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Within a week or two, the voting model will end at Sphinn. Stories can still be submitted, but editors will consider those in addition to others they find. Why? Rather than build community, voting -- an activity which is also in decline -- seems to… Read more
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The art of persuasion is a science, capable of being studied, quantified and qualified. This means that pretty much anyone can be persuasive if they study the formula and rules. Read more
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I had been getting a bit leary of all the hype around 'FaceBook Search - the Google killer' and decided to take a closer look at what's going on there. While there are some interesting bits with the OpenGraph stuff (I am a meta data geek tho) I don't… Read more
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What did I tell ya? All about the GTV today - SNIP - Google just never stops freaking/creeping me out. Sure, as a geek some of the tech is deffo interesting, but as a human being, it's often disconcerting. A while back I started collecting some patents… Read more
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Great post on how and why to track rankings plus some good tips on which software bests suits your SEO needs. Read more
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This is not another SEO celebs list. Here you find true networking individuals who are into SEO or similar disciplines. I know, they’re my friends on Twitter. It’s #followfriday Read more
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Social media comes in a variety of flavors, each with a very different end result. Networking campaigns occur on social sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn where users or companies interact with others in the community. Social media news campaigns… Read more
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Pick a topic, any topic. No matter how small or insignificant, somewhere on the internet there are two people right at this moment threatening each others’ lives, mothers, and sexual orientation over it. Read more
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Great article on the effect of using social media sites like Digg, Reddit, Stumbleupon, and Delicious to increase your search engine rankings. Case study with Google analytics metrics provided. Read more
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Recently there seems to be a big shift in focus in the SEO industry regarding the importance of conversions over search engine rankings ... If our rankings didn’t turn into conversions for our clients ... We didn’t complete our goals ... We… Read more
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Things to keep in mind before you start conversion rate optimization Read more
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I have already listed Greasemonkey scripts for Google search and for SEOs. This time I am reviewing a few scripts that social media marketers will find useful: they allow either to easily bookmark posts or search and analyze social networks (please… Read more
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What would happen if you smooshed together many of the best parts of Rank Checker, SEO for Firefox, the best keyword research tools across the web, a feed reader (pre-populated with many SEO feeds), a ton of competitive research tools, the ability to… Read more
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Reaching Digg front page is what any link baiter dream about. The following tools will help you understand Digg success. Read more
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Last week I listed some cool Greasemonkey scripts for Google search. This week I am following up with some great scripts SEOs will be interested in (you will need to install Greasemonkey extension to use them). Read more
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In distributing content, it’s possible to increase posts’ propensity to go hot in social channels, simply by publishing correctly to social distribution networks built amongst individuals your organization. Publishing “correctly” means, when… Read more
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I’ve long been of the belief that the vast majority of social media thinkers and doers easily lapse into the self-gratifying bubble that is our little online world and forgets the primary audience to which we should speak lies not on Twitter or… Read more
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Link baiting with lists is a disputable topic. On the one hand, lists were written to death in each and every niche. At some stage I myself have grown sick and tired of seeing “XX ways/ tools / resources” headlines daily. But you know what? It still… Read more
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In almost any line of business, it is customary to do some sort of background check on a person or company you may be doing business with before embarking down the relationship building and partnership route. The more you know about your future… Read more
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So you thought Wordpress 2.7 is all about the smooth looks and the cool icons, huh ? I did for a moment. But not too late, I found out that there are some nifty options available on Wordpress 2.7, that will make your life easier. I mean if search engine… Read more
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Sweet Lisa, with her influence! Read more
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In his recent post at SEOmoz, Tom mentioned submitting to (niche) social media sites as an important step of any link bait (once you get past your link bait roadblock): Read more
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Social media mimics real relationships — in many cases. Would you do the following within real face-to-face relationships?
* Jump on the friendship bandwagon without properly introducing yourself?
* Consistently talk about yourself and… Read more
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Ann Smarty writes, "With today’s high speed Internet connections, web publishers can afford to use as many images on their sites as they want to. While making web pages attractive and attracting visitors’ attention, images help a lot in promoting… Read more
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let’s look into elements that should / can be included in a page title depending on your website/ business/ this given page purposes. Read more
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