BrianChappell

Dan has found a number of reoccurring elements across areas of study with regards to viral situations. He shares tips to help blog posts go viral. read more »
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"SEO Rand Fishkin blogged about this phenomena a few months back and asked if a "Quality Deserves Diversity" algorithm exists at Google? I have observed this phenomena firsthand, and I agree that it exists. " read more »
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Graywolf had the pleasure of hanging with Loren Feldman of 1938 Media about 2 weeks ago, here’s the first of three interviews on Social Media. read more »
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"Last week there was a bit of a brouhaha over Google news incorrectly giving the wrong date for a news story. In that particular incident Google news picked up a 6 year old story about United Airlines filing bankruptcy which upset the stock market f read more »
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"Google’s policy on paid links is impossible to enforce. Or at least it’s impossible to enforce fairly and consistently." read more »
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"During the pre-primary season I took a look at how the candidates were doing with SEM. The results were not pretty. Today, more than a year later, after both party conventions are over and the race is on I decided to revisit the SEM landscape of th read more »
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"Does Google consider affiliate links to be paid links?

1. Yes
2. No
3. It depends
4. We are not sure yet

Matt’s Answer was..." read more »
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"There are lots of ways that search will need to evolve in order to easily meet user needs. Let’s look at some of my unanswered questions from Saturday and consider how search might change over the next 10 years." read more »
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"Many marketers that first begin to work with these tools become enamored with information such as user path analysis and site overlays.

If you are one of these people listen to me now; Stop What You Are Doing Now!" read more »
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I’m (Laura Callow) going to use this post to illustrate how keyword research can help you to effectively develop your website information architecture (IA).

* Yes, branding is important.
* Yes, your users are more important, and the usability read more »
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The main question I have with regards to Knol is the effect it will have on SERP domination . How well will these articles rank? Only time will tell. read more »
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"In the world of business, lots of figures are thrown around. There’s a whole school of thought in the world of investing that only looks at a company’s financial statements and decides whether or not to buy their stock based on those numbers. The m read more »
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"Before we dive into user testing, I want to stress the importance of it. Every website has an objective. Whether it is an e-commerce website or an educational hub, there is always a goal (or conversion) that you are hoping to achieve. And who do we read more »
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"Google uses inbound links to assess the value of content, but it wants those links created naturally. Don't get me wrong. Naturally doesn't necessarily preclude a marketing effort, but it does mean that the person that created the link was free to read more »
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Kind of a brilliant concept Raven SEO has come up with here.

They built a Blog Member Directory that lists all of the MyBlogLog users that are members of the The Raven SEO Blog on MyBlogLog. Similar to the widget, it lists the members in order o read more »
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