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The Inside Scoop on Link Baiting - How Things Really Work
Avatar Story Found By: AlanJohnson 1366 Days ago
News Source: http://www.theratingblog.com
Category: SEM
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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17 Internet Marketing Things I Will Not Write About
Avatar Story Found By: HafizD 1389 Days ago
News Source: http://www.conversationmarketing.com
Category: SEM
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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12 Effective Ways to Find New Article Ideas
Avatar Story Found By: anglemona 1390 Days ago
News Source: http://www.catchtheposts.com
Category: Social Media
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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Why Valedictorians Make Lousy Bloggers (And Class Clowns Rule)
Avatar Story Found By: gyutae 1389 Days ago
News Source: http://www.copyblogger.com
Category: Social Media
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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US Court Learns SEO, Decides META Keywords Don’t Matter
Avatar Story Found By: theGypsy 1388 Days ago
News Source: http://searchengineland.com
Category: SEO
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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111 Things 11 Successful Online Entrepreneurs Did Right
Avatar Story Found By: AlanJohnson 1387 Days ago
News Source: http://www.theratingblog.com
Category: Social Media
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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The Beginner’s Checklist for Small Business SEO
Avatar Story Found By: HafizD 1391 Days ago
News Source: http://www.seomoz.org
Category: SEO
An amazing checklist of all the small business seo tasks that are necessary to generate great results. Read more
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A Buyer’s Guide To SEO
Avatar Story Found By: thinkingserious 1390 Days ago
News Source: http://howtosplitanatom.com
Category: SEO
Here are a few signs that the SEO you’ve picked out might not be your best bet. Read more
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Beyond PageRank; peeling SEO onions
Avatar Story Found By: gyutae 1390 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginepeople.com
Category: SEO
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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Privacy Disaster At Twitter: Direct Messages Exposed (Update: GroupTweet Is Likely Culprit)
Avatar Story Found By: theGypsy 1390 Days ago
News Source: http://www.techcrunch.com
Category: Social Media
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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12 Ways to Be a More Interactive and Accessible Blogger
Avatar Story Found By: 4cdawgs 1391 Days ago
News Source: http://www.problogger.net
Category: Social Media
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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A - B - C (Affiliate Marketing, Blogging and Content Writing)
Avatar Story Found By: AlanJohnson 1390 Days ago
News Source: http://www.theratingblog.com
Category: Social Media
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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10 Reputations All Hotels, Resorts & Inns Should Monitor Online
Avatar Story Found By: CarrieHill 1391 Days ago
News Source: http://www.marketingpilgrim.com
Category: Social Media
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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Using Search Engine Position Analysis to Determine 2008 Presidential Election
Avatar Story Found By: EricB 1391 Days ago
News Source: http://www.directoryone.com
Category: SEO
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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Versatility Made Twitter What It Is Today
Avatar Story Found By: HafizD 1392 Days ago
News Source: http://paulstamatiou.com
Category: Social Media
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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Five ways broaden your social media horizons
Avatar Story Found By: HafizD 1392 Days ago
News Source: http://www.jenniferslegg.com
Category: Social Media
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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Link Building Job Interview? Here’s 5 Questions to Ask
Avatar Story Found By: gyutae 1392 Days ago
News Source: http://wiep.net
Category: Link Building
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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12 Steps to Complete Search Engine Domination - From Zero to Hero in Just 6 Months
Avatar Story Found By: gyutae 1391 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
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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Universal Search: The Battle For Your New Video Habits
Avatar Story Found By: theGypsy 1391 Days ago
News Source: http://battellemedia.com
Category: Searching
- 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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How to be a ruthless blogger - from a master
Avatar Story Found By: bwelford 1392 Days ago
News Source: http://www.problogger.net
Category: Social Media
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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New Reddit UI and Features Leaked
Avatar Story Found By: BrentCsutoras 1391 Days ago
News Source: http://www.brentcsutoras.com
Category: SEM
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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How Social Networking Could Kill Web Search as We Know It
Avatar Story Found By: Musa 1396 Days ago
News Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com
Category: Social Media
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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Why I Love Twitter - Darren Rowse
Avatar Story Found By: HafizD 1397 Days ago
News Source: http://www.youtube.com
Category: Social Media
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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Reaping the Benefits of High Traffic Days
Avatar Story Found By: anglemona 1395 Days ago
News Source: http://www.idiotsguidetoblogging.com
Category: Social Media
Are there days when your blog gets heavy traffic flowing from a more popular website? Read more
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Improve Your Blog’s Reach With These 20 Essential Web Utilities
Avatar Story Found By: anglemona 1395 Days ago
News Source: http://www.eioba.com
Category: Social Media
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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