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Avatar Went Hot: October 10, 2008 - 12:29 pm
Posted By: patrickaltoft 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.dailyblogtips.com)
Category: Blogging
How can you make sure that your blog or website will stand out of the crowd and attract visitors?

In one word: branding. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbusinesssem.com)
Category: SEO
Time again for a roundup of the best search/marketing posts during September. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 24 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seobook.com)
Category: Link Building
I just came across one of the funnier SEO emails I have ever read. When I shared it with my wife we both laughed out loud, so I thought I would share it with you. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 5, 2008 - 6:46 am
Posted By: patrickaltoft 35 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.setfiremedia.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
When it comes to web marketing ROI email marketing, to a subscribed list, is the daddy. A quality email list partnered with a targeted, well written email can out perform SEO, PPC and just about any other marketing activity every time. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 43 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.sciencetext.com)
Category: Blogging
I came across an intriguing research paper in the International Journal of Technology and Marketing that distracted me from my original quest, not least because the paper’s authors are based in Iceland, which is unusual to say the least, but more so read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 6:17 am
Posted By: patrickaltoft 85 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: SEO
The biggest list of SEO tools. Ever. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 3:32 am
Posted By: patrickaltoft 86 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoco.co.uk)
Category: News Sites
Our findings show that, in general, lots of mainstream sites are very good at linking out and that there is a direct correlation between the number of links they give and the number of links they receive. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 88 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoco.co.uk)
Category: Bookmarking
Interview with the guy behind "Stumbleupon has been temporarily disabled, because you have used it too much." read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 101 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://mashable.com)
Category: Google SEO
Sphinn this if you think its the most stupid post you have read about the whole Flash issue.

Being indexed and being ranked highly is a totally different thing, why are people spouting so much crap about this? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 106 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoco.co.uk)
Category: Google SEO
5 massive websites that appear to have some kind of PR penalty. Shows it's not just small blogs that feel the wrath of Google. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 26, 2008 - 7:37 am
Posted By: patrickaltoft 106 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.blogstorm.co.uk)
Category: Google Other
Most SEO companies, including mine, see a good number of hacked websites, usually after the site owner contacts us wanting to find out why their Google traffic has suddenly dropped for no apparent reason. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 25, 2008 - 5:51 am
Posted By: patrickaltoft 108 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoco.co.uk)
Category: Google SEO
Have any of you started to notice the new Google trend URL results showing up in the SERPs? Is Google just trying to get lots of search traffic when people type urls into the search box? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 114 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.dailyblogtips.com)
Category: Blogging
The ultimate list of terms related to blogging & most aspects of online marketing. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 119 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://valleywag.com)
Category: Google Other
A source familiar with the talks says Google and Digg reached an agreement last month; it's not clear whether the offer was verbal or a formal termsheet. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 12, 2008 - 10:47 am
Posted By: patrickaltoft 120 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoco.co.uk)
Category: Google SEO
The SEOmoz Web 2.0 awards page is PR0 and no longer ranks.

"This seems to be a particularly harsh move by Google if you ask me. I mean people have ran awards and given out badges to the winners for years and it is totally white hat." read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 127 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoco.co.uk)
Category: News Sites
Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of your good content and your SMO campaign. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 3, 2008 - 6:24 pm
Posted By: patrickaltoft 129 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoco.co.uk)
Category: Google SEO
A little while ago I read the following thread over at SEOmoz:
"Results of Google Experimentation - Only the First Anchor Text Counts"
This made me panic a bit, because it would have meant that the footer link I had on this blog was not helping my read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 7, 2008 - 12:54 pm
Posted By: patrickaltoft 157 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoco.co.uk)
Category: Google SEO
O.K. I am going to pick on The Times because it is funny. Today they published an article entitled Searching to get to the top of Google.

Most of the article is O.K. and it is nice to see SEO getting mentioned in a major newspaper, however some o read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 24, 2008 - 1:18 am
Posted By: patrickaltoft 170 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.michigandaily.com)
Category: SEO
Can you spot the paid links on this page? They are there and you can make them appear without looking at the source code.

Most importantly they work very well. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 170 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.seoptimise.com)
Category: Microsoft Searching
One commenter put it quite well after the announcement:
Wasn’t the process you went through more like this?
1/ We looked at what Google were doing
2/ We copied it read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 172 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.seoptimise.com)
Category: SEO
Britannica has a long way to go to catch up with Wikipedia but they can certainly start to challenge them in the long term. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: patrickaltoft 176 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.seoptimise.com)
Category: SEO
Ofcom claimed that there is a battle underway between search providers and marketers - namely between those focused on offering the consumer relevant results and those determined to drive valuable traffic to their commercial website. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 18, 2008 - 1:21 am
Posted By: patrickaltoft 176 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.blogstorm.co.uk)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Over the last few days I’ve noticed a couple of what I believe to be spam submissions to Sphinn with links to topgear.com, the official website of the BBC TV show fronted by Jeremy Clarkson. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 16, 2008 - 2:59 pm
Posted By: patrickaltoft 178 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.insiders-view.co.uk)
Category: Google SEO
"We all know that Money Expert have been buying links. They know it. You know it. Google even knows it...........Serving different content to the search engine and the customer. Naughty, naughty." read more »
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