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Since somoeone at a conference didn't know Majetsic had this, I thought I should let poeple know. You can get fresh link data daily from MajesticSEO if you know where to look. Read more
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Ken Lyons success rate for turning citations into links is roughly 75%. How does he do it? Read this article to find out! Read more
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As SEO's we view links as a form of digital currency, that can be bought, sold, bartered, or gained through attention manipulation. However for the rest of internet this isn't always the case. Scott Rosenberg makes the argument that for many people… Read more
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Debate whether Google should penalize over paid links all you want. The bottom line remains that Google DOES penalize, when it finds them, and when it wants. And in this case, an online flower shop's SEO firm bought links for them. Penality ensued, and… Read more
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Picking up the gauntlet thrown down by Bill Slawski, here's my guide to optimising your images for ranking in Google Image Search. From filenames to picture dimensions, it's all relevant. Read more
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Sunshine.co.uk are a UK-based travel agency offering cheap holidays. Within six months of working with Conversion Rate Experts, their conversion rate almost doubled. Read how they did it here... Read more
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A great collection of resources and links for all types of Google Universal Search ranking factors, from video to news, from blogsearch to maps. Assembled by Jeroen van Eck from State of Search. Read more
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An in-depth case study on how WordStream leveraged infographics to build links from highly authoritative sites while generating enormous traffic (and even some leads and sales!) via social media. Read more
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This content series builds high-trust links because of its thoroughness, emphasis on utility and the inclusion of "info-swag" such as free tools, checklists and widgets. Read more
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Brian Solis doesn't mention link building once in the whole of this article, in fact he doesn't even mention links.Which is why every paragraph I was thinking "links links links links links" and why it shouldn't be overlooked by... linkbuilders. Read more
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There are so many people jumping on the wagon of Info-graphics as a form of link building, that it almost becomes irrelevant. The cool kids are already moving on, and finding new ways of building links. Read more
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A breakdown by David Harry on Google Blog search and how it actually indexes and serves up posts. Some heavy in-depth analyse based on patents submitted, assessment of quality and what it all means to you, the end user.

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Raise your hand if you believe that using Google Analytics can affect your site’s SEO rankings. Now raise your other hand if you believe Google Adwords also affects your SEO. If you’ve got both hands in the air keep them that way, as having your… Read more
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So, over he last few years I have been endlessly peeved when people speak of Toolbar PageRank in the same breath as actual PageRank. You know, 'PR is useless' stuff. Thus my quest to sort that once and for all.. read on and pass it forward! Read more
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I swear I have never watched even one of his videos all the way through - whether I have watched any of the others might incriminate me. Read more
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This article describes 13 link building tactics for merchants in the ecommerce space.  While many of the tactics are tried and true, the article details how each tactic can be implemented for merchants specifically. Read more
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It's Matthew Diehl's first post on the Trail and yes... he's going there (eek). He is asking the age old question of some type of formal system to help the SEO world grow from infancy. Will it work? Will it matter? It says here that... well... NO... We… Read more
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You may have heard heavy social media users complaining about the upcoming Digg release, but if you are a business owner, you may actually like what's coming. Neal Rodriguez explains what the new Digg offers for businesses.

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If you search for [some term] and [website name], Google's now treating it as if this is a site:[website name] search - allowing that site to completely dominate the first page of results. Seems a big shift in favour of big brands - and will also… Read more
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Want to learn what is being said in your niche or industry in real time? Check out these 25 blogging, forum, and social media search tools and engines. Read more
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Larry Kim rips apart some common myths about link-building that stubbornly won't go away. Read more
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So most people have done it at some point, but looking at the stats it actually does work and people know that otherwise they wouldn't continue to do it... Read more
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For a long time, if you asked me about spamming the search engines, whether with hardcore black hat tactics or merely gray hat link acquisition, I'd say that in the long run, neither was the right move. Building a great site and a great brand through… Read more
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This network of people has given me hope for the industry. Thanks to Dave he has brought in diversity in skills & the willingness to disagree in a respectful engaging manner. Read more
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If you've ever wondered how you can write unique, enticing and SEO'd descriptions for the same old products everyone else sells, you'll want to read this article by copywriting expert Karon Thackston. Read more
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