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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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I haven't gone through every link yet but if you are looking for a directory of Twitter for biz articles as curated by an ex-librarian, this is a pretty good list. read more »
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These days flat traffic/lead growth could mean business is booming. A few things to look at before you decide your business is in decline. read more »
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Why I think local could be a bright spot in the economic downturn. read more »
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What the coming (or already upon us) economic downturn means for small business websites & SEO. read more »
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Will Scott manages to tie Bill Clinton's former health secretary and a public service masturbation campaign into a simple intro to reputation management for small businesses. read more »
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If you are looking for high quality links there is no better way to get them than to say something nice about someone who may not deserve it... read more »
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How to screw up a M&A deal by not understanding SEO read more »
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Because someone has to speak the truth to power... read more »
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According to Google Insights the interest in SEO has been growing at a steep rate, particularly compared to the average business-related search. read more »
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Found this data on surfing habits by country. Some of the findings:
1. Apparently slow loading web pages have a 6x positive effect on the length of time a user spends on a page.
2. Dutch & Israeli surfers "outsurf" all other countries because th read more »
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97th floor just launched BLVD Status, their SEO/SMO web analytics tool. It's got some nice features and definitely worth taking it for a spin. read more »
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Barry Schwartz bids adieu to our favorite SEO 1.0 tool. read more »
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An interesting look at what your blog can expect from going hot at Sphinn. read more »
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Some quick ideas on why you might want to optimize your site for phone number searches. read more »
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Inspiring and down-to-earth post about how to power through the inevitable ups and downs of blogging. I heart Pro-Blogger. read more »
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Good overview of what's happened on Twitter over the past 3 months. As if you didn't already know... read more »
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Good history of the yellow pages and why they are on their way out, as if you didn't know that already. Interesting historical facts like:

Its omnipresence has made it a barometer of societal change. In 1906, Jews in Trenton threatened to boycot read more »
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Some valuable lessons for businesses (and Governors) who suffer site outages during a search engine marketing campaign. read more »
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Greg Sterling gets it straight from Microsoft's, I mean Yahoo's mouth - user ratings matter in how Yahoo ranks local results - sort of... read more »
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Some observations and theories about why a company's Google Maps profile has been merged with the profile of the company it rents office space from. read more »
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How to get the businesses with multiple locations in the same city (e.g. two Starbucks on opposite corners) to rank for the same local search query, or something to that effect. read more »
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Matt McGee passes some sage advice about using local SMO onto his wife the realtor and it works like a charm. read more »
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I just used this technique I call the "Page 2 Bump" to get to page one of Google for one of the most competitive terms on the planet. read more »
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