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Topics about getting listed for free through Google Search. For more background, see Google SEO stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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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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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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Just read Matt Cutts latest blog post titled: Webspam in 2009.
Basically he's asking for suggestions/opinons on what would we would like to see Google’s webspam team tackle in 2009.

One comment that caught my attention was the mention of a paid read more »
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We've recently gotten to do (and see results of) some testing around internal links & anchor text and come to some interesting, if not 100% proven, conculsions. As a disclaimer, SEO testing, whether done in a controlled environment or on live sites, read more »
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Search engine optimization at its simplest. Incredible efforts have been expended to try to figure out Google’s search algorithms. But it's all unnecessary. You already know what's behind them all. read more »
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The online community is definitely a large market place that you cannot ignore, especially if you have an internet business. There are thousands if not millions of consumers that you can tap in the internet... read more »
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A SEOMoz post has documented statistics on how submitting a Sitemap to Google and Yahoo impacts the rate of crawling that web site. The results led to show that submitting a Sitemap to Google and Yahoo, decreased the time it took Google and Yahoo to read more »
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Search Engine Land reports: "A SEOMoz post has documented statistics on how submitting a Sitemap to Google and Yahoo impacts the rate of crawling that web site. The results led to show that submitting a Sitemap to Google and Yahoo, decreased the tim read more »
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Today we officially launch Searchcowboys.com about search with a focus on Europe! After almost two months and well over 200 posts Searchcowboys is coming out of beta. read more »
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We discuss a simple way you can use blogs to help with your SEO and Google ranking for your main web site. AND it's free! read more »
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There are rumors that Google is applying taxonomic limits to specific searches, usually surrounding products or brands.

A taxonomic search signal would be a bit like affirmative action for SEO, giving lesser optimized sites a leg up on the compet read more »
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As we all know, there are a lot of hoaxes and scams out there in the Internet. It seems that as the Internet grows more and more complex, so do the scammers. In hiring the services of a seo company, there are many factors that one should consider, g read more »
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A limited test on if the submission of sitemaps affect crawlers coming to your site. read more »
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Being the first listing on Google can get as many as 55 per cent of all people who search for that term clicking on your link.

Put simply, SEO works. It's simple, cost effective and delivers long-term efficiencies. You just need to make sure it w read more »
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In an age when many companies need to scale back some of their costs while still increasing results, Google Analytics proves to be the best platform to track and analyze visits, conversions and other important data. read more »
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The newest addition to the SEO geeks group is CJ and today she looks at a recent Google patent on query expansion - 2009 is the year of SEOs learning more about the inner workings of IR...so start by giving this one a read.

Science for SEO - This read more »
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The Internet has provided ways to revolutionize how we live our daily lives. It has crawled into the different dimensions of human lives- business, communication, information dissemination, personal relationships. People have made a paradigm shift t read more »
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I think....fresh forum and interest read more »
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How to manage your reputation and monitor your rankings on Google. read more »
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Here is a quick informational article about how any site owner can use the rel=”nofollow” attribute to sculpt their Google Page Rank so that they don’t waste their valuable juice on pages that are only there for legal or functional purposes. read more »
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Here are some in depth tips and tricks to consider when analyzing your footer. read more »
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Just before the new year began, Google updated its toolbar PageRank so in fog of post new-year celebrations, an obligatory post on toolbar PR and why it isn't important. Should they just get rid of it? read more »
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Everyone has their own way of doing keyword research and we all know how much keyword research can make a difference with our SEO, so I figured I’d show you a little bit on how I do my own keyword research. read more »
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So what are the techniques that advertisers must employ to maximize their optimization and garner the site activity and profits that they seek? Here are some of the most useful ones. read more »
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