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With lots of honest discussion on the direction of a site on the webmaster help forums, combined with reinclusion request, it is possible for Google to change their evaluation & trust of a site, removing penalties.Also more confirmation from Johnmu… Read more
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My latest offering over on SEJ - I felt there was too much 'LSI' crap and not enough discussions out there on semantic analysis and how SEOs can better understand/use the concepts in KW research and content development. So here it is. Oh and a ton o… Read more
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When looking at your competitors backlinks you will see what types of content people are linking to. You need to create a similar type of content if you don’t have it already. You can send a personal email if you find a site that links to content you… Read more
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Thought all you Sphinnsters would enjoy some local search prognostication for 2010. Read more
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Terrific writeup on how to get some one-way backlinks with this Firefox plugin.  Sit back and watch the magic, he says. Read more
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Yesterday we blogged about a exploit on twitter to get free links and redirects  .. we decided to tell twitter first, they say they fixed we prove that they didn't... Read more
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Everyone knows @cshel.  She is keynoting the "Look at Me" seminar next week in Saint Louis, MO.  This search seminar features several other speakers on a wide selection of SEO-related sessions.  Market Saint Louis is helping local business owners… Read more
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Jason Calacanis & Steve Espinosa are teaming up for a new kind of local search conference. Read more
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For years, online marketers have exploited paid ad programs like Google’s Adwords and Yahoo’s Search Marketing to deceive uninformed users to click through paid listings. Shady marketers abuse the loopholes and rely heavily on unsuspecting users as… Read more
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AT&T’s Yellowpages.com paid $3,850,000 for the YP.com domain when they purchased it from LiveDeal last month. Read more
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A look at some predictions for Local SEO in 2009 and how it will impact local small businesses as well as SEO’s. Read more
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Derek posts a great question then follows it up with some great tips to keep your websites going in 2009 Read more
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Former Yahoo! SEO Derek Chew challenges the ’all knowing’ John C Dvorak on some rather simple search knowledge. What was he thinking? 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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Google, for the fourth time that I know of, has messed up the exchange rate that they pay publishers outside of the US. Of course, each time, this is in favor of Google paying less to publishers. 4 times!?!?!?! Read more
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laura callow gives some much needed insight into SEM during an economic downturn Read more
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Going green or offering ecofriendly products is great for the Earth and developing a niche for your business; it’s also a great way to build new links to your company website. Loren Baker points out a handful of ways to attract links and attention… Read more
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Matt shows you how you can add local info to Mapquest Local. They want to drive traffic back to you, and you’d be some kind of fool not to take advantage of it. Read more
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Matt McGee does a great interview with K9Cuisine.com about their online marketing struggles and successes. Read more
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Will talks about how to leverage Google Alerts to discover new and obscure linking opportunities. Read more
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Blocking all users outside of the US from being able to see your site would likely be considered cloaking and would be against our Webmaster Guidelines (JohnMu) ......

Wow, now I can’t even control who I let in to my house without… Read more
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Matt McGee offers us a chance to collaborate and write a blog post on his site. Join the GroupThink Tank. Submit your favorite SEO tools. Read more
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Will offers the important elements of a good 404 page and how not to lose potential customers if a page is not found. Read more
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Will explains why small businesses need to embrace the recession to get in front of their competitors. Read more
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Now Shoemoney is a friend of mine, but regarding his post SEO Has No Future today, I am forced to disagree with him. Read more
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