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Since I receive many questions about this topic, I thought it would be fun to share a candid insider’s look at the reality of being an A-list blogger. These are my personal observations, so I’m not saying they’re true of other high-traffic… Read more
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"Google is getting closer and closer to offering a full blown operating system (if it hasn’t already) with its suite of desktop and office services, the Google bundling in the gPC (maybe Google PC) and Google’s Android Open Handset Alliance for… Read more
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Rand and Patrick sparked an interesting debate about no-following Wikipedia. See http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-dark-side-of-wikipedia#jtc40614

There are SEOs on both sides of the fence. and there is a Wordpress plugin to do what Rand… Read more
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Found a few new sites to add to my feed reader if nothing else

Nice list Read more
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"Hey, look! After dropping to a Google Toolbar PageRank 4 earlier in the month when Google cracked down on paid links, Search Engine Journal has returned to a PageRank 7." Read more
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from the page "Is linkbait being devalued? Is it going the way of the reciprocal link?" Read more
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A nice take on the Google PR update by a young SEO with a style.

Will make you laugh! Read more
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How can a bad neighbourhood (spam sites) linking to us, affect the PR and how to avoid it by checking this! Read more
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Use iGoogle as a Social Networking Tool...

Check it out the Power is at your Finger Tips and you do not even know it.

I do not want a gPC, I want My iGoogle!

I want to iGoogle Billions and Billions of EyE Balls. Read more
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Watch your Speed or you will be caught by Google and prosecuted!

Read the inductive analysis on the SpeedTrap. Read more
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My favorite:

"#2 - Block this Shouter - Some people just shout too much. Sure, I could remove them from my friend’s list. I could send them a politely worded “Cease and Desist” shout, telling them to stop or at least slow down. OR, I… Read more
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I’ve had an interesting week with the amount of traffic I’ve been receiving. It actually slowed down my server a fair bit… hey I’m not complaining.

Blogging has been very fruitful for me in regards to meeting and networking with all… Read more
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The Marketing Sheriff has just galloped back into town after an action-packed week at the 2007 National Association of Realtors Conference & Expo in Las Vegas! There were literally millions of real estate agents in attendance, as far as the eye could… Read more
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For years, people have talked about how valuable keywords are in domain names. I’ve heard people claim that a domain name will automatically put you on top of the search results for the word in your domain, and others claim it makes no difference. The… Read more
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I wrote this article after I almost lost my blog to a server crash. Although one reads about the importance of backing up the blog, not everyone takes it seriously. I urge my fellow bloggers to take this very seriously and make a regular schedule to… Read more
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If Jason was in the market for someone who uses never seen or even contemplated before SEO techniques, I would have no doubt in making this recommendation.

If SEO is bullsh*t, at least it should be entertaining. Read more
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f your blog isn’t getting as many visitors as you’d like, you need a quick lesson in how people read on the Web - they don’t, they scan.With millions of posts to choose from, people are looking for the one that jumps out and hits them on the head;… Read more
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"Aaron Wall is an SEO (search engine optimization) consultant at Clientside SEM and the author of SEO Book, a blog with attached ebook. Aaron is 28 years old, living in Oakland, California. In this overview, he takes a look at the SEO market in the US." Read more
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Plugged-in bloggers evangelize publishing full feeds. Bill Hartzer (Phreak-of-a-blog-scientist)explains full feed link building benefits (many of us miss) in plain English. Read more
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If you really want to relate to people then celebrate your weaknesses with them along with your successes. I have big adsense checks and stuff on this site but the thing I get the most email and comments about at conferences is about how I used to be fat. Read more
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Is there something wrong with Internet forums? Is talking about discussions outside the room with outsiders kind of like gossip? Is the ability to cross link and weave forum threads in and out of other web sites simply part of the social aspect of the… Read more
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Ding ding new round, Google vs the rest of the world Read more
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I previously talked about the importance of social media marketing and I reckon most of you are interested in learning how to use social media to your website or business’s advantage. So let’s get started. Read more
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The whole in-house SEO group servicing outside clients thing seems like it could create conflicts. Or maybe not? Read more
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Full coverage of SMX London for those with short attention spam... Read more
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