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Jennifer Laycock writes, "The ALT attribute is one of those bits of code that's been abused since day one. People can't remember it's name, they stuff it full of keywords or they ignore it entirely. So with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek, I th read more »
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Stoney deGeyter writes, "This checklist covers various aspects of the domain and site URL structure, how they should be used and how to ensure proper site and browser functionality." read more »
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Ann Smarty writes, "It is quite natural a header div is one of the most important on-page elements and thus it is in constant focus of SEOs’ attention" read more »
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Jennifer Laycock writes, "My mother always said "nothing worth doing is easy." Generally good words to live by, but especially practical when it comes to viral marketing. While some of the most talked about viral marketing successes appear to have h read more »
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In a three part series, Jennifer Laycock will dig beyond the hype of Viral Marketing and look at three key lessons companies need to learn before diving into this style of outreach. read more »
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Eric Ward writes, "Some client scenarios can be uncomfortable. Among them is when the client has worked especially hard to create a content area that they feel is linkworthy, and thus should attract links, but you, as the person who has to go get th read more »
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Lora Lufark aka SexySEO writes, "As you rightly guessed, today’s subject for our discussion is one of the most controversial SMO assets – artificial user. The activity that’s clearly out of the bounds and borders of white-hat SMO but nevertheless is read more »
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Ann Smarty writes, "Last week Rand posted a brilliant linkbuilding tip that involved taking SEO advantage of mistyped/ misspelled domains. Putting aside black / white hat discussion, I am giving the list of domain typo generators for your advantage. read more »
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I recently discovered that Netflix is using Blogger, a freely hosted service provided by Google, for their own blogging platform. Commenting on one of their posts, I voiced my opinion as to why this is so wrong, especially for a company of Netflix's read more »
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There are a few mistakes that people make when using social networking sites to try to get more exposure for their business. These mistakes can be minor and not amount to much, or they can be fatal and cause you to lose your business and never make read more »
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Ann Smarty writes, "I have already looked into ways to increase crawl rate for those who suspect their site is worth more frequent bot visits. However from time to time I come across forum threads where webmasters complain that (Google) bot seems to read more »
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Stoney deGeyter writes, "So many people are obsessed with Google. And as far as that goes, there is good reason to be. Google is the largest search engine that gets the most searches and delivers far more traffic than any other engine. But I'm not o read more »
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Loren Baker writes, "Bloggers using their social profiles, or contacting a blogger via a social profile, is a smart and streamlined way to build a personal connection which could take days to accomplish via email." Read on to find out why. read more »
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Jennifer Laycock writes, "While part of my job is testing and playing with these new applications and networks to find out what has practical application for small business, that isn't the job of most small business owners. Which brings me to my poi read more »
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Michael Gray writes, "One of the more common questions I get from people is how do I show my paid context to search engines, but not to non-paying/membership customers, and staying within search engine guidelines. The answer always comes dangerously read more »
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Ruud Hein writes, "Redundancy applies not just to your computer setup. It applies to how you process information, store knowledge, work your SEO and run your or “your” company. And that approach leads to creative professionalism." read more »
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Mixx has announced a variety of new features related to the comment system, communities, fighting spam, awards and has even added domain endorsing. All in all they make Mixx an even better user experience than it already is. read more »
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Many people are solving problems. They’re all offering solutions to people who need them. Some are giving them away for free. Others are selling them for a price. When problem and solution is a perfect fit, a relationship of trust is built between t read more »
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Scott Buresh writes, "We often deal with clients that are planning to revamp their sites with Flash, with SEO having already generated tremendous gains in their sales. The thing that we most dread to hear is that they've hired an experienced Flash d read more »
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From Copyblogger: "Sure, blogs are personal, emotional constructions. But if your blog isn’t performing the way you want it to, try using a little Vulcan logic to move it in the right direction." read more »
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Michael Gray writes, "After my SEO plugins for Wordpress and backend plugins for Wordpress most people would think that should cover most of the things anyone would need. However I can think of two that are needed right off the bat." read more »
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SemGeek offers an exclusive interview with iProspect's President Rob Murray who is responsible for formulating the firm's corporate strategy as well as managing the company's operations. read more »
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Scott Allen writes, "I'll be willing to bet that when you hear internet marketing related terms like SEO, SEM, PPC, etc, you don't think of conversion optimization. And vice versa, when you hear talk of e-commerce conversion improvements, you may no read more »
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SES San Jose is less than a month away and is always one of the biggest and most popular search marketing conferences all year. One of the speakers that will be featured at SES San Jose includes Michael Gray, President of Atlas Web Service. Manoj Ja read more »
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Lisa Barone writes, "One of the topics I discussed with my new BlogHer friends last weekend was the struggles that come with trying to maintain your own voice when you agree to blog for a corporation. Unless you're an all out corporate drone, there read more »
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