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A good list of high level seo tips. I'm not sure its the ultimate list, but I do think its somewhat realistic in that it helps to portray SEO as marketing and not a magic black box.

I really liked the fact that he mentioned passion for the topic read more »
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A good post detailing 10 alternative social media sites to Digg that can drive traffic and links.

Very appropriate too given that Digg can be very tempermental. read more »
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Jenn Osborne defines the key elements that make a site, a community. Starting with this definition and principles, it should be easier to build a community for clients or yourself as a result. read more »
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Want to take your blog to the next level? DoshDosh (Maki) gives great advice ... fancy yourself of the Editor-in-Chief, and not just as a writer.

Excellent point! read more »
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From the page: "The top 100 advertisers in the U.S., who represent 41 percent of total advertising spending, shifted about $1 billion last year from TV and newspapers to the Web."

I suspect this number will increase substantially each year for so read more »
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A great post by Dave (theGypsy) exploring a new Microsoft search patent that aims to identify link spam using temporal tracking.

Very interesting! read more »
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A fun post comparing SEX and SEO ... the differences and the similarities. It can't be all work! read more »
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A great post discussing 10 unusual truths about social media. read more »
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Jennifer Osborne has a great post that promises to help many companies improve their ppc programs by identifying common mistakes. This is a really good resource for anyone doing ppc. read more »
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A really good post detailing 3 simple ways to increase click through rates ... not just on ppc ads but also on listings in organic results.

Really good advice! read more »
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Anthony has a very concise post here about the role of search in saving our economy. He's right ... so long as the # of new search jobs created outweighs the # lost in other media. read more »
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Paul does it once again equating certain industry figures to action heros ... who would each be? Michael Gray, Dan Thies, Hamlet Batista, Joost de Valk, Lee Odden, and more.

Very comical! read more »
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Manish Pandey talks about 5 crucial learnings he's had on the road to becoming a successful digger.

Good read! read more »
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Mark Cuban (yes the Mark Cuban) debates the merits of a possible technique to dethrone Google as king of search. Would his technique work? Let me know your thoughts. read more »
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A great description of Online Reputation Management by Glen Allsopp. Glen also gets into high level details about process. This is a really good post to introduce people to the concept of Online Reputation Management. read more »
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A hilarious cartoon by Dave Harry making fun of some recent attempts at Twitter adverts.

Very funny! read more »
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Matt once again hits a home run with this post detailing a conversation he had with a local dry cleaner, and how people should look at the opportunities available to them to create great viral/social post ideas.

Look at some the ideas that resul read more »
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Another great post by Patrick that looks at factors involved in the decision to either sell blog posts, of keep them at home.

Good read! read more »
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A great new study out of Penn State with reasonable accuracy suggests that only 10% of search requests are for transactional purposes.

Good information to have when constructing new content for client sites! read more »
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Wow ... this is a big announcement. Previously, Google was not able to get past simple forms, but now it can. Great development. read more »
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A great post by Patrick about ways to make sure your blog is in ideal condition to perform its duty before you guest post somewhere else ... since you'll be driving people back to your own blog.

Very interesting! read more »
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Kirsten has a great post revealing some findings and insights of her interviews/discussions with other Moms in the social media space. It also gives some insights on coping with work/life basis.

Is it just me, or do 4 of the 5 moms have 3 kids? read more »
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Jordan looks at Yahoo! Buzz, and how it differentiates itself from better know social news sites. He explains what you can and cannot do, and offer more insight.

Good post! read more »
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Dave (theGypsy) discusses Microsoft's TIPIS, and has created a flow chart to illustrate. It will help identify who the key influencers are within any group. Imagine the power when combined with Facebook or Linkedin! read more »
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Marty has a great post in Search Engine Land discussing 9 tactics for reputation management in social media.

Great post! read more »
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