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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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I have now been an active FourSquare user for several months now, and while there is obviously a huge potential (and demand) for a commercial location based social network, however in it’s current incarnation Foursquare is destined to be a trailblazer… Read more
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If you've ever worked with a big brand (or tried to) for SEO, you'll recognize everything in this "right on the mark" post from Rishi Lakhani.

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An important post by UK online marketing veteran Rishi Lakhani (@rishil).  Why is it that we as an industry don't command the kinds of budgets other marketing channels do? Why are we often subject to the whims of CEOs and boards who say "we need to… Read more
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Point one in this list should be enough, but in-case you need a few more, here's 7 reasons why you should still be active on Sphinn. Read more
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David Towers live blogged from the Think Visibility conference in Leeds at the weekend. Read his in-depth notes and reviews from each session he attended. Read more
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Whether you’re ready to embrace it or not, social media is changing the way we communicate and make decisions. Today’s technology has impacted our daily lives and routines in a big way. If you don’t wake up to Facebook, you probably know someone… Read more
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Rand Fishkin tackles some of the recent trends we've been observing from the engines and talk about his personal perception of what's to come over the next 12 months. Read more
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Jaamit discusses SEO tips to boost search rankings for ecommerce websites. Read more
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Biggest (lesser known) online marketing myths- (from the page):"Search Engine Submission No, just no. If anyone tells you that you need to submit your site to a search engine give them a sharp poke in the eye." Read more
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Great post from Ann Smarty listing top 10 SEO resources and inviting everyone else to share their favourites. Read more
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A great post by Garrett French that will surely become a tremendous guiding resource for those wishing to engage in link building to help clients perform better in international markets.

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Great post from Tad Chef: "Did you know that there is a whole mobile SEO and mobile Analytics industry on top or underneath the SEO and web analytics offerings we already got used to? I didn’t until this week." Read more
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Great list of tweeps to follow from North South Media. Read more
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I attended the Online Marketing show at Olympia on Tuesday and listened to How to implement a social media campaign; By Amelia Torcode, Partner and Head of Digital Strategy at VCCP Read more
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A look at how the brand/vince update has affected the UK this month with 5 months worth of data for the term "travel insurance" being displayed in tables and graphs - interesting read Read more
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The anchor text on any website is completely editable and can provide some great SEO value from inside a website and from external websites as well. Read more
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Excellent keynote speech video from Tim Ferriss at San Francisco WorldCamp. Read more
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Seven reasons to ignore that PR3 homepage link offer that looks so juicy. Read more
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The Google Grants Blog posted that they have given a presentation in their D.C. office on search engine optimization. The presentation was to help educate a group of “issue campaign managers” on the principles of SEO. Read more
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Some interesting responses from the SEOptimise future of social media online poll last week. Read more
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A must read post from Rand about the skills which have served him best in his SEO career. Read more
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Google now say PageRank Sculpting and the use of the NoFollow tag on hyperlinks is ineffective. SEO clients have paid to have such work done. Should they get discounts? Read more
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Learn about the Twitter tactics you probably shouldn’t waste your time on. Read more
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Chances are you’re familiar with both StumbleUpon and Digg. Have you ever wished it would be as easy to Digg posts as it was to Stumble from site to site? Well, now it can be... Read more
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