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Hundreds (thousands?) of hours are poured annually into this post. Enjoy. Read more
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John Battelle explains the power of Groupon's model. It has built a new channel into the heart of the the world's economic activity: Small businesses. And it is that channel where the true power lies. Read more
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When you've read Wired's piece "FBI Defends Disruptive Raids on Texas Data Centers" you may want to check out your hosting service for "bad neighborhoods". In 2009 the feds raided two data centers and seized everything, including co-located servers. Read more
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Aaron interviews Rand on SEO, his company, and a zillion other things. This is LONG. :) Read more
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I started working on my own piece about this, then Raven tipped me to this article from them on how yes, Virginia, there's still perfectly fine tracking of Google referrers from search despite Google Instant. Read more
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Thoughtful take on Google Instant by Franz Enzenhofer. He introduces the "Pass Through Impression". Can you capture the user in these fractions of seconds, to give him the feeling that he has reached his SERP destination? Read more
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We asked 17 analytics experts to share some tips and tricks surrounding Google Analytics; there are a bunch of great custom filters, hacks, and actionable tips - thanks to everyone who participated! Read more
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A guide to tracking the original search queries in Google Instant using Google Analytics. Read more
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Will Google Instant affect affiliate marketing? If so, how? Read more
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If you want to get deeper into using Google Analytics, this tutorial on how to set up Advanced Segments is easy to follow.  Ruud helps with setting up how to discover what questions people are using to arrive to your site.  Very helpful. Read more
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A very rich post from Frank Schilling talking about the future of monetizing domains. Read more
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David Harry chimes in on the death of voting at Sphinn; his side is opposite of most of the outcry we've been hearing across social networks and forums. Read more
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Within a week or two, the voting model will end at Sphinn. Stories can still be submitted, but editors will consider those in addition to others they find. Why? Rather than build community, voting -- an activity which is also in decline -- seems to… Read more
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This post is about sharing something Jennifer Mattern recently discovered occurring on Compete.com, as well as her opinions on the ethics and defenses of it. Read more
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Great blogging tips from 30 different bloggers with 30 different perspectives. Read more
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I actually enjoyed this post from Jenn - almost a SEOBS worthy post!! #1 and #3 are likely my favs - SNIP - It’s not that they are “bad” or “stupid” questions. At all. They are in many ways perfectly reasonable questions asked by intelligent,… Read more
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Tony gets this insight spot on. Online reputation management for the bigger brands is now an easy pass Read more
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This infographic shows how the game of link building should be played... Read more
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Spain has emerged as world champions and the excitement is over for another four years. 32 teams battled it out in South Africa for World Cup glory, but the game wasn’t just being played on the pitch; brands went head-to-head in a fiercely contested… Read more
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Terry Van Horne dropped another post on the Trail in his series on Universal Search - this time out he's got part II on Video and SEO. This does take on a somewhat new light given the recent announcement of Google TV... dontcha think? Read more
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What did I tell ya? All about the GTV today - SNIP - Google just never stops freaking/creeping me out. Sure, as a geek some of the tech is deffo interesting, but as a human being, it's often disconcerting. A while back I started collecting some patents… Read more
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Google tries to kill even more links: "Newspapers are currently being contacted by Google and being asked to remove links (especially those placed after the articles have been written – ie comment links and links that are placed for payment in… Read more
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My latest offering over on SEJ - I felt there was too much 'LSI' crap and not enough discussions out there on semantic analysis and how SEOs can better understand/use the concepts in KW research and content development. So here it is. Oh and a ton o… Read more
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Interesting..... Let the theories begin! (just don't cite recently released patents that are 6yrs old hehe) Read more
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Your local newspaper may soon offer SEO services. Heck, maybe it already is. Two of the three biggest newspaper publishers in the U.S. have recently announced that they’re selling marketing services to small/local businesses and those services include… Read more
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