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Top SEOmoz Posts, Comments & Users of 2010

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:44 PM PST

Earlier this month we gave you the top SEOmoz posts from 2010 based on the total number of thumbs up, traffic, backlinks and tweets. But that wasn't enough, and the community asked for more! You wanted to see the posts with the most comments and the comments with the most thumbs up (as I screwed that list up in the last post). So I decided to even take it one step further and see which community members commented the most in 2010 also.

The numbers were gathered on December 21st, so beware that some of them could have changed since then. Now that we have that out of the way, come along with me for a walk down memory lane.

Top Comments of 2010 by Thumbs Up

Ok so in the last post, we looked at top posts based on the number of thumbs up it received, but what about those comments? Who writes comments so eloquent that people can't wait to thumb it up? Well since 5 out of the 10 comments are from Rand and Jane, I'd say they do. :)

1. randfish | March 3rd, 2010
Using Anchor Links to Make Google Ignore The First Link

2. Jane Copland | January 26th, 2010
It's Only A Clique If You're Not In It

3. audilo | September 10th, 2010
Discussing LDA and SEO - Whiteboard Friday

4. MOGmartin | June 25th, 2010
Whiteboard Friday - We Bought Links and It Worked!!

5. Mike Coughlin | June 25th, 2010
Whiteboard Friday - We Bought Links and It Worked!!

6. gfiorelli1 | September 10th, 2010
Who's Ready to Get Googley?

7. Jane Copland | June 25th, 2010
Whiteboard Friday - We Bought Links and It Worked!!

8. randfish | September 16th, 2010
LDA correlation 0.17 not 0.32

9. Jane Copland | January 12th, 2010
An Update to Our Testing on PageRank Sculpting with Nofollow

10. Ann Smarty | September 16th, 2010
4 Valuable Link Building Services (Zemanta, MyBlogGuest, EightfoldLogic & Whitespark)

Top Users of 2010 By Total Comments

Whew! This list of Top Users is based on the total number of comments they've made in 2010. I've removed employees and Associates from this list as we all comment quite a bit, and have added the member's mozPoint total and rank amongst all users. These members need a huge round of applause for the amazing number of comments they've made both on the main blog and in YOUmoz this year! Thank you all for your contributions. :)

1. goodnewscowboy
mozPoints: 2057 | Rank: 6

2. gfiorelli1
mozPoints: 2154 | Rank: 5

3. lukejonesme
mozPoints 857 | Rank: 22

4. Empowered
mozPoints: 367 | Rank: 73

5. seo-himanshu
mozPoints: 611 | Rank: 40

6. Tola
mozPoints: 328 | Rank: 90

7. The Lost Agency
mozPoints: 744 | Rank: 27

8. Mike Feuti
mozPoints: 253 | Rank: 125

9. Stephen
mozPoints: 499 | Rank: 53

10. chrishorner
mozPoints: 155 | Rank: 203

Now we all know that goodnewscowboy and gfiorelli1 comment a lot, but wow over 1,000 comments each? I'd say they win some sort of prize... any ideas?

So which were your favorite posts, comments or even members from this last year? Personally I'll never forget when Gillian wrote this excellent post about digging deeper into analytics but sadly when I added the post to Facebook, the title got cut off at a horrible (no, I mean HORRIBLE) spot. Thanks to our friend hoodwebmgmt who saved a screenshot from Facebook and posted it in the comments, you can see my ridiculous mistake. Oh and the screenshot only shows about 1/4 of the total comments on the Facebook thread. :) I do however still break down into tears laughing about this whenever I tell the story. :) Now... your turn!

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Michael Gray - Graywolf's SEO Blog

Developing Websites, Posts and Niches From the News

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 08:25 AM PST

When you’re looking for new websites to develop or to expand existing websites into new and profitable niches, the news can be a valuable source for inspiration and research. In this post, I’ll take a look at what to be on the lookout for and how to see if it’s worth developing.

Recently I came across an article that talked about the cities with the worst teeth in the United States. According to the article, one of the worst cities is St. Louis, Missouri. We’ll start off with a search for the keyword [dentist] for the state of Missouri using Google insights.

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According to Google Insights, “Memphis” has more volume than “St. Louis” because Tennessee is so close to Missouri. After drilling down into St. Louis, we get more data, which shows there is indeed volume for dental kwd terms in the area.

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Next we want to check on how commercially viable the term is. To test, we set the location to St. Louis, Missouri and do some some keyword searches looking for adwords ads for [cosmetic dentist].

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Next, we want to take a look at what the prices are for some of the keywords in adwords …

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It’s important to note that these prices are country-wide averages; with nationwide search volume, it’s likely that one city will be radically lower in price and volume. Additionally, you will only get a percentage of the bid price, which can vary dramatically based on the quality score of your adsense account. We want to make sure there are additional monetization opportunities besides Adsense, so start looking for Dental-related affiliate programs. There are multiple dental lead gen opportunities such as DentalPlans.com, so there is more than one monetization option (see Adding Revenue Streams Into Your Website or Blog).

Now there’s more to deciding to build a new website. In addition to this research, you need to look at competition analysis and local factors, which in this case are huge, but those are topics for another post. The takeaway here is to learn to be on the lookout for these types of stories in the news and be able to see if they are areas worth exploring.

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Behind-the-Scenes with Paul McCartney and Oprah Winfrey

Your Daily Snapshot for
Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010

Behind-the-Scenes with Paul McCartney and Oprah Winfrey

Every year around the holidays, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts selects and celebrates individuals who have, through their lifetime achievement in the arts, contributed to enriching and enhancing culture in America. Watch this video which features behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with this year’s honorees at the White House - Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey, Merle Haggard, Bill T. Jones, and Jerry Herman.

Watch the video.