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Can you believe that it’s already 2010? I’ve been involved with Internet marketing and SEO for over 7 years now and each year has always been more exciting than the previous one. 2010 is looking to be no different. There are so many opportunities… Read more
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Here in Chicago, it’s Restaurant Week. Over 130 eateries set up 3-course prixe-fixe menus for lunch and dinner and you can sample a variety of the best foods for affordable prices. This of course got me thinking about Internet marketing (ok, maybe… Read more
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Taking care of your site internal interlinking is one of the easiest way to increase your rankings as that’s what you can totally get control of .... Read more
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Greg Finn writes... With all of the changes in social media news sites these days, including witch-hunts on Digg/Reddit, the banning of top users, and the increasing difficulty having your story seen above others , it has never been more important to… Read more
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Most people involved in SEO knows about anchor text and its benefits; Sphinn has over 250 articles on the subject and the term “anchor text” has already been tweeted 15,000 times in 2009! With that much information flying around it’s difficult to… Read more
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"It seems that now-a-days we can do most things online… clothes shopping, looking for Colleges, buying Holiday gifts, doing our banking… pretty much anything.
But there is something else we can do online….. something much more personal and… Read more
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Britney Spears is doing it, should you? Is having someone "ghost write" your social media profiles wise advice for everyone? This pieces takes a look at the drawbacks of using a ghost writer on social media profiles. Read more
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Some determining factors and theories that are important when promoting stories to hit Digg’s front page. These are some great tips on building an authoritative profile on Digg.com Read more
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Often times, as I sit across the table from a perspective client that is currently in charge of spearheading in-house SEO for their company, my mind begins to wander and I start thinking all kinds of strange thoughts: Read more
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Where I compare the process of acquiring search marketing expertise to taking a long journey. Read more
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Thoughts on twitter why I think it’s cool and stuff Read more
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In this twenty-two minute video and slideshow Matt Cutts of Google describes the different types of spam that afflict Web 2.0 sites, and what webmasters can do to prevent their sites from becoming blighted. He recommends thinking like a black hat to see… Read more
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Worldwide media attention, hundreds of authoritative links and 850,000 daily website visits all for £70,000. This is looking like a marketing budget spend very wisely. So who hasn’t applied for the "World’s Best Job" yet? ;) Read more
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A great guestpost by Michael Gray on Online Marketer discussing the downsides of using wordpress platform. Read more
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David puts together a well thought out post regarding bounce rates & other behavioral metrics as they pertain to ranking. Read more
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What would happen if you smooshed together many of the best parts of Rank Checker, SEO for Firefox, the best keyword research tools across the web, a feed reader (pre-populated with many SEO feeds), a ton of competitive research tools, the ability to… Read more
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Great Article, Brian! He stresses the importance of Education when creating and optimizing PPC Campaigns in Google AdWords. Read more
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Lisa Barone guest blogs from Affiliate Summit: "Why should you pay attention to Facebook’s advertising platform? Facebook’s ad platform is a gold rush for marketers." Read more
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Well ya’ll know I am just about the SEO Geeks and bringing a better skill level to SEO.... a great post that also highlights a few of my fav peeps in Bill (Slawski) and CJ (Marie-Claire Jenkins)- give it a read and start workin on your uber… Read more
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Even if you don’t have a clear business idea, start off with a blog covering the topic you’re interested in. Utilizing this strategy comes with a lot of benefits that will help you to jump start your business. In fact, a blog is an amazing tool and… Read more
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The reason you originally switched from Yahoo to Google back in the day was because... Read more
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What’s the biggest myth in SEO? Rand, Aaron, Graywolf and other SEO experts give their view. Graywolf, as usual, says controversial things. Read more
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Paid search rocks. Despite the endless debate about which is best, organic search engine optimisation (SEO) or paid search, both are hugely important aspects of online promotion. Read more
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While the value of organic links are appreciated, freely given links just aren’t best for getting a page to rank for particular keyword phrases and never have been. Read more
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This is an excellent summary of how to track your universal search.
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I wanted to know how many people were actually clicking the blended results you see in Universal Search. Google Analytics measures these clicks as Google… Read more
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