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Linkbuilding in Competitive Niches Using Communities & Content
Whilst it might be very efficient to get lots of poor outsourced content written on the cheap and pushed on to article sites, it’s nowhere near as effective as great content published and promoted properly on your own site, when it comes to attracting… Read more
A really solid analysis of Vince ranking theories (based on actual test data) from iCrossing's Liz Ayers and David Peris. Great read. Read more
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You can’t have missed the fact that Google is changing the referring URL from the SERP. Here is a blog post explaining how you can start monitor rankings with Google Analytics and the new referring URL today! Read more
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Lisa Barone: Yelp announced that they’ll soon let businesses respond to the critiques and the not-so-glowing reviews made against them on the site. I know, this should be good news, but, holy heaven does it make me nervous. Let’s face it, social… Read more
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Great post from Lisa Ditlefsen on the Search Cowboys talking about the most common pitfalls of Paid Search and giving some great practical tips and ways of watching out for them to make sure you don’t fall for it too. Read more
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A response to Rand’s post on Google’s evolution of search ranking factors, looking at WHY they’ve changed, and what it means... Read more
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Last Thursday (April 2), Google unveiled new shortcuts in their SERPS, displaying a single line of four links that take search engine users deeper into a site, bypassing the page shown in the results. These new shortcut links are being called… Read more
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I’m going to show you a case study from my own personal experiences of how I leveraged Twitter to send boatloads of viral traffic to my site - 35,967 pageviews in 2 weeks to be exact. I’ll include real evidence straight from my analytics that… Read more
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For many digital services, the ad supported monetisation method has been seen as the holy grail of business plans. However, all this may be about to change... Read more
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Last december the people of FaberNovel created an excellent presentation about Google, titled “Everything you always wanted to know about Google…But were afraid to ask“.

Last month they created another fabulous presentation with a… Read more
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Google appears to be letting some advertisers post PPC titles with more than 25 characters. Details inside... Read more
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According to Lisa Barone, you can get more than just links from social media. You can also get really great content. And one of the best places to find free content is on Flickr. Read more
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How many SEOs have suffered because of unrealistic expectations from clients? Read more
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Google seems to be putting favicons into SERPS. Anyone else seeing this? Read more
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A couple days ago I wrote about the 6 reasons why Twitter is the future of search. With social media and search fusing together, what does this mean for SEO? In other words, how do you optimize a site to perform well on a social “search engine” like… Read more
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Post on the power of a retweet and some great tips on how to find new users to help spread your message. Read more
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An interesting look at how Microsoft (or another company in the search game) could potentially change the search game, and win it Read more
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Awesome resource of Google Analytics tools, tips ad tricks from Tad Chef. Read more
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A few months ago, I hired Conversion Rate Experts to work on my business. So far they have grown our conversion rate by 124%. Earlier this week, I interviewed them for this blog, so you can benefit from their advice too. Read more
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Lisa from Outspoken Media takes a very rational approach to SEO life beyond links. Read more
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This post outlines a few tactics for big ecommerce sites such as Zappos.com. Read more
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Great look at keyword research Read more
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Guarantee – A word that grabs attention and instills a sense of security (monetary) in the minds of prospective customers. But can guarantee be given in the realm of SEO services? Read more
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Just how much of a part does ego play in becoming an SEO star? Have those at the top started to believe their own hype? Your thoughts? Read more
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A huge list of SEO resources. Read more
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