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It’s been a little while since the Yahoo/BING announcement, feel free to share your thoughts on what the Yahoo! and BING agreement means to SEO & PPC going forward.  What happens to Yahoo Paid Inclusion? Read more
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Anchor text optimization is an often overlooked aspect of SEO. This article explains what ATO is and how it can be added into the SEO mix at your organization. Read more
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Provides results from Google, Yahoo and Bing in three columns but doesn’t tell you which column is which search engine. You then tell it which one you think shows the best results, and you then see which answers are from which engines. Read more
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Did you know that you lots of SEOs and internet marketers win Top Rankings using someone else’s domain name? Here is a list of site that I have seen hold Top Rankins in Google on a regular basis when reviewing top SERPs. Read more
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With Izea’s impending announcement of a new pay-per-tweet network, combined with existing ad networks and services such as TweetROI, Twittad, and Magpie, the FTC will be forced to pay attention to the paid endorsements in one of Social Media’s most… Read more
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Checking for duplicate content is part of the process of analyzing a website. The most common types of duplicate content to look for is..... Read more
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Imagine playing the “Six Degrees of Separation” game, but with websites. The closer you are to having a link from Maclean’s magazine or Time, the better. Read more
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If someone knows how Black hat works, its fantomaster. He hands us six misconceptions when it comes to Black Hat SEO. Something you just HAVE to read! Read more
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Google Webmaster tools is a very powerful tool that was created by Google a few years ago in response to popular demand of many webmasters wanting a better way to become more “Google Friendly”. Google webmaster tools can help you get a great deal of… Read more
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The following post was written by a well known executive at one of the largest sites on the Internet. The author has requested to remain anonymous - not for dramatic effect, but because of the backlash he would receive from the SEO industry and possibly… Read more
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A link spike is exactly what it sounds like it would be: a point in time when backlinks go up sharply, backlinks go back down sharply. Read on ... Read more
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Bing’s Twitter account just sent a message directed towards Google’s, asking if they could take a look at their index and captions. Read more
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you can pre-order .cm domain names starting next week (July 15) until the end of the month (July 31st), free of charge on Enom. Read more
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Here’s how to project the ROI you can expect on SEO. This way, when your boss asks you to predict next quarter’s SEO numbers to help him with his forecast to analysts, you predictive task will be easy. Better yet, the ROI forecast you make will be… Read more
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A quick discussion and followup solution to the Rage Rank Sculpting discussion.....At least for low-value corporate type pages. Read more
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Quick description of a new service called "What the Hashtag?" -- another Twitter tool. Read more
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Advertising with Twitter has been available with 3rd parties for for some time, but until recently there wasn’t enough volume. Check out the reviews of these 3 services. Read more
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Michael Gray explains the difference between blogging for thought leadership versus a community blog. Read more
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Being an effective PPC manager requires persistence, creativity, and discipline. By adopting these six habits you can consistently build the strength of your campaigns, and help them meet your business goals. Read more
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Beyond knowledge, there are personality traits or inherent characteristics shared by the best leaders (across verticals). They are able to use their knowledge effectively, and implement, entirely because of these very traits. Read more
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Updated for 2009 -- 27 local SEOs from the US, Canada, and Europe rate the factors that likely determine local search rankings in Google and Yahoo. Great, great stuff. Proud to be part of it. Read more
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A great tool just got better. SeoQuake now integrates SEMRush, an incredible organic and paid keyword and competitor research tool. Read more
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One of our strategies for clients is to identify keywords that rank between 6 - 12 for quick movement up to top position(s) which we consider to be #1 - #3. Once we have a keyword rotating through the first 3 positions, we can often work on external… Read more
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Great review from Ann about Raven SEO Tools.

The service offers a most feature-rich analytics toolkit with really sleek and robust interface (no kidding). It has both free and paid accounts (PRO account costs $100 per month). You can go… Read more
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You can increase your chances of linking success by remembering one simple rule : the best links come from real human beings. Here are ways to appeal to those real human emotions in linkbaiting. Read more
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