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Topics related to getting search engine traffic for free. For more background, see the 100% Organic column or other SEO news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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5 Tools for Keyword Brainstorming
Avatar Went Hot: May 14, 2008 - 7:00 am
Posted By: lorenbaker 1 day 22 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: SEO
Keyword research block got you down? Here's 5 tools to help you brainstorm for new unique keywords in your and neighboring niches. read more »
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Simple Block Segmentation Analysis
Avatar Went Hot: May 14, 2008 - 2:40 am
Posted By: nsmseo 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.timnash.co.uk) my network
Category: SEO
Tim Nash delivers another thought-provoking post on how block segmentation could be used to help analyze a web page.
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Huge SEO Growth + Talent Shortage = Increased M & A Activity
Avatar Went Hot: May 13, 2008 - 9:34 am
Posted By: ViperChill 3 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com) my network
Category: SEO
Great post by Jennifer over at Search Engine People on how large companies are going to have to get into SEO in the future due to the lack of mass training available. read more »
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SEO Guide for Designers
Avatar Went Hot: May 11, 2008 - 12:10 pm
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 5 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.webdesignerwall.com) my network
Category: SEO
According to a poll webdesignerwall.com conducted, just over 1 out of 10 people don’t think SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is mandatory as a designer; and what really surprised me is about 24% don’t even know what SEO is! If you’re among the quart read more »
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See a webpage like a SEO
Avatar Went Hot: May 9, 2008 - 2:55 pm
Posted By: theGypsy 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk) my network
Category: SEO
Very cool breakdown and tool from DaveN - very handy.

Snippet - I can see that I have too many internal links, I still like the 100 links on a page rule, so that means I need to do some culling, most probably in my NAV .. any way externals links read more »
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The Most Powerful SEO Tactic: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
Avatar Went Hot: May 9, 2008 - 8:51 am
Posted By: gyutae 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com) my network
Category: SEO
The most important thing you can do when talking to an SEO client (be it your boss in your company, or a different company you consult for) is to learn how to explain SEO in the simplest terms possible. read more »
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Yes Shoemoney SEO Does Have a Future
Avatar Went Hot: May 9, 2008 - 3:17 am
Posted By: shimsand 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.wolf-howl.com) my network
Category: SEO
Now Shoemoney is a friend of mine, but regarding his post SEO Has No Future today, I am forced to disagree with him. read more »
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Hey ShoeMoney (and Andy) SEO DOES have a future
Avatar Went Hot: May 9, 2008 - 1:10 am
Posted By: rishilakhani 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.conversationmarketing.com) my network
Category: SEO
Today, ShoeMoney and Marketing Pilgrim provided great insights into why they think search engine optimization has no future.

I don't agree. Times infinity. Nyah nyah phbltbltbltblt. So there. read more »
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Tips on Content Centered Link Building
Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 8:27 pm
Posted By: theGypsy 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.toprankblog.com) my network
Category: SEO
TopRank - Companies venturing into the SEO world are in fact, venturing into the content marketing world. It’s the reality of how both search engines and consumers will best respond to web site marketing efforts. Great content is an essential part o read more »
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As Long As There Are Search Engines, SEO Will Survive
Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 4:09 pm
Posted By: pratt 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.gonzo-seo.com) my network
Category: SEO
SEO isn’t a dying industry, it’s an evolving industry. Yes, the Search Engines’ algorithms are changing, but they always have – and always will. One thing you change today, may not work a week from now. Isn’t this how it has always been? read more »
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SEO Has a Future! CM Blog Tells ShoeMoney & Mkt. Pilgrim to Jump In a Lake
Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 4:04 pm
Posted By: SEOinSeattle 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.conversationmarketing.com) my network
Category: SEO
Ian vehemently disagrees with Jeremy Shoemaker and Marketing Pilgrim that SEO is singing its swan song. What do you think? Is SEO a burly bully boy or is sand getting kicked in its face? Sound-off on the Conversation Marketing blog.



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Is Controversy the New King?
Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 8:20 am
Posted By: EricB 8 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.directoryone.com) my network
Category: SEO
Everyone has heard the phrase "content is king." This post argues that the saying should be changed to "controversy is king." read more »
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The SEO Guide to Information Architecture
Avatar Went Hot: May 8, 2008 - 1:26 am
Posted By: Wiep 8 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.audettemedia.com) my network
Category: SEO
Adam Audette explains the concepts of designing optimized site architectures for efficient spidering by search engines. read more »
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Five Steps to Content that Doesnt Suck
Avatar Went Hot: May 7, 2008 - 1:17 pm
Posted By: JamesDuthie 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.huomah.com) my network
Category: SEO
The first of many guest posts likely to sprout on Dave Harry's blog until Dave's hand mends. From the article:

Without quality content why would anyone come to your site? Without quality content why is your site relevant enough to rank? Without q read more »
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Hewlett Packard Giving Away Free Templates With Embedded Links
Avatar Went Hot: May 7, 2008 - 10:42 am
Posted By: martinbowling 8 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.wolf-howl.com) my network
Category: SEO
As usual Graywolf is outing the big boys shady tricks, a good read on HP's newest trick. read more »
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8+ Ways to Evaluate a Page (Domain Independent)
Avatar Went Hot: May 7, 2008 - 9:31 am
Posted By: TheNanny612 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: SEO
Ann Smarty details more than 8 ways to evaluate a web page.

"Besides the overall domain strength, there are quite a number of ways to evaluate a site page power. Even if that’s not your site and you have no access to its internal statistics, you read more »
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SEO is about to Grow Up - Are You Ready for the New Wave?
Avatar Went Hot: May 7, 2008 - 6:18 am
Posted By: dailymoolah 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com) my network
Category: SEO
SEO is becoming a bigger piece of the marketing pie. Jenn Osborne writes "Those who have been in the industry since the late 90’s have seen huge changes in SEO. The industry has really matured. But in the grand scheme of things, if you were to plot read more »
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Do You Report Your Competitors?
Avatar Went Hot: May 7, 2008 - 4:34 am
Posted By: gyutae 8 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: SEO
By profession we, SEOs, always have to compete. That’s an integral part of our daily routine: we come to work and check how our sites are doing compared to our SERPs competitors. Then we scratch our heads thinking how we can outrank them. And at the read more »
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How to Steal Competitors’ Keywords While Protecting Your Own
Avatar Went Hot: May 6, 2008 - 4:35 pm
Posted By: DaveDavis 11 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seoroi.com) my network
Category: SEO
Want to figure out what keywords a competitor is optimizing for? Want to avoid getting your keyword research ripped off? Gab shows how. read more »
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SEO for URLs and externally linked files on websites & ‘blogs
Avatar Went Hot: May 6, 2008 - 11:24 am
Posted By: annie7 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.blahblahtech.com) my network
Category: SEO
Google will read almost anything — or should I say almost any file… Because the world wide web isn’t just about web pages written in HTML (Hyper-Text Mark-up Language), Google will happily read (and, if deemed appropriate) index a number of file typ read more »
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Subdomains or Subfolders : Which are Better for SEO?
Avatar Went Hot: May 6, 2008 - 9:08 am
Posted By: annie7 8 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: SEO
Subdomains or Subfolders? What’s better for a blog/forum/etc: a subdomain (eg. http://jobs.searchenginejournal.com/) or subfolder (eg. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/)?

Please join the discussion! read more »
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Findability is Bullshit! I mean SEO
Avatar Went Hot: May 6, 2008 - 2:36 am
Posted By: onreact 10 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seo2.0.onreact.com) my network
Category: SEO
Findability is just bullshit*, that means SEO, on-site SEO...

*A synonym for SEO used by people anti-SEO. read more »
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Making Sure Your Content Looks Good to Google
Avatar Went Hot: May 5, 2008 - 9:03 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: SEO
Ann Smarty writes, "Very often if you have some issues with Google ranking your site, you should search for problems with your own site (instead of rushing to get as many inlinks as you can). Checking that your content appeals both to your human vis read more »
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SEO has really gotten expensive
Avatar Went Hot: May 5, 2008 - 2:06 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.maxyro.com) my network
Category: SEO
Interesting look at some of the bloated pricing models that some "SEO Experts" still try to pawn off others. read more »
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Target the Long Tail with Better Writing
Avatar Went Hot: May 4, 2008 - 4:43 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 12 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com) my network
Category: SEO
As personalized search and universal search continue shaking up an industry that used to be dominated by "top ten results," more and more small businesses are learning the valuing of focusing on the keyword long tail. While there's no doubting the v read more »
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