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Ann Smarty writes, "Keyword position should not be the ultimate goal of SEO campaign and hence it shouldn’t be an SEO process success metric. That’s the point I’d like to further discuss here. I’ve outlined the pros and cons of most popular SEO… Read more
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Pointing out the difference between platforms and communities is essential when dealing with social media newbies. Read more
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Backlinks from authority sites not only mean better search engine placement, but super-high quality traffic. But how do you get published on authority sites? Read more
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There’s a lot that goes into a successful social media campaign, much more than just creating great content or asking some friends for votes. Here’s a look at 10 different factors that will influence your success Read more
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If you really want to become a well-known and/or respected writer online, you will need to have original thoughts Read more
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This is a guest post by Brandy Eddings. She is one of the brightest young minds in paid search and SEM. The is the owner of New Edge Media, an SEM company based in Texas. She is also speaking at Scary SEO in October. Read more
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A great little post about the components of blog posts, and tips for creating each of these components.

Nicely done! Read more
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A recent study revealed that ONLY 15% of Fortune 500 companies communicate with consumers via blogs. This number was lower than I expected, at least as far as Fortune 500 companies go. It is not surprising to me however with regards to businesses in… Read more
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There are a few different ways that misinformation occurs. The problem is that the internet amplifies each of these errors to dangerous proportions. Read more
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Melanie tackles the present issue that faces SEO. Shes not the first to adress it, and possibly on the last. However she looks into aspects that are worth noting.

Note - this is on wolf-howl (Michael Gray’s blog)and Mel is the first… Read more
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Donna Fontenot writes, "I’m done. I’ve had all I can take of the vicious, nasty, cr@p that has been going on in our little industry. Sure, SEOs have disagreed with one another from day one, usually on forums. That’s nothing new. Sometimes it got… Read more
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"Social media and SEO are now inextricably linked. You couldn’t separate ’em if you tried." - Ian Lurie. Read more
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Knowing that the search marketing industry is currently talent constrained, I wanted to take a look at where the search marketing talent was located. To get a feel for this I chose to use SEMPO’s member roster as a baseline to assess where search… Read more
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Is it within my rights as a citizen of the Internet to complain about someone I take issue with, for whatever issue I believe they violated? Read more
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Our findings show that, in general, lots of mainstream sites are very good at linking out and that there is a direct correlation between the number of links they give and the number of links they receive. Read more
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The biggest list of SEO tools. Ever. Read more
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Digg, Reddit and all the other so-called “social media” sites can be a great way to get your message out to millions of people, but with so many voices out there screaming for attention it’s hard to be heard sometimes–even if that 400,000-word… Read more
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The search engine optimization and online marketing industries have a lot of jargon - some of which actually has meaning, some of which is mostly buzzwords thrown around by “glass-jawed” SEOs so people think they know what they are talking about. So… Read more
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Dave Snyder goes on a rant about being a glass chewer. He says, "If your going to talk, back it up, and back it up with what is real." If you are not a glass chewer then I suggest you stay away from Dave or he will punch you in the throat!!! Read more
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~40 photo examples of how ICanHasCheezburger and ecommerce are related - including photos and links to additional articles on each topic. Hilarious. Read more
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As the number of blogs online continues to grow rapidly every day, the need for effective branding is also constantly increasing. Branding allows you to stand out from others in your niche and show your readers what you’re all about and why they… Read more
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Hey Matt - The Small Business Success stories you’ve presented have been awesome so far! A big take-away for me is how powerful a good (I stress "good") blog can be for your small business. Keep up the good work! Read more
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Not only do you have to write extremely compelling and informative content that makes visitors want to read every word and ultimately buy a service or product (which is hard enough alone), but you have to structure your writing in such a way that top… Read more
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There are all sorts of metaphors and analogies you can use to illustrate various aspects of link theory, from the buckets full of link juice used to explain PR flow and sculpting, through to examples where Links=Votes.

Ken has devised a new… Read more
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An interesting look at what your blog can expect from going hot at Sphinn. Read more
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