore the dangers of growing executive power. Illegal And Unconstitutional New York Times op-ed contributors Jennifer Stisa Granick and Christopher Jon Sprigman make the case that the NSA Actions are both illegal and unconstitutional in their article The Criminal N.S.A. THE twin revelations that telecom carriers have been secretly giving the National Security Agency information about Americans' phone calls, and that the N.S.A. has been capturing e-mail and other private communications from Internet companies as part of a secret program called Prism, have not enraged most Americans. Lulled, perhaps, by the Obama administration's claims that these "modest encroachments on privacy" were approved by Congress and by federal judges, public opinion quickly migrated from shock to "meh."Criminal is Correct Viewpoint There is no doubt that actions by the NSA are both illegal and unconstitutional. Yet, instead of going after the perpetrators of crimes, the US is going after Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence contractor who leaked the documents detailing the illegal surveillance to various news agencies. Rand Paul on Snowden Finally, please consider Rand Paul: Clapper Lied, Snowden Told the Truth. Senator Rand Paul told CNN yesterday that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden will be historically viewed as a truth teller whereas Obama national security director James Clapper will be judged as a liar for telling Congress that the NSA was not spying on Americans.So, who is the criminal here, and who is the hero? One is wanted on charges of treason, the other is not wanted or charged with anything. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
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Damn Cool Pics
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Top 10 Reasons for Online Video [Infographic] Posted: 29 Jun 2013 08:34 PM PDT Video can seem like an engaging way to drive visitors to your site and keep them there, but is there good evidence that this is really the case? Why should site owners make an effort to include video? Click on Image to Enlarge. ![]() Via: www.mindboxproductions.com |
5 Ways to Spruce up Your Walls Without Paint! [Infographic] Posted: 29 Jun 2013 08:32 PM PDT Want to add a little something extra to your walls without using paint? Maybe you're pressed for time. Maybe painting is too expensive. Maybe you're a renter. Maybe it's just too messy. Whatever your reasons for avoiding paint, here are some tips to make your walls fabulous! Click on Image to Enlarge. ![]() Via: Wall Decal World |
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Seth's Blog : Thinking about money
Thinking about money
Many marketers work overtime to confuse us about money. They take advantage of our misunderstanding of the time value of money, of our aversion to reading the fine print, of our childish need for instant gratification and most of all, our conflicted emotional connection to money.
Confusing customers about money can be quite profitable if that's the sort of work you're willing to do.
A few things to keep in mind:
- The amount of money you have has nothing to do with whether or not you're a good person. Being good with money is a little like being good with cards. People who are good at playing cards aren't better or worse than anyone else, they're just better at playing crazy eights.
- Money spent on one thing is still the same as money spent on something else. A $500 needless fee on a million-dollar mortgage closing is just as much money as a $500 tip at McDonalds.
- If you borrow money to make money, you've done something magical. On the other hand, if you go into debt to pay your bills or buy something you want but don't need, you've done something stupid. Stupid and short-sighted and ultimately life-changing for the worse.
- To go along with #3: getting out of debt as fast as you possibly can is the smartest thing you can do with your money. If you need proof to confirm this, ask anyone with money to show you the math. Hint: credit card companies make more profit than just about any other companies in the world.
- There's no difference (in terms of the money you have) between spending money and not earning money, no difference between not-spending money and getting a raise (actually, because of taxes, you're even better off not-spending). If you've got cable TV and a cell phone, you're spending $4,000 a year. $6,000 before taxes.
- If money is an emotional issue for you, you've just put your finger on a big part of the problem. No one who is good at building houses has an emotional problem with hammers. Place your emotional problems where they belong, and focus on seeing money as a tool.
- Like many important, professional endeavors, money has its own vocabulary. It won't take you long to learn what opportunity cost, investment, debt, leverage, basis points and sunk costs mean, but it'll be worth your time.
- Never sign a contract or make an investment that you don't understand at least as well as the person on the other side of the transaction.
- If you've got a job, a steady day job, now's the time to figure out a way to earn extra income in your spare time. Freelancing, selling items on Etsy, building a side business--two hundred extra dollars every week for the next twenty years can create peace of mind for a lifetime.
- The chances that a small-time investor will get lucky by timing the stock market or with other opaque investments are slim, fat and none.
- The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.
- Don't get caught confusing money with security. There are lots of ways to build a life that's more secure, starting with the stories you tell yourself, the people you surround yourself with and the cost of living you embrace. Money is one way to feel more secure, but money alone won't deliver this.
- Rich guys busted for insider trading weren't risking everything to make more money for the security that money can bring. In fact, the very opposite is starkly shown here. The insatiable need for more money is directly (and ironically) related to not being clear about what will ultimately bring security. Like many on this path, now they have neither money nor security.
- In our culture, making more money feels like winning, and winning feels like the point.
- Within very wide bands, more money doesn't make people happier. Learning how to think about money, though, usually does.
- In the long run, doing work that's important leads to more happiness than doing work that's merely profitable.
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sâmbătă, 29 iunie 2013
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
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Bill Gross Discusses the "Tipping Point" For Bonds; Does He Miss the Boat? Posted: 29 Jun 2013 10:23 AM PDT Bill Gross did not see this major selloff in bonds coming. He discusses the setup in his recent Investment Outlook called The Tipping Point. Much of the article is about how he almost tipped a ship while in the Navy. He uses the tipped ship metaphor to talk about the position in bonds. Gross says "Markets just had too much risk, and in PIMCO's opinion, too much hope for a constant QE and for the growth that it would produce. In effect, the ship was top heavy with too little ballast. Guess I should have known, huh?" That's water over the dam at this point so the question Gross asks now is "Well where does the ship go from here?" Here is a snip of Gross' explanation.
Emphasis by Bill Gross A Tipping Point That Won't Tip Gross' message is clearly "the ship has reached a tipping point but don't worry, the ship won't tip". Let's discuss each of Gross' three main points. 1) "The Fed's forecast is far too optimistic". I certainly agree with Gross that the Fed (and almost everyone else) is overly optimistic. But what if growth is not the Fed's only concern? What if the Fed is concerned about the bubbles it has blown in stocks and bonds? What if the Fed is concerned about renewed speculation in housing? Perhaps that scenario far-fetched, perhaps not, but at least some Fed governors have those concerns. 2) "The Fed's inflation target is 2%" OK, the Bernanke Fed has an inflation target of 2%. But Bernanke will soon be gone. Will the next Fed have the same target? Any target? Given that Janet Yellen is likely the next Fed Chairperson, it is likely but not a given. And how does one measure inflation? Will the Fed ignore housing like it did between 2002 and 2007? Will it at all look at brewing bubbles? 3) "Yields have adjusted too much" Have they? Let's assume that Gross is correct. Gross emphasizes the yield on a 10-year note belongs at "2.20% instead of 2.55%". Lovely! Let's once again assume Gross is right. The upside is 35 basis points. And what is the downside if Gross is wrong? Is this what things have come to? That's it's necessary to speculate on a gain of 35 basis points because that is fair value? And where was Gross on "fair value" when the yield was 1.5%? If it is correct to play for 35 basis points now, why was he in bonds when the yield was 70 basis points too low? Can you have this both ways? And why is this suddenly a "3–5% for both stocks and bonds" when he tweeted "@PIMCO The secular 30-yr bull market in bonds likely ended 4/29/2013. PIMCO can help you navigate a likely lower return 2 - 3% future." So, is this a 3-5% world or a 2-3% world? Questions abound and answers are few. I actually suspect Gross may have this correct, but what is the risk-reward if he is wrong? What if the bond revolt continues? What if the Fed has lost control? That's what Gross does not discuss, and that's where he missed the boat. For further discussion, please see Calmer Waters for the Bond Market? Gold? Worst Over? Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:21 PM PDT An alleged "worst case scenario" shows the FHA could lose as much as $115 Billion. Since these worst case scenarios are always famously optimistic, the best course of action would be to shut the agency down. I was quoted as saying just that by the Heartland in Congressional Report Raises Spectre of FHA Bailout. The Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) losses over the next 30 years could be much higher than originally projected, according to the findings of a congressional committee. The dismal forecast has some bracing for another taxpayer-financed bailout.Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
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