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Google has been known to issue out all kinds of penalties over the years; even Search Engine Journal was penalized a while back (or our Google Toolbar PageRank was). In addition to Google PageRank penalties, there are all kinds of reasons to get pen read more »
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Last year tech sites were abuzz with rumors of the mythical Gphone - a mobile phone created by Google. Nothing came of it, and Google eventually squashed the rumors by instead announcing their involvement in the Open Handset Alliance and Android, th read more »
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Adobe announced Tuesday that Google and Yahoo are adding search capabilities that will enable users to look inside the content of files encoded in Adobe’s Flash file format — SWF.

The content inside SWF files has heretofore been ignored by the se read more »
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Pretty good article making good points on brand scenarios, though this title is a little "baitey":

...It is safe to say that few big brands want to give SEO even a minute fraction of their budget. It often seems that the larger the brand, the le read more »
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United States ISP Charter Communications announced that it will start looking at your surfing behavior to find you relevant ads. While continuing to deliver the same fast and reliable Internet service you’ve always received, innovative new technolog read more »
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It might really be difficult to be at the helm of a giant web company that is being touted for takeover by another giant company. For Yahoo’s Jerry Yang, it is inevitable not to speak about the ongoing issue facing Yahoo the past couple of weeks. read more »
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Very clever! Sixt, a major car rental company in Germany made headlines in the marketing world when it experimented with a new way to make its Google Adwords ads stand out from the crowd. read more »
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Why do people prefer Facebook to LinkedIn and vice versa? The NextStage CRO explains... read more »
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Funny because it's true - "The battle lines are drawn. On one side stands our plucky heroine: the redheaded stepchild of the corporation, the search marketer. Armed only with her knowledge and expertise, she stands, all alone. On the other side stan read more »
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Every month I write about market share and inevitably the story tends to remain the same … Google big and growing. An interesting data point got me thinking recently. According to Compete data there are roughly 7.5 billion search queries performed e read more »
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From Jill Whalen: I recently had an inquiry from someone who was looking for some possible SEO consulting with me. He was in the process of a redesign and wanted to be sure not to make any mistakes along the way, which is super-smart! The time to read more »
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Parody. Geeky chuckle, good for a Friday. read more »
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Now it's, um, "official"? :) read more »
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From Google Librarian Central - Article 12/2005

A little old but I expect up to date (if it's not forgotten at G). A lot of SEOs I show this to have never seen it, and they recognize value. read more »
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I’ve recently had some clients ask me how to increase rankings on specific subpages when seeking to target long tail phrases. I’ve also been asked about reasons why pages get tossed in Google Hell (supplemental results). Often the answer to both of read more »
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This document from SEOmoz represents the collective wisdom of 37 leaders in the world of organic search engine optimization. Together, they have voted on the various factors that are estimated to comprise Google's ranking algorithm (the method by wh read more »
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