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doshdosh writes: "You don’t have a lot of time...want a community that gives you fresh news on topics you care about...sends prospects &traffic while branding your website...a social news site with a long term returns on investment. Here’s a list." read more »
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Microsoft just unveiled the beta of Ad Intelligence, their new keyword research tool. The tool is a plugin for Excel 2007, check out my first review. read more »
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Now you can save time by using these enormous lists of categorized social sites to get plenty of targeted traffic. read more »
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This article is the third installment in my top-blogger’s roundtable series. Here, I’ve asked a celebrity panel the following question: Does post length affect readership growth and, if so, how? And, this is the pure-gold they revealed… read more »
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If you thought that just putting your website on the internet and your rank and traffic will increase think again. The internet is forever changing, you must keep track of not only your results but those of your rivals as well. Here i have listed so read more »
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You need an internet marketing strategy, even if it's just "sell lots of stuff". Step one? Tear up your old marketing plan! read more »
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Let’s face it, we do flatter daily in real life either sincerely or on purpose. There is no secret that flattering is also a widely used social media marketing tool. With it you can get more social friends, their support and help, and establish your read more »
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Rand explains what separates the linkbait wheat from the chaff and he also provides some tactics to implement when launching viral content with the intention of link acquisition. read more »
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Darren Rowse subscribed to Shana's feed after noticing her on StumbleUpon. Here's 5 things she did to make her profile on SU stand out and how you can too. read more »
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Backlinks are the predominant factor for ranking in today's SEO environment. But not all backlinks were created equal. Many can hurt more than help. Many can gain/lose impact based on YOUR actions.
So this guide is a list of tips to make the most o read more »
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Post Toaster allows you to submit your content to up to 60+ bookmarking sites. It also provides an option to select only sites that are missing the nofollow attribute. Lastly, you can enter up to 4 different titles and 4 different descriptions and P read more »
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A recent googlebomb effort that appears to have worked. (Some slightly rude language) read more »
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Came across this interesting piece that gives 9 tips for launching a new blog, and it also includes a checklist of things to do. Very good read!

Link broken ... here it is http://nerdbusiness.com/blog/9-tips-new-blog-launch read more »
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Rundown by Heather Paulson on the SEO ranking factors, but very technical, based on the actual mathematical models behind things that I would explain in plain English like "you need more and better links to that page with the keyword phrase as the a read more »
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Last week I touched on the creative process and how I create linkbait graphics for articles and content. Today I am going to take a look at a particular site and see what the approach to creating graphics or using photography is for them. read more »
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Janet reviews how to use social media tools to make your post go viral. read more »
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Uses your competitors Sitemap.xml and Yahoo link data. read more »
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Guest post by Ryan Durk -

For 24 hours on 1/1/08, Google's logo kindly began linking to my site.

Starting New Years Eve, Google redirected all clicks on its homepage logo to a search for the term January 1 TCP/IP. Recognizing the opportunity read more »
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A secret, to you who are starting out with a fresh website, and something to learn about the storms ahead. There are fundamentals about conducting business online that it will be helpful for you to learn, and there are a few best practices that have read more »
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It’s a question every blogger asks themselves. I want to answer it here by outlining 7 content methods that seem to work wonders on social media while also generating a lot of grassroots in-bound links. read more »
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If we assume that the average user on a social media site is ‘fairly intelligent’ (though it’s true that not all users are equally savvy and in the end some users will rise above others to be stronger contributers) then it makes sense to give a ‘top read more »
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It’s 2008 and you’re looking forward to growing your blog even more this year. You are eager to build a large readership and maybe even make a full-time income from it. You want greater influence and a stronger reputation. Here are 16 strategies tha read more »
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If you are in a competitive niche as I’m in, then link baiting is the way to go. Get 2008 kick-started with this collection. read more »
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Skellie discusses 7 fantastic blogging tips she's personally learned from best-selling author Tim Ferriss (author of The Four-Hour Work Week). What a great summary. Very insightful! read more »
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The SEO playbook changes fast. Really fast. Techniques come and go on a monthly basis, and methods considered to be "the way and the light" can become obsolete – literally overnight. What helped a site rank yesterday can suddenly cause it to get pen read more »
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