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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 67 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Online Marketing
Being sick and tired of seeing webmasters develop the wrong attitude towards link baiting, this is definitely an issue I wanted to cover for quite a while. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 88 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Blogging
Time to learn from what Aaron Wall, Andy Beal, Danny Sullivan, Darren Rowse, Jason Calacanis, Jeremy Schoemaker, John Chow, Michael Arrington, Om Malik, Seth Godin and Yaro Starak did right.

Do you notice certain similarities between these people read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 91 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Blogging
The first article of my "The A-Z List of Money Making Ideas" series, which covers affiliate marketing, blogging and content writing. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 92 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Online Marketing
If you are still not able to find something with potential as far as you're concerned after going through this series of articles, let's just say that a 9-5 job is most likely your best choice. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 95 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Online Marketing
There's no need to beat around the bush: your visitors or customers are not numbers! If you fail to understand that there is a human being behind each computer screen, I am afraid that the reality check you are facing will inevitably change your way read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 98 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.copyblogger.com)
Category: SEO
A guest post of mine over at Copyblogger, definitely something I wanted to share my 2 cents about for quite a while. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 99 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.problogger.net)
Category: Blogging
Do you associate your name with your blog?

One of the choices that face bloggers when starting out is one around their own name and whether they will use it on their blog (and to what extent)... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 100 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: Social Media
Just launched today is a new Twitter mashup called Twitlinks. This one aggregates the latest links posted to Twitter by tech industry pundits. The end result is a homepage that kind of resembles Techmeme, only without the threading of topics. It may read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 101 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.webpronews.com)
Category: Yahoo
That limited two-week trial of AdSense for Search showing up in some Yahoo search results could be painful for Yahoo to see. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 102 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Online Marketing
As a webmaster, you have to learn from the experience of others. You have to find out what they did right and follow their example on the one hand, avoid making their mistakes on the other and that is exactly what this article will help you do. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 105 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Other
If you are interested in maximizing results as an online entrepreneur, networking is something you should definitely not overlook. As a result, reaching out to other webmasters and making good contacts will prove to be a decision you will not regret read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 106 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Other
If it seems that the day should somehow have more than 24 hours so that you can complete all of the tasks on that to-do list of yours, I challenge you: stop watching TV for the next 7 days! Does it sound impossible? Rest assured, it most definitely read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 107 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: SEO
In case you haven't seen the litany of content around the search marketing world regarding SEO Standards, here's a short re-cap...

Since it's a royal pain to try to read all of that (even though I know those of you addicted to the drama of the se read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 108 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://mashable.com)
Category: Social Media
When big brands decide something is hot, they will move in and attempt to copy it. Sometimes they actually succeed at their goals, and sometimes…well, let’s just say that results are less than spectacular. We’ve sampled 7 well-known brands that trie read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 109 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Blogging
I have put together a list of 300 reasons which paint an extremely clear picture as to how I have done it, definitely a must-bookmark post if you are serious about long-term success as a blogger. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 112 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Other
After I’ve referred to something you should stop doing with yesterday’s post, it’s time to look into something you should start doing as of this moment. No matter how knowledgeable you think you are, the learning process is never really over. No mat read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 113 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Other
You’d be surprised as to how much time a person usually wastes online. There are more than a few websites which make people waste countless hours in front of the computer screen daily without actually getting any work done. That’s why, my fried, I h read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 116 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Online Marketing
No, it’s not a typo and it’s not an April Fool’s Day joke either. You’ve read correctly, I have put together the industry’s most comprehensive list of webmaster resources: not 10, not 50, not 100, but 1001 great ones which definitely deserve your at read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 118 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Other
As an online entrepreneur, being as productive as possible is simply a must and, as a result, my latest article series will be dedicated to helping you skyrocket your personal productivity by implementing certain changes to your lifestyle with the h read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 119 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Online Marketing
The last article of my "From Zero to Hero" series, which helps you determine when the time to expand has come. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 120 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com)
Category: Yahoo
Yahoo!, MySpace, and Google today announced they have agreed to form the OpenSocial Foundation to ensure the neutrality and longevity of OpenSocial as an open, community-governed specification for building social applications across the web. Yahoo!' read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 120 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Blogging
No, limiting yourself activities such as publishing content and funding your PPC campaigns is not on option, the little things can and will make a difference. I have analyzed the little things which have helped me build a community around my blog an read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 123 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Blogging
After my "How I gained Over 1000 RSS Subscribers in 4 Weeks" and "How I gained over 2000 RSS and Newsletter Subscribers in 7 Weeks" articles, I have received more than a few suggestions from my readers to write a step-by-step guide explaining exactl read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 125 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Other
The seventh article of Alan Johnson's "From Zero to Hero" series will have helping you understand how you should deal with that inevitable reality check you are always facing as its main focus. Can you afford to be taken by surprise? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: AlanJohnson 126 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theratingblog.com)
Category: Other
The seventh article of Alan Johnson's "From Zero to Hero" series will have helping you understand how you should deal with that inevitable reality check you are always facing as its main focus. Can you afford to be taken by surprise? read more »
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