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Ann Smarty writes, "In my previous post on the topic I summarized the theories behind Google Sitelinks. Now I would like to look into and also to ask for your experience on what’s the real benefit from them. Many webmasters are eager to get them but read more »
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There are so many free tools and software programs for SEO enthusiasts that it almost becomes overwhelming and difficult to grasp the “right” tools to use in your SEO efforts. Everyone has their own personal preferences which makes this predicament read more »
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Lisa Barone writes, "Michael Gray gave Google the day off and decided to pick on women instead, or more specifically, BlogHer. Michael claims that the BlogHer conference is guilty of sexual discrimination. He's offended that there weren't any male s read more »
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Donna Fontenot writes, "I’m done. I’ve had all I can take of the vicious, nasty, cr@p that has been going on in our little industry. Sure, SEOs have disagreed with one another from day one, usually on forums. That’s nothing new. Sometimes it got nas read more »
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On Digg, having something to say is only half the battle, knowing how to say it is the other half. This guides you to dissect the jargon, people and memes used in comments on a daily basis. Each section is broken down in detail to help you boost you read more »
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Ann Smarty writes, "An interesting discussion over at SearchEngineWatch Forum covers the way(s) of treating out-of-stock product pages that cannot be of any use to a visitor but still carry a lot of weight (in the form of inlinks, rankings and traff read more »
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Jonathan Morrow of Copyblogger writes, "Have you ever felt like your blog is invisible? Well, I have some good news. Not only can I tell you how to stop being invisible, but I can give you some proven tips and tactics that will have the blogosphere read more »
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Ann Smarty discusses sites that offer anyone anonymously to post a rant on other people or companies - be it a former boyfriend or a place of work. For some reason these services keep popping up quickly and that’s a complex question if that’s for go read more »
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It ALMOST seems like a standard in the industry…the mysterious link builder…hiding behind closed doors…where do they get all those quality links? How can I get some of those much sought after links for my client? The answer to this old-age question read more »
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The video of "You&A With Matt Cutts," a session at SMX Advanced where Google's Matt Cutts took questions from the audience on a wide variety of topics has been posted on SEL. Additionly, recaps of the "Give It Up" session have now been posted as the read more »
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Stoney deGeyter asks the question, "When I only have about 65 characters to work with in a title tag (that which is visible on the search engine results pages), should I use any of that valuable real estate to display my company name?" read more »
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Give It Up! - No more secrets time. In this session, our panel of noted SEOs all share some of their favorite and largely overlooked SEO tips. Then we turn to the audience for more sharing. Attendees vow not to blog what's discussed for the now trad read more »
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Michael Gray writes, "Last night I was using Google Maps to get directions and noticed a new feature, a camera icon located next to each of the steps on Google Maps. When I clicked on the icon I saw a picture of my house!" He goes on to write, "... read more »
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Danny Sullivan writes, "You have no privacy on YouTube. So effectively declared a US judge yesterday. And now somebody in the US government better stop grandstanding about search and privacy protection and actually get some laws enacted now. Yesterd read more »
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Ann Smarty has put together a short all-in-one guide to summarize what we know about SEO for URLs. read more »
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Lee Odden writes, "The “two is better than one” philosophy might work when it comes to getting a second opinion from a doctor or a mechanic but with SEO, the last thing a company needs is two agencies stepping on each other to make on-page optimizat read more »
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Debra Mastaler writes, "While it's tough to control what people say, you can work to protect your reputation by registering your known brand/name with as many social media/forums/discussion sites as you can, especially the popular ones in your niche read more »
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Stoney deGeyter writes, "Moving your site to a new domain is remarkably similar to moving to a new physical address. One of the primary areas of concern is making sure the search engines not only continue to deliver traffic to your new location, but read more »
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Lisa Barone writes, "... don't be so quick to let go of the traditional search engine optimization techniques in favor of the big Web 2.0 buzzwords. White hat SEO is evolving and is all the advanced SEO you need to rank well in the search engines an read more »
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Matt McGee writes, "A couple alert friends emailed me over the weekend to point out that I now have 500+ followers on Twitter. This normally wouldn’t be worth a blog post, except for that Twitter for charity contest I’ve been having with Jeff Quipp read more »
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Li Evans writes, "What do you use social media for? Do you use it to gain links? How about power? Maybe to trick people into thinking you are someone else? Perhaps as leverage to con someone into doing something on another social media site for you? read more »
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Stoney deGeyter writes, "Many years ago I put my site through a re-design. I worked hard to make sure everything was done just right, including the images and navigation. But one thing I failed to consider was internal linking, separate from the nav read more »
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Stoney degeyter writes, "There are advantages and disadvantages to using both absolute and relative links. Here I will explore the differences between the two, outline some pros and cons and also provide some additional information on how you can cr read more »
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DazzlingDonna (Donna Fontenot) has put together a list of bloggers who routinely write about search-related topics. read more »
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Brent Csutoras shows us 5 Wordpress plugins you are just stupid not to use. read more »
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