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Being sick and tired of seeing webmasters develop the wrong attitude towards link baiting, this is definitely an issue I wanted to cover for quite a while. Read more
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Brought to you by the same manic-depressiveness that generated 11 Internet Marketing Trends To Ignore. Here are 17 internet marketing things I will not write about: Read more
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Have you ever run out of idea when trying to make your blog post? Have you ever experiment a writer’s block? Don’t worry about that! I guess every blogger experiment that scary feeling someday. Read more
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Okay, think back to your days in high school for a moment. Try to remember some of the class clowns. You know, the people that never seemed to get any work done, preferring to either tick someone off or make everyone laugh.

Can you remember… Read more
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SEL - Although Standard Process won part of the case, the judge ruled that since the keyword META tags do not influence search results, having trademarked terms in them are immaterial. Read more
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Time to learn from what Aaron Wall, Andy Beal, Danny Sullivan, Darren Rowse, Jason Calacanis, Jeremy Schoemaker, John Chow, Michael Arrington, Om Malik, Seth Godin and Yaro Starak did right.

Do you notice certain similarities between these… Read more
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An amazing checklist of all the small business seo tasks that are necessary to generate great results. Read more
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Here are a few signs that the SEO you’ve picked out might not be your best bet. Read more
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Ok, so you say you know what PageRank is and how it applies to search optimization, but do you really? One thing is for certain…. A great many SEO’s, site owners and webmasters don’t seem to truly grasp the concept…so lets take a look shall we?… Read more
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TechCrunch - Twitter user Orli Yakuel, with 650 followers, had a nasty surprise this morning - all of her direct messages (private messages between two Twitter users) showed up in her normal Twitter stream (and were subsequently published to her… Read more
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When your blog is growing and the demands on your time become greater, how does one stay accessible to one’s readers? Darren Rowse give 12 tips on how to stay interactive with your audience. Read more
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The first article of my "The A-Z List of Money Making Ideas" series, which covers affiliate marketing, blogging and content writing. Read more
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This is a great post from Reputation Management Guru, Andy Beal. Not just for hospitality businesses, the same can be applied to any online business.

Great stuff. Read more
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If the 2008 Presidential election was based on SEO, who would win? Search engine placement analysis helps us understand how accessible the candidates are to their audience. Read more
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Paul Stamatiou, a student at Georgia Tech University, and some of his classmates have written an academic paper on Twitter as an online community. Read more
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Do you think social media is either Facebook and/or MySpace, and that’s it? When I was recently chatting with a friend in the industry I mentioned I do social media consulting, he replied, “Oh, so you do Facebook?” Well, fortunately for all of us,… Read more
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I’ve seen several SEO job interview related posts pass by, but I haven’t seen a link building related one yet. If you’re looking for a somewhat experienced link builder (I’m not talking about hiring a newbie that you’ll be training intensively… Read more
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What does it take to rank #1 in Google for a set of competitive keywords? In this article, I’ll lay out the exact methodology you can use to dominate many niches in the search engine rankings. SEO is a billion dollar industry and many online… Read more
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- John Battelle’s Searchblog - I am curious if this trend (of increased YouTube presence in the SERPS) is because of natural causes, or an intentional effort by Google to counteract an otherwise disturbing reality: that social networks were better… Read more
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Problogger gives some great tips on how to be a more effective blogger - it’s all about setting boundaries. Read more
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Screen shots and feature descriptions have been leaked for the new changes coming to Reddit.com. The changes are only the first round and appear to be the biggest update to the Reddit site to date. Read more
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Google owns search for now, but as PM’s senior tech editor explains in his biweekly column, the evolving nature of how we use the Internet has left an uncertain future for search—and it’s all the fault of you and your friends. Read more
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When I asked my Twitter followers why they loved twitter over 100 of them responded in just a couple of hours. This video is a collection of their answers. Read more
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Are there days when your blog gets heavy traffic flowing from a more popular website? Read more
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You’ve spent hours setting up your blog on your favorite blog platform just right. Good for you! So how do you maintain your blog so that it remains at the top of its game? Read more
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