BrendanPicha

This post is mainly about a ranking experiment but contained within there is a huge list of pinging services and Wordpress plugins that will assist in content distribution when publishing WP posts. read more »
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We are seeing some significant discrepancies between what we've paid SU ads to show and what our analytics is recording. Has anyone else noticed issues with this? read more »
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A successful Digg submission considers an appropriately written title, good references, and your influence within the network read more »
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The robotic nature of the Google SERPs can occasionally paint a personally damaging picture, especially in the case of Rep. John Breaux, D-La. read more »
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"...Ariel Waldman started receiving "multiple accounts of harassment" from another user of the microblogging service and that when she petitioned to Twitter's community manager, he opted to remove the Twitter posts in question from the site's "publi read more »
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George Murphy, an SEO from Baltimore has a great article here about how large corporations are successfully embracing Twitter as a means for customer feedback management read more »
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Dave Pye goes over twitter in all it's intricacies and idiosyncrasies read more »
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Shaun Anderson touches on nofollow sculpting and why nofollowing his contact page is less important than nofollowing links to bad neighborhoods. read more »
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Twitter > search terms > RSS > webpage = fun! read more »
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The former folks of Meetro have just released Lefora. A free service that allows for incredibly simple, rich media forum creation. The service is free to use and has some great functionality...who's starting the first Lefora search forum? read more »
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Slightly Shady SEO is considering outing someone from seo.com who was recently gaming Sphinn. He's taking votes on how to proceed. read more »
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I received an email from a Gabriel Jonsson this morning about a some new service called Yooba. You're going to have to see this for yourself. I don't completely understand it but apparently it's an all-inclusive creation, publication, and evaluation read more »
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"We are surrounded by other species that are equally as social as we are. What makes these ants so interesting is that they are an example of this social construct on the most basic level...So how do they talk to each other? How do they spread the w read more »
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Well the Post Toaster project has gone exceptionally well. We’re getting a lot of good responses and requests from people asking to add new sites to the list. I think my best media mentions were from Lee Odden on TopRankBlog and WebProNews. Post Toa read more »
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Quite a list. I came across this via the Search Engine Marketing Facebook group. Happy Holidays!

SEM Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2211885060 read more »
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In some strange twisted sort of a way, Google’s foray into social content, aka Knols, is a tip of the hat to entities whose results have started to show up really high in the search results - Wikipedia and Mahalo for example. Mathew Ingram points ou read more »
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I wrote this up for a client just now and thought it might make for some good blog fodder. All the plugins that I currently use on my own blog are listed here with links to their download locations. read more »
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Need an .htaccess file generator? A way to search through dozens of various engines from one location? Or maybe you need to know which of your keywords rank within Google's top 20. These web tools are a valuable resource that no SEM'er should do wit read more »
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If you’re interested in adding Mixx to the Share This Wordpress plugin from Alex King, I’ve made it very simple for you. Right click... read more »
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At 17 going on 37 (at least), Ashley is very much an Internet professional. In the less than two years since Whateverlife took off, she has dropped out of high school, bought a house, helped launch artists such as Lily Allen, and rejected offers to read more »
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Ever since Google acquired FeedBurner the functionality has become nothing short of badass. There are a couple features that I really love and should not be forgotten about if you own a blog... read more »
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An Alex is more likely to grade better and receive an A on a homework assignment than a Dan. Brian is more likely to attend Brandeis, Babson, or Brown University. Tom is more likely to date a Tara, Tina, or Teresa than a Lindsey, Elizabeth, or Kelly read more »
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Derek Edmond of CapeCodSEO.com talks about what it takes to become an SEO consultant..."making the big money and getting your links on Search Engine Land regularly has to be on the mind of every SEO at some point, there is a lot more to the business read more »
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I didn't know about this until just now when Nowsourcing brought it to my attention. Thanks Brian! Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht mention a recent Squareoak Digg submission. read more »
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Is Facebook's Beacon a classic bait and switch tactic? Zuckerberg is telling you to go screw! He doesn't care about your privacy or interests, he just wants the ad money. read more »
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