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How Content Syndication Can Backfire
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 616 Days ago
News Source: http://www.huomah.com
Category: SEO
In the present world of SEO (and internet marketing in general) we all know that the 'build it and they will come' approach just ain't going to cut it. One way to get the word out and even build some authority is the use of content syndication. This is… Read more
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Link Building Strategies: Checklist
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 735 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: Link Building
What are your Link Building Strategies? Do you have any? If you do have any, are you following them? Do you have a link building checklist to follow? These are some questions that you must ask yourself if you want to build quality and quantity links to… Read more
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Social Media Marketing Snake Oil
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 797 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: Social Media
This post is a response to BusinessWeek’s recent “Beware Social Media Snake Oil”  article.  I would like to elaborate on a few concepts and misconceptions the article had. Right off the bat, one thing this article fails to separate is social… Read more
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Outsourcing SEO – Yes or No?
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 833 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
If you’re following business trends with any level of interest at all, you’ll have noticed how many opportunities there are to outsource your business processes. SEO is no exception. We are bombarded daily with the promise of more for less:… Read more
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Linking Issues: Why a Trailing Slash in the URL Does Matter
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 888 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
I’ve often had debates with my web developers about this issue: "Why these links have a trailing slash "/" at the end and those don’t?", I asked. "It doesn’t matter, it works either way", was the answer. Well, to begin with, if you get such a… Read more
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80+ SEO Job Interview Questions
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1000 Days ago
News Source: http://www.justmeandmy.com
Category: SEO
A SEO interview needn’t be a long list of technical questions (as I expect many people might have differing perspectives anyway) but rather a chance for you, as the interviewer, to understand their technical SEO skills, depth of knowledge and interest… Read more
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Free Keyword Research Tools - the Ultimate Guide
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1154 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
Ann Smarty come up with yet another good resource. This time on Free keyword research tool. The list is very comprehensive and looks promising! Read more
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Link Building Basics : Presentation on Building Links
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1266 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: Link Building
Link Building Basics by Loren Baker SEJ Read more
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When, Why and How to Use Noarchive
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1284 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
SEJ explaining When, Why and How to Use Noarchive Read more
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Checking Page HTTP Headers
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1293 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
To ensure that search engines understand your website structure correctly you should control each page HTTP headers. Your server should handle all requests properly - by this you will both achieve better crawl rate and higher rankings. Read more
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On-Site Geo-Targeting and Local Search Optimization
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1299 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
Ann explaining on SEJ about "On-Site Geo-Targeting and Local Search Optimization" and giving some valuable tips!

1. Setting geographic target with Webmaster Tools;
2. Server location;
3. A country specific top level domain;… Read more
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Explore Your Competitors’ Backlinks Beyond Yahoo Site Explorer
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1312 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: Link Building
Ann Smarty explains in SEJ to explore competitors back links through 2 alternative search engines other than yahoo site explorer. Neither of them is any better than Yahoo, but what’s important they are different providing you with other data you might… Read more
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How to Switch Your User-Agent to Googlebot
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1314 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
Sometimes the issue with your site is right there but you can’t find it. You check code, backlinks and website architecture but can’t find the answer. What most webmasters fail to do is to try visiting the page with the user-agent being Googlebot. Read more
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Reciprocal Linking : SEO’s Longstanding Contradiction
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1315 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
Reciprocal linking is one of the most disputable SEO questions. The problem is that it is two-fold in nature. First, reciprocal links are natural being the essence of the Internet like linking overall. (So undoubtedly, we can’t do without them.)… Read more
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Twellow.com : Directory of Twitter Users
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1327 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: Social Media
Twellow is a new Twitter Directory which has been launched by the folks at iEntry/WebProNews and looks like it will be quite a piece of work. Taking elements from Twitter, web directories, search engines and the Yellow Pages, Twellow.com lets Twitter… Read more
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Link Building Steps : Clean Up Your Own Backyard
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1329 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
In preparation for a presentation this week on the importance of link building and steps to an efficient and effective link building strategy, I am putting together blog posts this week which reflect my philosophy on link building, and what I have… Read more
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Google XML Sitemaps : Essential FAQ
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1336 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
This is an often asked question, surprisingly. Webmaster forums keep discussing horror stories how their site traffic dropped after they created a sitemap and submitted it to Google Webmaster Tools. So here I am giving a list of frequently asked… Read more
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Yahoo & Google Partnership Includes Instant Messenger : Possible Social Networking?
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1336 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: Vertical Search
“In addition, Yahoo! and Google agreed to enable interoperability between their respective instant messaging services, bringing easier and broader communication to users.”

This sentence was probably the most overlooked part of the Yahoo… Read more
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3 Tips to Help You Find Your Next SEO Job
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1343 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEM
A common misconception is that your job search starts once you decide you want to make a career change. In reality, there are simple things you should do on a regular basis to position yourself to be successful in your job search whenever that time… Read more
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25 Blog Optimization Tips Even Dear Old Dad Could Ace (Plus 10 More Tips for Mom!)
Avatar Story Found By: mercylivi 1349 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: Social Media
A blog is one of the best and easiest ways to generate fresh, up to date content for your site as well as link love.Here comes 25 Blog Optimization Tips Even Dear Old Dad Could Ace plus 10 bonus tips for your mom too ;) Read more
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