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The wayback machine by internet archive is starting to update with new archives, and there is a bulk upload expected. Google has an archive from 5 days ago! info from internet archive guy as well. Read more
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The link building interview is back. In prior years, I’ve gotten together some of the best minds in link building and asked them to answer some questions about link development.  It’s been more than two years since the most recent one, so I decided… Read more
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Killer step-by-step competitve content analysis process from Garrett French...plus a slick new phrase-counting tool for link builders and other content marketers looking for trends, patterns and linkable content opportunities in their keyword space. Read more
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In the SEO game, people spend a lot of time and effort building backlinks. They bait them.  The buy them.  The trade them.  They phone for them.  So what do you do to build on that value? 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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Bill Slawski interprets a recently-granted Google patent. "Not every link from a page in a link-based ranking system is equal, and a search engine might look at a wide range of factors to determine how might weight each link on a page may pass along." Read more
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Haha someone finally has the balls to publish how to buy text links - is this black or grey hat? You decide.... 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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Matt Cutts discussing various sorts of (!tasty) link condoms, Google’s death penalty on rel-nofollow, err ... Google’s no-longer-existent support of links to crap (?) implemented with client sided scriping or microformats ... read the source… Read more
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A very detailed guide on getting benefit from niche sites and building a solid strategy. Read more
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Lisa Barone: If you enter into social media without a plan, you will fail. Period.

All the hours you spent will be wasted, you will receive no traffic bump, there will be no engagement, no one will care and you will learn nothing. Except… Read more
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Matt Leonard of Trip Advisor Media shares his 10 tips on what differentiates a great SEO from the rest of the pack.

~ Not your normal Top 10 list, this is something to digest, process, implement and enjoy. Read more
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Mega-list of questions you need to answer before you begin your SEO campaign - whether you are in-sourcing or out-sourcing it. The goal is to have taken a full and complete objective look at the tasks before you in order to be able to a best determine… Read more
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An essential aspect of any reputation management job, is monitoring the never-ending flow of content germane to our client. Most often the keyword monitoring “Big List” includes brand, products, C-level executive names, intent phrases and… Read more
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Insider info from facebook about the advertising system and how to use it. My day I spent with facebook execs.

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It was also confirmed that the interests you can target when advertising are taken not just from the profile the… Read more
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For those of you who don’t know, Google slapped Google Japan in the penalty box. Why you ask? Because Google Japan dared to venture into the dark world of paid posting. Is this a PR stunt? Read more
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Recently there’s TONS of social media marketing advice from LIPPY bloggers. Much is repetitive, obsolete & quite useless for businesses. It’s social media marketing CONFUSION! Read more
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"Links represent the currency of the web. Links drive traffic, exposure, and branding power - which ultimately means money. Much like money for affluent people in the offline investing world, the more links you have to your site, the more links you’re… 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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Pat at WeBuildPages explains Widgets...

"It seems that widgets are rather misunderstood.

Do you yet realize that widgets are used by millions of people all around the globe? Do you yet understand that widgets are used by… Read more
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Here are a few ways and places you’ll find high value non-nofollowed inbound links for your site.... Read more
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An Excellent compilation of everything you need to know about Google Analytics. Read more
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This is a great chance to get your brand out there and also support a GREAT CAUSE! Read more
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Very interesting post from Patrick with some useful tips about getting SEO value from your affiliate links. Read more
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About a month ago I was chatting with Rand via email. He explained that he thought that the perception that SEO is manipulative was harming the industry... Read more
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