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Social Networking and the Overshare Generation
Avatar Story Found By: copywriter39 537 Days ago
News Source: http://www.ask-kalena.com
Category: Social Media
Excellent post that everyone involved in Social media should read. And that all parents should read then discuss with their children. Read more
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Q and A: Why are directories getting better rankings than my site?
Avatar Story Found By: markthompson 697 Days ago
News Source: http://www.ask-kalena.com
Category: SEO
Reasoning behind why directory listings may be rankings higher than your website, when you do a search for your company name. Read more
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A Look at SEO From 2000-2009 - A Decade of 21st Century SEO
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Moderator Story Found By: Jill 767 Days ago
News Source: http://www.highrankings.com
Category: SEO
I've got a fairly long "decade of SEO in review" article for you today. I thought about splitting it into 2 parts, but decided it would lose a lot by doing so. I hope you'll make it all the way through because I tried to make it as interesting and… Read more
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Google Maps Adds New “Report A Problem” Link for Business Listing Spam & Errors
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Moderator Story Found By: Sebastian 778 Days ago
News Source: http://blumenthals.com
Category: SEO
Google has recently added a “Report A Problem” Link for reporting business Listing spam & errors from within Maps. The link is available via the business listing info bubble where once you select “Edit” you are presented with a “Report A… Read more
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How SEOs Win the War on Personalized & Real-Time Search
Avatar Story Found By: username1 removed by request 776 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEO
Personalization has been in place on Google for over 4 years. This isn’t a new algorithm, it’s simply a new delivery mechanism. It’s important to remember that a large number of Google users are logged in to a Google account of some kind when… Read more
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Can SEO Exist Beyond Google Personalization?
Avatar Story Found By: vermasaurav 790 Days ago
News Source: http://www.ask-kalena.com
Category: SEO
Speculation in the search industry is rife this week with claims that Google Search Personalization has changed the SEO playing field. But has it really? Read more
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Google Enables Real Time Spam and More
Avatar Story Found By: Sugarrae 795 Days ago
News Source: http://outspokenmedia.com
Category: SEO
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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The anatomy of a deceptive Tweet spamming Google Real-Time Search
Avatar Story Found By: tmcconnon 794 Days ago
News Source: http://sebastians-pamphlets.com
Category: Searching
Great post about how spammers can easily leverage Twitter spam in Google Real-Time searches (and make booku $$) Read more
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If the Internet Named Movies Too
Avatar Story Found By: Kalena 805 Days ago
News Source: http://www.ask-kalena.com
Category: Sphinn Zone
Inspired by the College Humor blog post titled If The Internet Named Movies in which the author used common Internet acronyms in place of movie titles, I've thought up a few of my own and mashed up the movie posters to match. Read more
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An Open Letter to a Client in Search of an SEO Provider
Avatar Story Found By: St0n3y 845 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchengineguide.com
Category: SEO
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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Google Trust Rank Patent Granted
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Moderator Story Found By: Jill 840 Days ago
News Source: http://www.seobythesea.com
Category: Searching
Bill Slawski provides a good summary of a patent granted to Google last week which discusses how trust rank might be associated with people who apply labels to web pages through annotations. Read more
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Google Social Search Now Available
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Administrator Story Found By: dannysullivan 839 Days ago
News Source: http://searchengineland.com
Category: Searching
Google is rolling out Google Social Search today, a way to see the pages authored by friends, family, coworkers and others in your social circle. A look at how it works. Read more
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Google Social Search; a Search Geek's Review
Avatar Story Found By: theGypsy 839 Days ago
News Source: http://www.huomah.com
Category: SEO
Hi gang... I've been writing about social search and Google in particular a lot the last few months. As such I was quite interested in yesterday's launch of Google Social Search. Here are my early impressions and what it all might mean to SEO Geeks!… Read more
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DMOZ: A Solid Directory Or The Great Pumpkin Of Search?
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Administrator Story Found By: Michelle 838 Days ago
News Source: http://searchengineland.com
Category: Link Building

Terrific article from Debra Mastaler, including Q&A with Bob Keating, Editor In Chief of the Open Directory Project. From the article: "When talking about the DMOZ two camps typically emerge, those who support the directory and its mission… Read more
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Google Launches Comparison Ads, Beginning With Mortgages
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Administrator Story Found By: dannysullivan 836 Days ago
News Source: http://searchengineland.com
Category: PPC
AdWords enters a new area, with "comparison ads." This is where Google runs an ad itself for a particular topic and then sends people to see products being offered. First up: mortgages. Read more
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Bye Bye Beta, Hello Members!
Avatar Story Found By: evilgreenmonkey 832 Days ago
News Source: http://blog.sphinn.com
Category: Sphinn Zone
Information on some Sphinn updates and the new Sphinn Member offering. Recommended reading for all Sphinn users, new and old. Read more
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Never Underestimate the Power of Social Media
Avatar Story Found By: Kalena 844 Days ago
News Source: http://www.ask-kalena.com
Category: Social Media
A perfect example of online citizen journalism and the power of social media occurred in the UK this week, when blogger Jonathan MacDonald witnessed a London rail guard verbally abuse and physically intimidate an elderly passenger whose arm had become… Read more
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Thank you Derek Powazek, but…
Avatar Story Found By: webco 844 Days ago
News Source: http://www.ask-kalena.com
Category: SEO
Despite an apology of sorts Derek Powazek still seems to think that SEOs are to blame for their own bad PR... and thinks that we should be doing more to promote the industry.  Kalena points out that most SEOs are already doing a great deal to support… Read more
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SEO = Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists ?!
Avatar Story Found By: sammy 849 Days ago
News Source: http://sebastians-pamphlets.com
Category: SEO
Derek Powazek didn’t do professional Web development –as an industry– a favor. Sebastian's answer to Dereck Powazek Read more
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An Open Letter To Derek Powazek On The Value Of SEO
Avatar Story Found By: millerian 852 Days ago
News Source: http://searchengineland.com
Category: SEO
Danny Sullivan's measured response to Derek Powazek. Well thought out and says why good SEO is valuable. Read more
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Google Sidewiki Allows Anyone To Comment About Any Site
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Administrator Story Found By: Michelle 872 Days ago
News Source: http://searchengineland.com
Category: Social Media
In-depth review by Danny Sullivan of the just announced Sidewiki from Google. From the article: Google Sidewiki is a new feature being added today to the Google Toolbar that allows anyone to leave comments about pages as they surf the web. Love… Read more
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Google SideWiki Extorts Google Network Participation
Avatar Story Found By: vermasaurav 872 Days ago
News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Category: SEM
Now, Google is telling site owners that they can either participate in SideWiki or else see competitors’ nasty comments dominate the discussion about their site(s). Worst of all, you can’t block Google’s SideWiki from appearing alongside your… Read more
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Google Displaying Breadcrumb Navigation in SERP Snippets
Avatar Story Found By: NickWilsdon 903 Days ago
News Source: http://www.ask-kalena.com
Category: SEO
Kalena reports that breadcrumb trails are being seen in Google SERPs. They seem to be testing the inclusion of breadcrumb navigation as part of site snippets. Maybe a good time to add them to your site. Read more
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Jordan K’s Definitive Mobile SEO Guide (Preso)
Avatar Story Found By: Gab 945 Days ago
News Source: http://www.jordankasteler.com
Category: Vertical Search
Do you know the 7 categories that 50% of mobile searches fit into?

Know the differences in usability between web and mobile SEO?

Know how to auto-detect mobile users and bots, and direct traffic accordingly?

Find… Read more
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Doorway Pages Exposed - Aussie "SEO" Busted !!
Avatar Story Found By: IreckonWM 1307 Days ago
News Source: http://www.ireckon.com
Category: SEO
Australia seems to have a bit of a reputation as being a part of the "Wild West" of Search Engine Optimisation. In the most part I don’t think that this reputation is deserved. However, in this post, which highlights the widespread use of a Doorway… Read more
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