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An epic SMX Advanced London roundup from From Mal Darwen. From the page: "SMX has a history of inviting speakers who share good information. There were a few mutterings about the validity of the 'Advanced' tag but I didn't speak to a single person who… Read more
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Social media news aggregation sites help people find great content from their favorite sources without having to weed through all the other sub-par content to find it. This is done by a democratic system of voting and homepage promotion for these stories. Read more
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For years now, it has been a commonality for social media sites to rate content and commentary on a sliding scale. Sites like YouTube and Yelp allow users to rate and review content on a five-pointscale, while sites like StumbleUpon and BuzzFeed want to… Read more
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Search engines have changed the way we find information, conduct research, shop for products and presents, entertain ourselves and connect with others. Behind almost every online destination, social network, cell phone and online newspaper is a search… Read more
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Imagine playing the “Six Degrees of Separation” game, but with websites. The closer you are to having a link from Maclean’s magazine or Time, the better. Read more
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There is already so much noise on Twitter that it becomes difficult to monitor the majority of the conversation without integrated segmentation tools. Twitter can be a great place to find resourceful content and to share links with friends but when does… Read more
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As potential customers, business partners, and employers begin to use the Internet as a research and background check tool, your reputation in the search engines is becoming increasingly more important. For most of my clients I recommend taking a… Read more
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Writing and promoting how-to articles is one of the most effective ways to get solid links. While like any other content, it takes time and effort, the outcome is well worth it. Read more
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Despite tough economic times, and advertising budgets being pulled back in almost every sector I know of, companies are still recognizing the need to be different to stand out from the competition in such bleak times. Many of the prospects I’ve spoken… Read more
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Straight from a conversation at a recent seminar, we bring you a new model for looking at the fundamentals of an SEO campaign: The SEO Pyramid!

This is a great way to visualize what you need to consider when analyzing the strengths and… Read more
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I’ve [Virginia Nussey] heard from a number of superstar SEOs that experimentation is the cornerstone of successful search engine marketing. Considering the competitive nature of this field, the results of such testing are often held close to the… Read more
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Yesterday at SES Chicago 2008 I (Manny Rivas) met up with Jordan Kasteler a.k.a Utah SEO Pro. Not one to miss a cool opportunity, I whipped out my pocketCam to ask him a few questions. Read more
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Dan Zarella writes "Here’s the slides from my pubcon presentation. I’m not sure how easy they’ll be to read without the accompanying talking, and you may need to use full screen to see the detail in the graphics. I apologize in advance." Read more
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In a move that will increase the amount of Page Rank and traffic Google gives to Facebook Pages, Facebook launched a new feature over the weekend that essentially added hundreds of millions of new internal links to Facebook’s brand Pages in users’… Read more
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One of my [Andy Beal] favorite sessions at PubCon is the Competitive Intelligence panel. I thought you might like to see the slide deck I used–complete with a list of 14 tools I recommend for spying on your competition. Read more
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Brian Carter says,
"You can optimize anything, whether it’s your SEO, Pay-Per-Click, your social media, your life, or your finances, or your wife – but don’t try that. There are five steps.

The first thing is you have to have a… Read more
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Peter Da Vanzo writes, "Link building is hard work. Have you ever tried to get people to link to your pure commerce/commercial brochure-web site? You know how tough it is out there. The link economy has become so established, we’ve even got… Read more
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Going green or offering ecofriendly products is great for the Earth and developing a niche for your business; it’s also a great way to build new links to your company website. Loren Baker points out a handful of ways to attract links and attention… Read more
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Rae Hoffman writes, "As you may have heard, Twitter recently decided to “nofollow” links left of the “bio” section of user profiles. The “web” link has always been a nofollow link, but the bio links passed popularity until Dave Naylor… Read more
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The ultimate checklist to make sure your website is going to be suck-free Read more
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An interesting question is what someone should look for in a potential link developer and how to go about finding them. Rae lists (and pretty much answers) several must-ask questions for link development job interviews. Read more
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Joost’s on a roll today. Here is a list of his 8 must-have WordPress SEO plugins (several of which he has also written). This dovetails with his "WordPress SEO Guide" and should be bookmarked by anyone carrying out WP optimisation. Read more
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Recently, the PR firm of a very famous and lavishly wealthy public figure called me. One of his projects had gotten a lot of bad press. They asked how much it would cost to remove the negative information from Google. Read more
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Sugarrae writes "Let me start off by summing up this entire post in one sentence for those of you busy actually doing some productive sh*t today (which I usually am):

This “community” is f**ked and way too wrapped up in its own communal… Read more
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Learn best practices for coding for local/mobile:
Doc type declaration, screen width, accessibility, device detection redirection, XML Sitemaps.

Nice job and great resource! Read more
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