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A fascinating analysis and editing together of various source by Ruud Hein to put together a very coherent - and vindicating to the paranoid - image of what Google knows about you! 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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Ruud Hein discusses why the removal of voting from Sphinn is a spectacularly bad idea Read more
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This one has been on my mind for 6 months, finally got around to finishing it up. Exceptional content? Dunno, but damned important and over-looked. Is it from SEJ? Yea, sorry Michael... Am I also be a cheecky fella today? U bet, sleep deprivation… Read more
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I thought this would be an interesting addition for the ecom peeps out there - SNIP - I spotted an interesting thread at Google Webmaster Help/a> where a manufacturer is upset that his vendors outrank him for his own products. The manufacturer provides… Read more
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A summary of one of the most detailed discussions on the topic of pagination with a Googler and some of the brightest SEOs covering the various options.

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A great collection of resources and links for all types of Google Universal Search ranking factors, from video to news, from blogsearch to maps. Assembled by Jeroen van Eck from State of Search. Read more
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Another well-written, easy to understand post from Michael Gray where he continues his series of posts on "Siloing"...an important SEO concept. Read more
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This content series builds high-trust links because of its thoroughness, emphasis on utility and the inclusion of "info-swag" such as free tools, checklists and widgets. Read more
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An excellent guide for the many of us who make money online and those who aspire to. Read more
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Here @Alysson talks about necessary steps you need to take to protect your  WordPress blog being hacked.  She shares very insightful 'how tos' on ways to implement your sites security. Read more
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Please read the latest post on our Sphinn blog about a new emphasis on enforcing existing guidelines, and asking Sphinn users to be more careful about the content that gets submitted, shared, and voted up. I'll try to keep an eye on comments during the… Read more
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Fantastic little plugin for Excel to strip lists of URLs to subdomains, root domains and TLDs, as well as URL encoding. Read more
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SNIP -  There have been some very interesting developments with regards to the expanded use of Google Places over the last couple of months, with Google not only increasing the usage of Google Places within their mainstream SERPs but also increasing… Read more
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Dr. Pete offers a basic SEO post both uniquely told and very actionable by the audience. Read more
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Fast to read and too the point. Load speed it a perrenial problem. Read more
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Is the gap in links reported in Google Webmaster Tools due to 301'ed pages? Read more
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It is important before you start to guest blog, that you understand each blogs target audience and how influencial they are.  This post shows you how to research a blogs audience and readership to help you decide on which blogs to write guest posts for. Read more
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It may seem like a basic enough concept and post, but believe it or not, everyday I see so many people doing it wrong.  Good job to Chuck for posting this great information about having clean URLs and their benefit to SEO. Read more
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Larry Kim rips apart some common myths about link-building that stubbornly won't go away. Read more
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It's time to put the fun back into blogging.  Put on your smiles and follow these tips to being a more fun-loving blogger. Read more
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Ben Cook gives some qualified observations of Lazy user behavior habits for twitter on Search Engine People. (i.e. ask twitter instead of googling it yourself) Read more
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The secret is out find out how much time it will actually take... Read more
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A very smart update to a classic social media post. Read more
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In local SEO, if citations are the equivalent of links, how about doing the same thing? How about looking for your competitor's citations and trying to get the same ones? That's exactly what the Local Citation Finder does, a new tool that instantly… Read more
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