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SEC lets companies report financial information on websites and blogs and creates a huge opportunity for opportunistic social media hounds to rewrite SEC disclosure reports for Digg users. read more »
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Beware of companies sending out blanket emails charging for search engine submission services.

$185 for 5 years of search engine submission, just send your credit card please.

Will scammers ever stop giving SEO a bad name? read more »
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The Wall Street Journal cleverly tries to disguise a celebrity linkbait piece with web 2.0 jargon. Apparently if you sprinkle in enough keywords such as SEO, e-commerce, & site usability you can post about anything without guilt. read more »
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Fire up your adcenter ads, this affiliate program is back. All you need to do is register to be a Microsoft partner and you can earn money for signing up clients to the adcenter advertising program read more »
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With all media focused on the content of the most famous "companion" finding website, I wanted to see what made it tick, and how well it would have ranked before being shut down.

Some interesting facts about the EmperorsClubVip website:

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Heavy Clickers Distort Reality of Display Advertising Click-Through Metrics comScore’s “Natural Born Clickers” findings suggest the click is dead as default measurement of effectiveness for brand-building display advertising campaigns read more »
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no description needed. throw your (black, grey, white, cat in the) hat in the ring for a chance to win a conference pass. read more »
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Article by a successful SEO who got his digg post to the front page by using a linkbait tactic never seen before: honesty read more »
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The affiliate program you've been waiting for. Even though there is no mention of payout on microsoftaffiliates.net I have been receiving $35 per signup since I started using it about 3 weeks ago.


This is 700% better than the Adwords affiliat read more »
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Meaningless competition aimed at large unknown search agencies with a $5000 entry fee. The best SEO’s are never going to participate in this stacked competition so by definition the winner will be picked from an extremely limited talent pool. read more »
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One more reason to completely disregard alexa: try searching for alexa on alexa.


Alexa data for small websites is for entertainment purposes only. read more »
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During a routine MSN search for a generic keyword I found 70% of the results pointed back to Microsoft owned sites.While it may be unintentional, and merely another indicator that Live is Lame, Microsoft is using their search engine to grossly favor read more »
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Sergy & Larry's toy is no ordinary corporate jet. Most corporations own a small lear jet with a cramped interior that seats 10. The Google aircraft is a mammoth Boeing 767 widebody capable of transoceanic flight with luxury accoutrements for its 50 read more »
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Linkbaiting has hit the mainstream media like an anvil falling on an ant, and the Drudge Report takes center stage.

A major newspaper freely admits to linkbaiting and begging influential bloggers for links. read more »
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