yup, all the more reason to treat people as we want to be treated or we suffer consequences. position of fault is not always relevant. prevention is the best medicine. …

do the supposed 'trolls' have valid reasons for being complaintants? if so..troll on baby! ;-) should only the 'goody goody' things be noted in the blogosphere? how bout owning up to what we do as individuals? dont do things that bring about complaints? hmm, now there's a concept. …

my pleasure jeffrey. i'm surprised it hasn't gotten more attention. ;-(…

@eristoddle - thank you! Its always nice when you can accomplish two things with one effort :)@spostareduro - hehe ... oh but t here's sooo much more@IamGhostBlogger - glad it will be of value. Thanks for the comment!@ SEMlover - thank you! Definitely a growth are…

This is definitely a huge topic.  The web as a weapon really bothers me.  For ex., when we have to remove someone for breaking the rules at Cre8asiteforums, I always expect to see my name in lights somewhere and not in a good way.  And when Kathy Sierra stopped blogging due to death threats, we l…
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Just watched the video...looks very interesting, thnaks!…

congrats to both sew and chris. ;-)…

will be interesting to see how much he makes. he says it's an experiment so hopefully tells us. i can see a good number of people paying it once just to try it out and see how it works. zong looks kinda slick.…

Thanks so much for posting this all up there... I not only needed to read some of it myself, but passed it on to a colleague who was just asking about this the other day and he appreciated the information. Thanks again!…

Yeah Andrew of course, you might have read my post on semantic SEO but aren't you tired of cleaning up the same issues over and over? It's as if the car industry would sell cars without wheels or something. Why do people built broken websites in the first place? Didn't we teach them to use h1 headin…
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This is true, but I use KeywordDiscovery and WordTracker to find keywords that my competition is not using YET! Trust me, soon they will be using the high KEI keywords, but big comp…

Great post!Matt, I have been in Web design/development fulltime since 1997. I've been existing in a sort of industry exile here in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Only over the last several months have I allowed myself the  time to read the better blogs on SEO. I must say that the clarity & qua…

you've got to be kidding me? sh*t..with all the free info to be had out there, why would anyone pay?…

Funny that you should mention a Sphinn Toolbar in your post, I was thinking of announcing one as an April Fool's joke until Sphinn got hammered with other joke stories. The fake toolbar was going to give a SphinnRank for the site you're on, decided upon by the number of Hot stories featuring said si…
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No fear of duplicate content here, I on the contrary use it to rank pages higher, you just have to know how and think about chronology when introducing content through various channels. Spiders are intelligent enough to figure it who was first, even if it takes a few days to recover a ranking.…
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I'm a huge fan of Twitter, and DoshDosh, but I'm not keen on the spin on that article. Although he does talk about the value of having decent conversations, the headline and initial angle of the story could end up with even more people spamming and bulk following....…

I vote yes. This is one paid link that Google loves.…

Loved this post, and I hope it helps me advocate successfully for short URLs for an upcoming significant platform migration.At the end of his post, Spencer advises us not to take it on faith but to test the URLs to see which size and combination of factors works best. However, my intuiti…

And some folks say that SEO is dead or dying... It definately is not! A study like this clearly shows that there is and will be need for highly skilled pro's that know how to optimize and super-optimize. Very interesting article - and clearly an issue to take into consideration!…

Nice set of suggestions with regard to choosing appropriate ads.…

Eventually the cell phone companies will integrate web enabled interfaces into the text message screens. Also, here is an example of a business offering the coupon business model for texting.…

It's a winner. I wonder if the Fox News guys got it from their colleagues at The Sun?;)…

Yeah good point patrick, not only lots of visits and mentions but a good number of links.…

What I find strange is how Google handles searches from the search box within Firefox. It's set to Google and doesn't redirect to .co.uk.Or is that just me?…

This is brilliant, watching those guys on Fox News was hilarious, Greg Proops quote "Nerds know how to party!" Awesome!…

Hey, what about these ads?http://www.marketposition.com/blog/archives/cheap_tobacco.gifThe first one, perhaps since it is promoting a place rather than a product it glides through? Seco…

The Radio one mp3 is utter genious... Good work Lyndon.…

Did it work though?https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/advsearch;_…

Brilliant work from Mr Antcliff, the bar has been set.…

my bad Glen. lol. sorry…

I don't know Tad.  We all want to do the "cool" work but I still think there is a lot of interesting stuff you can do with the on-page elements that will have a big impact.  …

Loads of SEOs complain about Wikipedia ranking well for everything, but I would sooner see them rank highly than a commercial site.…

As with any directory, one should ensure the category page they want to be listed on is actually indexed by Google and other engines and has some measure of PageRank (authority). If it is not indexed, it cannot be recognized as passing link juice. Even more important, does it have potential to send …
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Unbelievable stats - thanks for sphinning, Kevin.…

Great post, Brent. I'm continually astonished by all the SEOs who don't take advantage of backlinks from Search Engine Watch Forums.…

we each hold a responsibility to others that we harm and / or show love or friendship to. if this bond is broken, it’s not the fault of the person exposing it..but i agree with what you are saying about nobody being able to hurt you unless you let them. unfortunately, it’s not that easy. …
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Thanks for the Sphinn submit Martin. Theres a lot of profiles I didn't get to in the post, but the results were similar. As marketers, if we step back (replace chiropractic with a keyword in your industry) I think we'll begin to see some opportunities here.…

He makes the point that longer URLs are starting to show up in search results and people are clicking on them less.Maybe people just need time to adjust to the longer URLs in their search results and this effect will eventually level out.…

I just passed this article onto a buddy of mine.  Not only will it help him, but I hope to use this technique myself in the unfortunate circumstance of having a client who needs to cover up some dirt.  Thanks so much!http://www.ia…

Very accurate.  Except mo Rocca will so not outlast digg.  I'm not saying digg won't die by 2009, I'm saying that Mo Rocca's career will.…

Sphunn purely for the words Sexy & Straplines in the title.  …

"Connect" is a great name. I can just see people being confused by this in the long run...…

I also use SpyFu, Quintura, and mooter. M$ clusters only works with high traffic keywords.…

Now that's comedy.…

Should we be surprised given that Yahoo sponsored search post panama is still where ROI goes  to die! Robbed by the decade old affiliate network which powered GoTo and Overture and included such high quality traffic affiliates like the infamous Gator Network! Perhaps these click forensic guys c…
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I'm interested to try it out.  I almost knocked over my drink just reading the post,  I was so excited.  ... define 'giant web nerd'…

ribbit. ribbit. i mean, schweet news marty! now if we could only get sel to do the same. ;-)…

Really good list, thanks for sharing. They are all really important but #7 really stands out "Failing to periodically review keywords". This is so important because by doing this it allows you to be on top of the rest of the mistakes.…

nice…

I'm with Danny on this one - those are Product results. Not ads. No-one's promoting anything (although why Google stops people bidding on booze terms is a whole other discussion)…