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How To Twitter

Twitter is a micro-blogging platform, it’s called micro-blogging because all posts must be 140 characters or less.
It can also be used as an Instant Messenger, if the person you are contacting in online.

Twitter is so new, that read more »
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The 28 year old American hunk actor Jake Gyllenhaal stays in good shape on his Prince of Persia’s hot body, running with his personal trainer in Los Angeles and wore clothes from all the different sporting brands! Such Adidas sleeveless tee, Nike at read more »
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"It’s a proud day today at Apogee Search. We officially announced that Google has recognized Apogee Search as a Google Website Optimizer™ Authorized Consultant (WOAC). We are one of a select group of companies worldwide (currently only 16 total) tha read more »
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Is Google SERPs biased? I see Matt Cutts' blog ranked from page 10 to page 18 of Google US for the keyword "cuocthiseo". I did capture some pix for this issue. read more »
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Is Google SERPs biased? I see Matt Cutts' blog ranked from page 10 to page 18 of Google for the keyword "cuocthiseo". read more »
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In Korea Google seems to test their Universal Search results at the right of the organic listings.

Will this be the new presentation of Universal Search results? And what about the ads? read more »
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Handy tutorial on KML. read more »
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The purpose of link building is to increase authority. Relevant links tell Google what similar sites think of yours. The more inbound links you have, the more "authority" you have, and the higher you'll rank in search engines. The following list of read more »
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WordPress is the CMS of choice of a huge number of bloggers for a number of reasons, not the least important of which is the functionality that adding plugins provides. Here's my list of essential plugins. Without them, WordPress just wouldn't be read more »
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Interesting follow up to recent Hot Blog post on '10 UK Search Marketing people you should be following on Twitter'. Dixon highlights that for every link that you get in a blog post, you’ll get 478% more conversions than getting a list in the commen read more »
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BrightKit allows you to manage multiple accounts, track clicks on links you Tweeted, and schedule Tweets. read more »
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Ralph puts in his own take on the whole page segmentation methods including (of course) ways it could be manipulated such as Mosaic Cloaking - that is always an important area of consideration with any ranking/relevance signal (how can it be spammed read more »
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I’ve read in some places where Digg has actually helped certain bloggers achieve Page 1 listings in Google, both at Digg and on their blog. I concede that this is possible, but why? Furthermore, the question of the hour is, can this happen with othe read more »
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Remember this “you get what you give” has never been more true than in social media marketing. Here's how! read more »
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Facebook finally takes over the top spot from rival MySpace. read more »
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Commonly, not having a list is said to be ‘leaving money on the table’, and that much is certainly true.

Take the example of a conventional clothes store. Customers come, browse around, maybe buy something, and then leave. Once they’ve left, the read more »
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Just for fun (and being a numbers person) I was curious how SOME of the most well-known people in our industry rank on Twitter after reading a tweet by @avinashkaushik. Not suprisingly they seem to dominate. If I left important people out I apologiz read more »
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Has Twitter gone mainstream? Sure it’s gaining in popularity, but mainstream? I think not.

I recently conducted a Vizu poll with results that showed 1 in 5 use Twitter while a full half of respondents didn’t even recognize Twitter. read more »
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Large companies are opting to utilize services online too. Just proves we are in an industry that is ever changing and growing! read more »
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There is a big difference between optimizing your site for keywords and making it search engine friendly. read more »
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Top suggestions and predictions for the year ahead. How to tackle what's coming your way... read more »
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Coast Digital can confirm that Google will be further lifting the restrictions on Gambling related bidding on their AdWords network. Google have confirmed to Coast Digital that Gambling affiliates and comparison websites will now be able to bid on s read more »
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Why is it so darn hard to get responses from Internet marketing consultancy companies when you ask them whether you can work there as trainee? After all, letting a student work for you is cheap, they are pretty enthusiastic and they learn fast. read more »
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Web 2.0 startup Rudder.com used Landing Page Optimization to increase subscriptions from natural, referral and Pay-per-Click traffic by 45%. Includes screenshots and details. read more »
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Nearly all intermediate and advanced SEO'ers know about all these tools and have used them for years, but for the beginners I hope this quick list will prove to be very informational! read more »
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