# The vault

# The vault

These are essays I published a decade or more ago. Much of what's in them is likely out of date, but I've kept them here as a record of what I was writing at the time.

## 2016

*   [
    
    ### How to Rank Number One in Google: a Study of 1 Million Pages
    
    Published 9 years ago 13 Dec 2016 12 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/ranking-in-google/)
    
*   [
    
    ### 19 Actionable SEO Tips to Increase Organic Traffic
    
    Published 10 years ago 22 Mar 2016 47 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/seo-tips/)
    
*   [
    
    ### Hacking Competitive Pricing Analysis with Scraping
    
    Published 10 years ago 4 Feb 2016 9 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/competitive-pricing-analysis/)
    
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    ### How to Find Website Optimization Opportunities
    
    Published 10 years ago 27 Jan 2016 16 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/website-optimization-opportunities/)
    

## 2015

*   [
    
    ### An Advanced Guide to Building an Email List
    
    Published 10 years ago 29 Sept 2015 14 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/how-to-build-an-email-list/)
    
*   [
    
    ### Zero to One Million: an SEO Blueprint
    
    Published 11 years ago 15 Jul 2015 25 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/seo-campaign-blueprint/)
    
*   [
    
    ### Growth Hacking Your SaaS Startup – a Guide
    
    Published 11 years ago 21 May 2015 41 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/saas-startup-growth-hacking/)
    
*   [
    
    ### How I Made it to the Front Page of BuzzFeed Twice, and How You Can Too
    
    Published 11 years ago 24 Feb 2015 11 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/buzzfeed-front-page/)
    

## 2014

*   [
    
    ### Facebook Likes Don’t Matter Anymore
    
    Published 11 years ago 25 Nov 2014 6 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/facebook-likes-dont-matter/)
    
*   [
    
    ### Growing a Social Following from Nothing: My Social Media Strategy
    
    Published 11 years ago 9 Oct 2014 33 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/social-media-strategy/)
    
*   [
    
    ### Exploiting Facebook Open Graph to Email Your Facebook Followers
    
    Published 12 years ago 1 Sept 2014 5 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/emailing-facebook-followers/)
    
*   [
    
    ### Everything That’s Terrible About My Content – A Case Study
    
    Published 12 years ago 20 Jun 2014 15 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/my-terrible-content/)
    
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    ### Targeting Facebook Ads at Website Visitors and Mailing Lists
    
    Published 12 years ago 31 Mar 2014 6 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/facebook-ads-custom-audiences/)
    
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    ### Link Building Methods That Work in 2014
    
    Published 12 years ago 6 Mar 2014 19 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/link-building-2014/)
    
*   [
    
    ### Hijacking Your Competitors’ Campaigns
    
    Published 12 years ago 20 Feb 2014 8 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/competitive-research/)
    
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    ### Scraping Online Communities for your Outreach Campaigns
    
    Published 12 years ago 17 Jan 2014 9 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/scraping-communities-with-xpath/)
    

## 2013

*   [
    
    ### Carrying Out Extensive Keyword Research for Blogs
    
    Published 12 years ago 4 Nov 2013 25 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/keyword-analysis-tutorial/)
    
*   [
    
    ### The Ultimate Guide to Running Online Competitions
    
    Published 13 years ago 19 Sept 2013 26 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/running-online-competitions/)
    
*   [
    
    ### Link Prospecting on Steroids – A Streamlined Process
    
    Published 13 years ago 19 Jul 2013 5 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/vault/link-prospecting/)
    

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