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Starting a new InHouse SEO position can be tough, especially when an organization doesn't really care, but, there is hope! Here are some tips and a process for moving into that new role. Read more
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Great post about how spammers can easily leverage Twitter spam in Google Real-Time searches (and make booku $$) Read more
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Now, I’m not saying anything definitive - but Yahoo! started to serve favicons next to their premium listing titles recently in an attempt to boost CTR - personally, I think Google has taken notice and is doing some testing of their own. Read more
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The new AdWords interface has been in the works for some time and is now available to advertisers. The features include things like "rollup tabs" (for easier navigation between tabs), quicker editing of bids, quicker editing of ad copy, a bunch of minor… Read more
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My look at how Google is likely to fare in the wake of Microsoft’s Bing launch and Yahoo’s weakening position. Bottom line -- probably just fine. Read more
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A few quick blogging mistakes that I see new bloggers making (some of which mistakes Darren Rowse, @problogger, has made himself). They’re listed in no particular order... Read more
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I am gonna share the list of plugins which I think are useful for your blog and if you think there are certain more, or if I am missing something then feel free to leave a comment. Read more
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Great, simple tip to really leverage twitter, past just massive following people. Read more
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We’re finding it extremely difficult to find smart, North American SEO experience for freelance help, at freelance rates...the last 6-8 folks we’ve found through Craigslist, Elance or otherwise either (1) don’t have the right "sense" for… Read more
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This article applies to small businesses that rely on amateur web designers and should move to freelance web designers/developers who are professionals. Those freelancers have to wear many hats, including the disciplines discussed here. Read more
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Things that you should know if you are starting out with PPC Read more
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With tools like TweetDeck, you can create different groups of people, which will allow you to divide up the people you are following based on their importance to you. Using tools like TweetDeck to effectively manage your Twitter stream of over... Read more
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In this article we will discuss the cost of shopping cart abandonment, some reasons why this may happen, and suggest some remedies to reduce the amount of shopping cart abandonment on your ecommerce website. Read more
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The very same day that Google engineer Matt Cutts says that Google shut down the testing of their AJAX SERP’s experiments until they can find a workaround for the analytics issues that it causes, they start up again. It looks, however, like the… Read more
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You’ve heard it before, “Content is king”, but is it really? When it comes to promoting content in social media, content is not what’s solely going to drive popularity to your campaign. Content is still a very important factor, especially if you… Read more
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There are many ways to take advantage of what search engine optimization has to offer a business. This especially is true for small businesses that are struggling to get viewers on their Web sites. Many people automatically assume that their business… Read more
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John Dvorak wrote what is perhaps one of the more ignorant articles about SEO I have seen in quite a while.

"Search engine optimization (SEO) has turned into a big business, and from what I can tell it’s the modern version of snake… Read more
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A simple, step-by-step guide to turning the advantages of social media and the lack of accountability into a business as an online marketing consultant / guru / expert / strategist (delete as applicable).

For those of you who fail to… Read more
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A couple years ago, I posed some questions from the SEO world that I couldn’t answer. Tonight, I’d like to repeat that process and throw up some dilemmas that, once again, have me in a quandry. Read more
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Jill Whalen: I recently appeared on Vanessa Fox’s new Webmaster Radio show, “Office Hours” where we discussed some of the simple things business owners can do to increase search traffic to their website, but which are often neglected. During the… Read more
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Tech executive Kevin Ryan, CMO of Webvisible in an open letter to President Barack Obama says what many in the tech community have been chattering about. Greed, corruption, arrogance, avarice, maliciousness, juvenility, irresponsibility, favoritism….… Read more
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Chris Winfield writes... On Monday, I did a presentation at LegalTech on a panel called “What is Twitter and How Can I Use It?” along with Kevin O’Keefe & Matthew Homann. As you can probably tell from the name of the conference, this session was… Read more
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In the past Google would remove results when a DMCA claim was filed, now they are deleting actual posts from Bloggers Accounts ...

Andrew Pederson, a spokesperson for the Mountain View–based company, explained via e-mail, “When we are… Read more
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Misscj breaking out of the echo chamber with a solid,concise post that gives you some insight on how search engines might go about finding, and disqualifying, those darned paid links they despise so much. Paid links -- and just plain spammy sh*tty links… Read more
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