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Today was a huge annoucement that Search & Social, 10e20 and Brent Csutoras merged to form BlueGlass Interactive. Read more
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A post by Alan Bleiweiss for SEO consultants, in-house SEOs, and agencies for managing client expectations Read more
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A new keyword research tool that will help spot open opportunities and gaps in specific keywords to go after. Read more
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Alan does a good job of laying out the two sides of the coin. A good read for folks confused about the relative importance of W3C compliance as it relates to SEO. Read more
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Great article written by Alan Bleiweiss. These methods that can be applied to any site that involves drill-down navigation. Read more
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How challenging it is to create a value proposition that attracts a wide enough audience to make inroads into competitive offers. How do you buy books and from whom? Do any of these programs stand out for you, and why? Read more
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Jeremy Martin says: The day you open your business you become vulnerable to the good and bad publicity you can get from either satisfied or dissatisfied customers. That is the price you pay to run a business. Read more
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From Barry Schwartz: As many of you know, Google settled an AdWords class action suit for $20 million. Now, advertisers are receiving email notifications on what their rights are in this class action lawsuit. I read the settlement notice (PDF) and… Read more
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Google takes major (small?) step to actually communicate with webmasters upon submission of reconsideration request! Read more
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Good question about the best approach when it comes to page title implementation Read more
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At SMX one of the more contentious subjects was the debate over Google’s Android Phone giveaway, and demonstration that they are in practice profiling SEO’s. Read more
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lan Bleiweiss explains why he thinks Google Squared to be so flaky that you’d think this experimental search engine was born on crack. Read more
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NVI managed to live-blog every single SES session today - here are the highlights, lowlights, and links to all of our live coverage! Read more
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As I’m [Rachel Andersen] returning from SMX Advanced in Seattle, I keep thinking about the presence of Bing and the lengths at which Microsoft is going to promote their new search engine. Read more
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An excellent guide to making your WordPress blog secure. Read more
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Have a mega site? Serious discussion on best ways to automate seeding across huge volume of pages. Read more
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A good link building toolbox is invaluable. Some tools provide extra information or insights, while others point you to possible new link targets. Using a combination of various tools can without a doubt lead to analysis paralysis, but the right set of… Read more
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If you have ever lost sleep over the fear that a would-be hacker might get hold of your Wordpress blog, here are some measures that can be put in place to help prevent “attacks” on Wordpress driven blogs. Read more
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Sure the CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) or CPA (Complete Pain in the A**) is intended to solve a valid business problem, but at what cost? Should we really make customers/prospects work this hard to… Read more
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Brian Carter on bidding on keywords for their brand names, service name, or product names: "When you don’t have an ad AND a natural listing, you have less presence on the search result page, and thus more competition..." Read more
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BLVD Status is free and real time - need I say more? I just got done talking with Chris Bennett (97th Floor) about some future updates as well that are going to be amazing. If you have not tried it out yet, I would suggest you do! Read more
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The legal implications of social networking and ownership of accounts has become increasingly hot over the past year or so. You can tell this topic hits a nerve for both employees and executives (and is especially touchy for those of us in between who… Read more
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Spy tools don’t really show you your competitor’s keywords! Keyword spy and other spy tools blatantly make this false claim. 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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A very good interview with an experienced SEO. "...Search-engine friendly website design is based on 4 building blocks. These building blocks have not changed in over 10 years, and they are not about to change in the next 10 years..." Read more
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