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4 interesting major new link building services, as well as some long-standing options that some SEOs may not have discovered - selected by Rand Fishkin. Read more
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Posies Cafe found that a Groupon offer brought in plenty of people -- but cost them way too much money. Easy to blame Groupon for wanting to keep too much of the cut. But note the comments, too -- more a lesson for business owners to think carefully… Read more
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Ok, so this is happening now. I’ve shared my concerns about guest blogging going mainstream and thus becoming synonymous to “link building” (which in itself may sound absolutely normal but this aspect should not become the main purpose of guest… Read more
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Daily SEO Tips gives a great list of the pros and cons of running multple sites targeting niches within a vertical versus running one comprehensive site targeting the wider vertical. Read more
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Niche social networking is here, and it’s been around much longer than some of you probably realize. Let’s explore niche social networking, what might be holding it back, and where things are going well for niche social networks. Read more
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After this intro you'll want to read further: "If there’s one word I get tired of hearing in social media, it’s “community.” Sometimes when I’m reading a blog or I’m on Twitter and someone spews that buzzword, I can’t help but cringe. I… Read more
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Twitter never stops. All day long, people are Tweeting their hearts out. Keeping up with it all while making sure you’re maintaining the interest of your followers can be overwhelming. If you let it get to you, you’ll get burnt out quickly.… Read more
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Guest posting takes much time and effort and is only effective when taken seriously. So the aim of this post is to actually describe this serious approach to guest blogging step by step – to make sure the tactic works for you. Read more
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Social media marketing channels have helped turn "Thank You" pages into opportunities for secondary levels of conversion where you can encourage users to become Facebook fan, follow on Twitter, connect via LinkedIn, review or Rate on social local sites,… Read more
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Some great tips and approperiate actions to take if you catch someone trying to steal your content. Read more
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“Oh my goodness. Can you believe the nerve of that blogger who dared to disagree with that thing that you said? I know what it is. They just wanted more traffic, so they’re leeching off your popularity. By criticizing what you said, they must be… Read more
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Whenever we talk about guest blogging, the conversation usually focuses on the link building benefits of guest blogging. And while this is certainly one of the best reasons to guest post, I’ve personally found that the increased exposure and the… Read more
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Seems the person in charge of Twitter’s suspension button has been a little trigger happy lately. You have all seen the messages of panic flow through the streams just as I have. With all the spammers still busy tweeting away, the Twitter staff must… Read more
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I sometimes wonder if bloggers in general share enough information openly. I don’t mean that I want them to share all of the deep dark personal details of their lives either. I mean, do we really say what we think? Or does fear hold us back? Read more
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Parameters we are almost sure (with different level of confidence) to be included in the algorithm (for your convenience I linked some of them to our previous discussions on the topic) Read more
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Google is choosing local businesses as "Favorite Places" based on something called PlaceRank. In this post, Ash Nallawalla introduces the concept and digs into a Google patent about how PlaceRank works. Must-reading for the local SEO crowd. Read more
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The most obvious thing was the ability to real time spam Google’s results. A quick search for [Sphinn won't allow the word] showed the real time results at the very top of the SERP, right under the news results… Read more
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Make sure to bookmark and read each of these - really good selection by a knowledgeable SEO pro. Read more
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A practical approach reviewing (and comparing) tools that will help you to analyze SERPs. They all work as FireFox addons. Read more
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Lisa Barone does it once again with coverage of 17, count em 17, PubCon sessions from the 2009 Vegas show. I don't know how she does it, but here is the full list of sessions covered.

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The 7 habits that are shared by highly effective link builders. Read more
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Sir or Madam, If you have decided to hire a new SEO firm or consultant, permit me to suggest a simple way to go about it.... Read more
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Taking extreme positions on Users versus Search Engines makes for good link-bait but a balanced approach makes for more effective SEO. Read more
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Majestic have managed to increase their web index to 1,026,035,494,521 unique URLs. An impressive achievement by their backlink tool but also means they can independently verify Google's claim last July to have reached the 1 Trillion URL milestone. Read more
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SEO isn't easy, get rich quick or a standalone initiative.. so what is it?

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