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Topics related to getting search traffic though either paid or free methods. For more background, see SEM news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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Avatar Went Hot: July 21, 2008 - 8:41 am
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 5 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: SEM
In The Trenches is a weekly spotlight of tips, tricks, and news about the tools search engine marketing professionals use to give them a leg up on the competition. Today: News from the search engines and today's in-depth look, The Ultimate Guide to read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 20, 2008 - 7:47 am
Posted By: neyne 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.viperchill.com)
Category: SEM
Another excellent post by ViperChill providing a list of important resources for improving other-then-SEO skills and thus making a complete web marketer. Besides SEO, includes resources on PPC, affiliate marketing, web design, copywriting, domains, read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 15, 2008 - 7:31 am
Posted By: dedmond29 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.komarketingassociates.com)
Category: SEM
SEO and SEM are challenging tasks for B2B companies, particularly in industries such as Manufacturing and Industrial Technology. Here are 7 examples of how these types of companies can increase leads and revenue through creative search engine market read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 14, 2008 - 7:52 pm
Posted By: eKstreme 10 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.jordankasteler.com)
Category: SEM
Jordan hits it spot on: "When conducting keyword research think again before immediately being drawn to phrases with the highest search volume. Consider KEI, the commercial intent, and which part of the buying cycle that keyphrase belongs to." read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 9, 2008 - 8:25 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 14 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: SEM
I had a great e-interview with Adam Audette and his answers to my questions had the quality of his most excellent blog posts. Enjoy! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 1, 2008 - 4:57 am
Posted By: khalid 23 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.vanseodesign.com)
Category: SEM
TheVanBlog : Best of June links. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 14, 2008 - 11:28 am
Posted By: toddmintz 41 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: SEM
Aaron was one of the best presenters at Searchfest 2008 and I had a great conversation with him at dinner following the show. Aaron will be bringing the Online Marketing Summit on the road this summer with a stop in Portland on August 5th. He agreed read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 11, 2008 - 5:15 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 42 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: SEM
Scott Hendison's Top Ten Things he learned at SMX Advanced. Whether you attended the show or not, Scott's gleaned some good nuggets that are worth highlighting and examining closely. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 10, 2008 - 7:14 am
Posted By: BrianChappell 44 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.fuelinteractive.com)
Category: SEM
Brian Carter discusses some great tactics for rescuing your SEM campaign from failure. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 6, 2008 - 8:35 pm
Posted By: jeffquipp 49 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.cowleyon.com)
Category: SEM
A really good post detailing 3 simple ways to increase click through rates ... not just on ppc ads but also on listings in organic results.

Really good advice! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 2, 2008 - 10:26 am
Posted By: jeffquipp 54 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.oldschoolseo.com)
Category: SEM
Anthony has a very concise post here about the role of search in saving our economy. He's right ... so long as the # of new search jobs created outweighs the # lost in other media. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 2, 2008 - 8:21 am
Posted By: LaurenCobb 53 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.fuelinteractive.com)
Category: SEM
Brian Carter of Fuel posts a well thought 10 Commandments of SEM. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 22, 2008 - 8:33 am
Posted By: crashingflwrgrl 63 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.elementfusion.com)
Category: SEM
With US inflation at a 26-year high and no end in sight, the economy is setting off alarms for businesses and consumers. This economic crunch gives businesses two paths to follow. Which one will you choose? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 22, 2008 - 6:17 am
Posted By: toddmintz 63 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: SEM
I blogged Matt McGee's SEO Success Pyramid Presentation at the SEMpdx SEM Hot Seat last night...here's what he said: read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 19, 2008 - 8:57 pm
Posted By: gyutae 66 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seoroi.com)
Category: SEM
I was asked what the ROI on SEO is a few times at a recent business event, and decided that it was about time someone spoke up for us organic search marketing experts. The sad truth is that we SEO Experts are grossly underpaid! Let’s look at some st read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 12, 2008 - 9:10 am
Posted By: annie7 72 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: SEM
Currently there is no recognized standard for assessing the skills and knowledge level of the search marketing professional. This not only increases the difficulty for employers to accurately identify the talent level of the professional workforce, read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 9:11 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 76 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.davidmihm.com)
Category: SEM
David scores Matt's first post-Marchex interview where he questions Matt about search, photography, life, and his future plans.

See Matt McGee in Portland at the next SEMpdx Hot Seat event 5/20: http://www.sempdx.org/Events/?launch_pg=EventPag read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 11, 2008 - 5:49 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 103 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: SEM
Yesterday, Dan Perry twittered that he was looking for criteria to evaluate SEO interns. As I answered him, I realized that social networking has really turned the criteria of evaluating employees / contractors on its head. Perhaps Seth Godin is r read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 10, 2008 - 11:52 am
Posted By: rustybrick 104 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: SEM
I love videos! I have been messing around with them for a few months now and yesterday, I officially launched a video podcast. For now, I will likely just do weekly video recaps, 10 minutes or less, on the past week's search news/tips.

I have d read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 3, 2008 - 11:22 am
Posted By: toddmintz 113 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: SEM
(Not an April Fools Joke). I asked several of our SEMpdx members to offer their analysis on this very important topic and they've offered some terrific information. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 27, 2008 - 7:34 am
Posted By: toddmintz 121 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.audettemedia.com)
Category: SEM
Adam Audette's link-building post which originated as his Searchfest 08 presentation. Yeah, this is a way over-done topic, but Adam uses a very fresh approach here and I recommend checking it out. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 26, 2008 - 11:03 am
Posted By: chriswinfield 120 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.thinkseer.com)
Category: SEM
Good reminder as to why it's so important to employ multiple marketing strategies... read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 26, 2008 - 1:23 am
Posted By: St0n3y 120 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: SEM
SEO, Usability, and Analytics are the best investment that you can make for your online business. In fact, dollar for dollar, these recession proof tactics should result in some of the best ROI you'll see from your web site. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 25, 2008 - 9:42 am
Posted By: toddmintz 121 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: SEM
Aaron was generous enough to do an e-interview with me and he offers thoughtful answers to the wide variety of questions that I asked him. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 12, 2008 - 6:34 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 133 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com)
Category: SEM
Kent Lewis writes about his top 10 "nuggets" of knowledge gleaned from Searchfest 08. read more »
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