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The phase three link building strategies are definitely the most time consuming and often times some of the hardest links to get during a link building campaign. Because these links are some of the hardest to get, they are some of the best links as… Read more
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Unfortunately, some types of link building can do more harm than good. That is why it is important to follow strict guidelines and be as white hat as possible when putting together and executing a link building campaign. Read more
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Great post with 5 simple strategies to increasing your personal brand and building links simultaneously. Read more
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Pay attention to Local, people!  Another good reminder of the local citations business owners need to be looking for to rank well in the "pack" and just plain good for business too. Read more
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Many people get tunnel vision when running an SEO campaign. The ears are pinned back and the focus on reaching the coveted front page of Google for a desired keyword is all that is often thought about. But what happens when you are lucky enough to land… Read more
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Here are 5 great strategies to begin your link building for any site looking to begin, or continue, link building efforts. Read more
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This is a great celebrity / SEO look alike post. Read more
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Analytics software is focused on telling you what visitors did on your site, and the clues that this information can provide ranges anywhere from pages that are underperforming, to ideas for new keywords to target. However, to get the most out of the… Read more
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By combining website conversion principles with SEO, we can create a better user experience and help improve a site’s bottom line. Read more
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Finally a simple overview on this topic that anyone's client should be able to understand.(From the Article) Canonicalization sounds like a process for recognizing sainthood, or maybe a training course in aiming large projectile weapons. But it’s… Read more
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Google’s new system for indexing and delivering fresh content online, Caffeine, went live on June 8th. Before Caffeine, Google used to update their index every few weeks, now it is pretty close to real time. Read more
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"Here are the most important rules (or, you could say, guide lines) that will help you achieve success in your SEO efforts and get your site ranking high in any search engine for almost any keywords." Read more
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Few things grate on me more than hearing my fellow SEOs talk about how easy local SEO is. There's less competition! The competition isn't SEO savvy! Keyword choices are limited! It's a piece of cake, they say. That's about as accurate as me saying that… Read more
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We read a lot in the SEO world about things like keyword research, analyzing your competitors, and other things to get traffic to your site. But I don’t see information very often about deciding who your target audience is and how to make sure your… Read more
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Too full with good opinions, insights, ideas, in-your-face tell it like it is snippets to pick just one; instead, just go [del]read[/del] enjoy it :) Read more
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Starbucks has went ahead and made a PR splash with their recent announcement offering Mayors a discount at locations nationwide.  What do you have to lose? Read more
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There are lots of awesome posts lately about Foursquare, and tools etc., but until you actually get a visual of it, and what it can do for you (and how it can get real people in your doors) I don’t think you are going to pay much attention. Read more
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A Comprehensive list of different articles and posts by Samir Balwani addressing the process of starting up in social media and understanding what you can do with the medium from defining its origins to addressing the mico-blogging and case studies. Read more
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Alexa Rankings mean nothing to SEO. And they should mean very little to you. No offense to Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat, it’s nothing personal, it’s just that, the numbers there have no reflection on how you are ranking in search engines. Read more
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From the page Owen Paepke writes: Many therefore believe that the name players are out for bigger game, grabbing chunks of search, personalization, and e-commerce generally. Exhibit A in this case is Facebook Like.

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Funny to see some of the directories listed that they listed on their "ultimate guide"  Debra does a great job on this one! Read more
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The simplest but most important linkbuilding advice ever. Wiep Knol hits the nail on the head - if you are trying to get links, make sure you can confidently answer the question, "why should I link to your website?". It sounds simple but is so often… Read more
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We have triple checked with our inside sources in the industry and can thus confirm with 100 percent certainty that our April 1 story on Google opening its own SEO agency is just what the link at the bottom of the piece purports it to be: an April Fools… Read more
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What are the best ways that new to Internet businesses can go about increasing the number (or gaining any at all) citations when it comes to local listings? Read more
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From the page: In SEO there are a lot of little things we can tweak to help a site rank better. This includes improving a site’s URL structure by making it more SEO friendly. The problem is, if you do this incorrectly your rankings could drop… Read more
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