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Britney Spears is doing it, should you? Is having someone "ghost write" your social media profiles wise advice for everyone? This pieces takes a look at the drawbacks of using a ghost writer on social media profiles. Read more
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I’m not at Pubcon in Las Vegas but everywhere I turn I’m reminded that the rest of the world is there. Twitter, blogs and photos are all reminding me that I’m missing a fun and informative event. So what I decided to do is just pretend I’m… Read more
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Barack Obama is the first "Social Media President" in history. He’s the first one to understand and harness the power of sharing and communicating through social media platforms to not only get out his message, but to energize a group of Americans… Read more
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Wow, really?! A terrorist tool? Now I don’t know about you folks, but I tend to give terrorist a little more credit in the secret and brains department. Ideally these folks don’t want ANYONE knowing what they are up to right? I mean seriously,… Read more
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So, you’re gonna change hosting providers. In many cases, moving the content of the site is as easy as zipping up the content and unzipping it on the new server. There is another aspect of moving the domain that many people over look: DNS.
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Streko’s got a hilarious survival guide - if you’re going to SMX, you’ll have to read this!

Remember, don’t ask crazy people for directions! Read more
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Automatic Match is Google’s new feature that allows AdWords managers to receive clicks in their PPC campaigns without the need to select specific keywords. In two previous posts, Jim took a somewhat negative shot at Google’s “Automatic Match”… Read more
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Pierre has an interesting tale on how to Pre-classify your web pages so Eskimos don’t receive refrigerators as
gifts and your hard work won’t be mis-classified and given a thumbs down.

It’s quite a charming tale... go… Read more
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Pierre has a great piece here about the people who are helping to build the street views you see in Google Maps, along with some funky pictures too! Read more
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Wil’s wheels are turning, he’s got some good thoughts going here......
Here’s the problem…the ad for a CMMS/EAM software appears to be BEHAVIORAL, yes I said it. I was logged out of my account when the ad showed.

I only… Read more
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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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Check out how the search community came together to help Kim Krause Berg celebrate her 50th Birthday! Read more
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Yes, both Jeff & Matt have succumbed to the pull of Twitter!

Now, it’s just not any reason they are doing this. It’s all for charity. So, which ever one of them gets to 500 followers first, the money Jeff and Matt have put on the… Read more
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Julie asks a good question - "how secure is your social media platform?"

She states "it’s critical for everyone to be aware of the security vulnerabilities that are intrinsic to the public sharing of information in this type of format.… Read more
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For edition 31 I bring you two women from two entirely different spectrums of the online universe. One woman I’ve come to greatly admire and respect, not just for our love of a TV Hero who wields "Mr. Pointy" (hey now, get your mind out of the… Read more
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There has been a lot of discussion on Google’s recent changes to the way that they handle expanded broad match (at WebMasterWorld ), High Rankings Forum and other places).

We have come across a different issue that relates to the… Read more
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