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Hate negative results on SERPs? This piece is loaded with online reputation management (ORM) insights for your client or business website. It covers vital steps, expectations, useful tips and sites to target. read more »
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Maybe excessive comment tag stuffing can pay off since Google doesn't seem to notice. See how one major website gets away with it on page after page. Is it wrong? read more »
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Several blow-you-away video favorites from Paula Gignac, Seth Godin, Ken Wong, Joseph Jaffe, David Weinberger, David Usher, Jackie Huba, Shel Israel, John Gustavson, Christopher Loudon, Mary Maddever and Bryan Eisenberg. read more »
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Get a glimpse into the partnership deal between Fathom SEO and PromiseOne. The recapitalization agreement was a Fathom SEO management-led initiative. A news release link has more details. read more »
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The big kid on the playground, Google keeps grabbing #1 PPC spots. Blowing its own horn could be routine as advertisers settle for #2 when search giant Google takes over #1 because its other outlets come up short. See images of Google's coupon promo read more »
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Is it too much to ask? Maybe old age (43) eroded my hunting skills, but I'm not satisfied with the limited data about daily searches conducted on the major search engines. I'm going with 1.6 billion searches a day - globally. Can you beat it? read more »
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Some websites are so bad from an SEO perspective that they're like dead bodies arriving in the E.R. When they fail virtually every test, jolting them back to life takes techniques AND candor with sensitivity (read: don't be too curt). Is there hope? read more »
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Why is ROI "hard to gauge" for marketers confused by search engine optimization? A new MarketingSherpa Search Marketing Benchmark Survey has the goodies. It's not tough to measure ROI. Aren't we in the 13th year of this business? That's like more th read more »
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Poor Search - a mere 5% of online activity. Low is relative don't you think? Learn about the new Online Publishers Association findings and what content trends mean for search marketers. read more »
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Shari Thurow has a good piece on how SEO pros and other marketers should humble themselves to get in tune with search behavior and "user experience." read more »
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Consumers heavily favor relevance (65%) of the results over the trustworthiness (16%) of the source, according to a study that underscores the merits of search engine optimization. Worth a look. read more »
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To win at SEO, you have to know how you can fail (or are failing and in desperate need of life support). It helps to look at yourself in the mirror and have a frank talk or take that conversation to your team. What can you do better? Covers everythi read more »
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