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KeyRelevance adds yet another top notch Search Professional to their growing staff of search professionals. They've snagged Matt McGee of the Small Business Search Marketing Blog! read more »
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I invite you all to hop on over to Donna's blog, grab a piece of cake and chat it up in the comments - it's a party after all.

MODS - this is a dupe... please nuke it ;0) read more »
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Happy 4th Birthday to SEO-Scoop and a huge thank you to the venerable and charitable Donna Fontenot for her tremendous and insightful contributions to the Search Marketing community! Truly one of the Queens of Search Engine Optimization. read more »
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In preparation for the greatly anticipated (tongue firmly planted in cheek) - SEO Superlatives Contest - the committee members have been announced. Leave nominations in this thread for consideration

Some of the hardware up for grabs include;

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Matt McGee writes, "A couple alert friends emailed me over the weekend to point out that I now have 500+ followers on Twitter. This normally wouldn’t be worth a blog post, except for that Twitter for charity contest I’ve been having with Jeff Quipp read more »
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I was saddened to hear one of my favorite comedians, George Carlin, passed away Sunday. Clearly he touched many people. A quick look at Google Trends shows searches related to him have spiked up as well as for his famous "seven words you can't say read more »
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For anyone who hates having to change their passwords because it means memorizing a new one, I built this nifty little tool that generates strong passwords with built in mnemonics. Please, feel free to share this with your family members who still i read more »
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It's Huomah.com.... David Harry's (aka TheGypsy) 2nd Anniversay of his Blog and he writes this post regarding the highlights of his blogging travels over the past two years.

Here's to many more years, Dave!! read more »
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A fun post comparing SEX and SEO ... the differences and the similarities. It can't be all work! read more »
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This video cracked me up. Love the cinematography, music, and old school effects. Nice job guys :) read more »
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| Gonzo SEO | Put on your white hat or black hat and get back to marketing! If you don’t like the way something is, be the leader and take the steps to fight back. It’s going to be hard, and it would be a lot easier to just write about it – but noth read more »
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DaveN - Now call me cynical but with all this false stories and linkbait, can we trust you Matt :O - ... at the moment it’s just a holding page on pair, so my guess it a WP hack again seeing loads of that or a Pair attack.

theGypsy - in the end read more »
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James, James, James my bud... what have U been drinking this weekend? .... well, some fun on a Monday morning.

| Online Marketing Banter | Perhaps looking to avoid the fallout from the money.co.uk linkbait scandal, rumours are rife that Lyndon h read more »
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Since I just bought my new Macbook Pro, I had to reinstall all of my Firefox extensions, plugins and tools. So, I figured, hey, why not write a detailed post with examples about my “Top 7 Firefox extensions, plugins, and tools” that are near and dea read more »
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Jaan has a poll and I want ya'll to get over and vote for your fav Web Gypsy - I shall send gifts and much Plurk Karma your way.... bwaaa ha ha ha ha.... (oh it is too early for this...) read more »
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hmmm... kind of scary. Thoughts? Wouldn't some one like Google merely become an ISP and offer unlimited access to the web? Is this a conspiracy theory? Madness?

One man's conspiracy is another's entertainment - truth?? bah humbug

SNIP - Almost read more »
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Check out how the search community came together to help Kim Krause Berg celebrate her 50th Birthday! read more »
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Great guest post on ShoeMoney from Brent - go.. read and treat it as gospel ... read more »
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So you say you want to be a part of the answer not the problem? Have you considered a Green Web Host? The lady Able has a great round up of Hosts that are environmentally minded...

Great read... and worth promoting methinks ;0) read more »
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Where can you earn the most money in search marketing? Reilly O'Donnell analyzes data from Indeed to show you the top cities to earn big salaries as a search marketer. read more »
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Rand Fishkin (SEOmoz) reflects, in an absolutely gorgeous post from the heart, on his life as an industry muse. "Travel brings with it perspective. I like to think each time I leave, I come back a little wiser, a little older, a little closer to bui read more »
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Why does Google celebrate obscure artists and architects with special logos, but they won't do one for Memorial Day? Makes no sense to me. Barry shows some of the other special logos today at various search engines and forums. read more »
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Oh I am feeling so old.....

» techipedia | tamar weinberg - I just shared my own story about how I got here. When and how did you make it into the lovely World Wide Web? Feel free to add your story to the comments or in your own blog post. read more »
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Don't let Calacanis and Shoemoney have all the fun, do some SEO Bullshit Bingo yourself! read more »
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Miffed at someone? Kill them with words. With the Web as ammo, it’s easy to wreck someone’s job, life and reputation. read more »
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Search Marketing Expo

Save the date for:
SMX Local & Mobile - San Francisco, CA (July 24-25) See the agenda, and register now!
SMX Sao Paolo - Brazil - (Aug. 7-8)
SMX China - September 23 & 24, 2008
SMX Stockholm - September 23 & 24, 2008
SMX East - NYC - (Oct. 6-8) Registration is now open.
SMX London - November 4 & 5, 2008