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So I was browsing some adwords websites and I came across one that utilized an exit popup window as soon as I went to hit the back button. I was curious as to how they did that, so viewed the source and saw all the gibberish code. After decoding i read more »
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Two simple methods you can use to rotate your affiliate banners on your website. One for beginners to simply copy and past, the other a little more advanced that uses a mysql database. Can rotate through as many banners as you like and edit them a read more »
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Has anyone else noticed that there are no “up and coming” search engines any more? Yeah, there’s Gigablast. But they don’t appear to be making substantial progress. Yandex picked up a lot of ground in Russia. But by and large, we haven’t seen any n read more »
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Yes I know that domain names are cheap ($8/yr.) but I still thought that some of you would like to know that there is a current promo with register.com to get a free domain name for the first year. You still have to enter in your billing informatio read more »
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Jaan has some interesting facts regarding a survey taken of 2000 American's in which half of them are creating content for the web. Yes I agree that 2000 is not that big of a number for such a survey, the results are still amazing that 1000+ are cr read more »
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Let me start off by saying that I do not condone using this type of technique by any means. This is an article around learning the darker side of search engine marketing, since we do not see many articles related to it. Many people ask about black h read more »
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Tuesday’s tip of the week is more of a warning then anything else. I felt it was needed to make this exploit public as soon as possible because I do not condone in hacking any website. This method was being used for two things, one to deface the web read more »
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If you’re thinking of creating an e-book and can’t decide whether to give it away for free or charge for your hard work, you now have a third option. Yahoo and Adobe have teamed up to provide contextually relevant ads for PDF documents. read more »
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While the new guidelines did include mention of the nofollow tag if you went hunting for it, the new ones do a pretty good job of explaining exactly what Google expects from site owners who buy or sell links.

While Google has long stated site own read more »
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This is a screenshot taken of Matt's start menu just after we were witness to a huge jump in the PR numbers. Please note that some items were blurred to protect the privacy of Google and Matt Cutts. This is only a joke. read more »
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It’s an all 3D anatomical atlas of the human body with every part searchable and dissectable. Check out this video which is very impressive. read more »
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I have a few opinions on why we saw drastic changes with websites and there once high profile PR now going down. The GFL is just a name I give it because Google plays God on the internet looking down through the fog below. read more »
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Barry has a poll going over at SERountable to find out what age group has most adsense publishers. Where does your age group rank among everyone else? read more »
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Not everyone is a professional writer or has the budget to hire one for there websites. Following these 5 steps will help take your content from Prince To King status with a little practice and determination. read more »
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A great write up showing us some of the most visited blogs and how much of there website is displaying advertisements. Each screens hot breaks down the percentage of the site that is advertisements. Keep in mind that some blogs do run more ads und read more »
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Daron and company have finally release the new Webmaster radio website. Along with the new look comes a monthly membership fee where we can now search through every previous shows transcripts and more. I personally like the new look much better th read more »
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Found this link here today that Yahoo is giving away $199 in free credits for there search network. If you have had bad luck with Yahoo in the past then at least now you can try again with some free money from them.

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We all know the power in a great logo, it is the symbol of your blog that everyone remembers it by. This also rings true for avatars that people use on forums or other social media sites like sphinn. So are you up for the challenge? Take this qui read more »
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I don't think Neil is coming right out and saying to use this technique, he just simply listed another way to raise your feedburner subscription base. If you are looking for a quick increase in subscriptions and hope they convert for you then try i read more »
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My take on why I think Google has penalized certain directories over the past few days. This is nothing more then my opinion on the entire situation. I wonder if BOTW (Best Of The Web) or Yahoo directory is next.

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Follow these 10 simple steps to help increase the return on your search engine marketing campaigns. You need to convert the traffic you are pulling to your landing pages, these steps can help. Even experienced marketers tend to skip a step every n read more »
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All these blogs and forums to read, what is true and was it not? False marketing strategies and optimization techniques can be thrown out to you as bait by competition or really anyone for that matter. They hope you bite the bait and waste your ti read more »
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A list of bogus search engine optimization and marketing promises to watch out for. This is more for the general consumer, however a good read for anyone in the industry. These type of tactics are what give this industry a bad name. read more »
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To succeed on the internet, you have to have a well planned and driven marketing strategy. This is an in depth review on 7 most common things that people are lazy about as they watch there marketing campaign fail them. read more »
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A personal opinion and look into why buying text links is part of a marketing strategy. If Google didn't put so much importance of one way links and how much power they can hold then we would not be talking about this subject. read more »
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