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"Even bots that respect the REP can harm your search engine rankings, or reveal sensitive information to your competitors." Great stuff. Read more
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SEOGadget's detailed analysis of search rankings compared to linkscape metrics. Read more
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Rishi Lakhani asks the question of a group of well known SEO's - brilliantly written and a great list of Black Hat SEO resources for the curious bookmarker... Read more
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Google is trying to take interactivity away from the source and centralize it.  That sets up Google in channel conflict vs me. It robs my site of much of its value . Ethically, this is like other services that tried to frame a source’s content or… Read more
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Twitter blocks link equity hole on m.twitter.com and nofollows trending topics Read more
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Another international SEO post today - this time it’s a guest post on the Trail from Monica Wright... 9 simple steps to make our local SEO efforts easier - show the gal some love wontcha? Thanks.... knew U could do it.. :0) Read more
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It’s been rumored that Google was to unveil its long awaited computer operating system, and now Google confirms this is true in a blog post: Introducing the Google Chrome OS.

The company says that the OS will be released later this… Read more
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When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan to its online collection last year, the search giant didn’t expect a backlash. The finely detailed woodblock prints have been around for centuries, they were already posted on another Web site, and a… Read more
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Entertaining, comprehensive coverage of Guy Kawasaki’s "Twitter as a Tool" (or "Guy Kawasaki is a Tool") keynote at Search Engine Strategies New York from Lisa Barone. Read more
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Aaron Wall had a really interesting post about how it seems as if Google has started shifting its algorithm to favor big brands in search results. That started quite a Twitter storm today between @mattcutts and @stuntdubl, in particular. I found the… Read more
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A throwaway comment on a blog by a Ryanair staff member has led to an online storm that now threatens to spill over into the national press and potentially harm the reputation of Ryanair even further. Read more
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Kinda shocked Google would admit to this. Honestly, I am not sure if Marissa would have the final say on this anyway... Read more
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I’m not going to try to explain John’s post in a couple sentences but I will say that by the time you’re done reading it, the strong statement he makes with his post title doesn’t seem that radical any more. Read more
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I came across this nifty "tool" created by Dave Naylor. Let him know what else can be added. I’m a user of flock with the SEO quake plug in as well as a few others but this could replace the whole lot. Read more
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Seems like someone made a profile on SEOBook, threw some spammy links to it, and it made to Google’s first page. Yahoo Site Explorer shows 200+ backlinks where many seem to come from guestbooks, forums, and .jp/.tw sites. The keyword ’lindsay… Read more
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A SEO cartoon about Kevin and those damn bots. Read more
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In a move that will surprise many at its sheer desperateness, Jerry Yang has all but licked the boots of Microsoft in order to try and get a deal. Read more
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"I’m sure you know exactly what the Google Webmaster Guidelines say about spam. If you’re just playing at this SEO thing, here’s the quick version: don’t trick the search engines with hidden text, hidden links, keyword stuffing, duplicate… Read more
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SER (supplier of juicy topics lately;0) - Does this surprise anyone? Well, we know a few things. We know Matt Cutts of Google, a very influential person at Google, has wanted Google to remove PageRank from the toolbar for a while now. We know Adam… Read more
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How many people can trust Google as an actual technological innovation if its CEO cannot keep his distance from political endorsements? Further, did we not forget that Google has a huge digital footprint on us -- that Google knows our emails, searches,… Read more
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A review of the 159 granted patents assigned to Google (169 if Exaflop counts.)

A little more than one third focus primarily upon search indexing algorithms, and almost two thirds were developed in-house rather than acquired. Read more
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SEO rockstars reveal what they think of sexy booth babes. Read more
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The last post you’ll ever need on Google Analytics, covering ecommerce, advanced PPC keyword tracking, cross-domain analytics and more! Read more
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Bill Slawski - Some sets of search results do include news, images, maps, and other results that go beyond just a list of web pages that may contain the keywords used in a search.

But, how interested would you be in entering the address of… Read more
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If you’re on the internet, which you are, by the way, you’ve probably got a profile on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LiveJournal, Craigs List or all of the above, enjoying the company of hundreds of friends who you know will never ask to borrow… Read more
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