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A look at the many implications of getting website structure right in terms of SEO - including keyword targeting/content distribution, technical considerations and more. Read more
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Conferences are a great way to pick up new ideas but more importantly are a chance to talk “SEO” without people around you screaming with boredom!  SEO conferences are generally laid back affairs but be aware the following 15 actions may get you… Read more
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A simple, but effective overview of something that is overlooked far too often. Read more
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SEO and Excel are like chocolate and peanut butter – great together. Here are 18 Excel functions (and two formulas) that can make SEO just a little bit easier. Read more
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Today let’s take a look at five things that probably shouldn’t be posted to your social networking profiles if there’s any chance at all you’ll be job hunting in the future. Read more
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Ironically, my own field tests with a variety of sites (from small ones to the multi-million page Fortune 500 variety) would suggest that Mr. Cutts' assertion is false, but I think that this article and his comments are still worth mentioning.Perhaps… Read more
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If you’re a search geek that’s curious, a blogger looking for hot topics or even a search conference looking for topics of interest; hang in for the ride while we see what is really going on in the space ... Read more
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Firefox is pretty slow for me these days given how much I've pimped it out with plugins and whatnot so to be able to access all the key SEO tools within chrome is a godsend - allows me to do site reviews much quicker now! Read more
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Michael presents a rather well thought out notion of what might be required for someone to determine if an SEO training course were to be evaluated for consideration.  While I don't agree on all the points, most are in alignment with my thinking. … Read more
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David Towers live blogged from the Think Visibility conference in Leeds at the weekend. Read his in-depth notes and reviews from each session he attended. Read more
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Interactive infographics open up a whole new level of engagement. Social media users love them because they can easily segment and dissect data that they want to see. Read more
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The second ever SphinnCon Israel was a huge hit.  Check out the big recap to catch up on all the highlights. Read more
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I find it a very useful guide on the best practices moving your site to a new domain. As the one who has experienced various weird cases while doing it, I recommend bookmarking the post. Read more
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Microsoft want Yahoo! That's no secret. Whilst it has been made clear in the past that a partial sale is not an option, the recently approved search partnership seems to open the doors for a deeper understanding of the Yahoo! properties and a sale may… Read more
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An awesome step by step walkthrough from Rich Baxter showing how to use pivot tables to construct awesome pivot charts to visualise keyphrase research and ranking data.Excel ftw. Read more
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Some good posints for examining potential linking urls. Read more
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The tip is rather basic but I find very useful and the list is really bookmark-worthy, so I decided to share it here.

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Ripoff Report is a blight in the search results and really needs to be removed. Read more
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Wanna-be SEO types (you know, the ones that would be better off in boiler rooms) love to pitch W3C Validation as being crucial to SEO. Read more
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What do you do when you finally reach your goal of #1 rankings? Do you simply enjoy the ride and pray Google keeps you at the top spot? Or is there a way you can be more proactive with your approach so you can maintain and even add to your success? In… Read more
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Trying to craft the perfect piece of linkbait to land you on the front page of Digg or ReddIt? Want your post to go viral on Twitter? No matter how great your content is, if the headline sucks, it stands little chance of getting the attention it… Read more
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Running an e-commerce website is a never-ending task, from trying to squeeze that extra bit of conversion rate out of the check-out page to figuring out which referrers give you the best traffic .... Read more
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I enjoyed this conversation between Ruud Hein and Arnie Kuenn on link building. Think you will, too. Read more
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Apparently it wasn't enough that Jason kept snubbing his nose at Google with the other forms of Mahalo spam, now he has started selling links from there as well. Read more
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Back in April 2008, a man began his attempt to trademark SEO, his name was Jason Gambert. Today I learned, Gambert’s claim to register a trademark on the term “SEO” was formally blocked. It may come to a surprise to you that this trademark… Read more
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