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Following Google Trends and publishing content based upon Google Trends can indeed score you quite a bit of traffic. This is of course assuming that you can get your content indexed within the small time frame when certain keyword phrases are hot. read more »
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Mark Mason has created a script that looks for various stats for the major article directories and ranks them. His purpose for this directory is to help people find the best directories to post articles in. The more popular the directory, the strong read more »
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Loren Baker provides an excellent plug to an article written by Dave Harry on the nuances of link building and keeping a diverse yet strategic keyword expansion plan in focus from the ground floor up on a link building campaign. Loren also provides read more »
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Latent Semantic Indexing, or LSI is the hottest trend in Google today and the secret behind Wikipedia’s runaway success as the top raking site for just about anything you can imagine on Google.

In short, LSI considers the words around your main k read more »
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Everyone wants to make a Federal case out of SEO. In this post, Mark breaks it down simply for the newbie. You can get 80% of the SEO benefit for 20% of the effort if you follow Mark's 5 simple recommendations. read more »
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From the page: "Finally, Google has added a “privacy” link to its home page which directs users to Google’s Privacy Center which contains a link to Google’s Privacy Overview and Privacy Policy plus other product specific privacy statement. The Priva read more »
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Seems really fishy that Keyword Elite made Google Hot Trends. Could black hat techniques been used to thrust this keyword phrase to the top of Google's Hot Trend list? read more »
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I didn't ask this question! However, I felt like it would trigger just a tad bit of interest among the Sphinn community.

Quote from the article, "SEO Services and SEO Consultants are now pretty main stream but somehow invariably the time when you read more »
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So I have a poor performing blog that seems to be the runt of the litter compared to other blogs I own and maintain. Google Analytics reports that the bounce rate is very high on this particular blog I own and I have an interest in correcting that. read more »
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With the huge burst in popularity of Blog Contests comes the need for a tutorial on how to not get scammed in a blog contest. Sad but true, there are a number of blogs who run fake contests to help boost their own blog's popularity.

While blog co read more »
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Initially developed as a tool to monitor web traffic, Alexa provides traffic information including page rank and visitor statistics. Sites are “rated” and a lower number means a higher ranking.

Originally, Alexa was targeted mainly to webmaster read more »
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I need a person or company to help me improve my site’s Alexa ranking.

Your marketing methods should be legal and should not violate Google’s webmaster guidelines. (No click farms, auto clickers, or artificial traffic, no BS, etc.)

My site cur read more »
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Who doesn't want to make money online with Google AdSense? Mark Mason from MasonWorld.com is working on a new product that will help you do just that.

It's called Niche AdSense Themes For WordPress. Not only can you purchase these templates for y read more »
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For as long as I can remember, my father was always crazy about reading his newspaper. It was almost a morning and evening ritual. Julie Kent from Search Engine Journal asks, "Would the AP be better off owned by Google or another web company?" Reaso read more »
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – June 19, 2008 – GoDatafeed.com, provider of affordable data feed management services, announced today the launch of the newest version of its Web-based application that helps online retailers list their products on multipl read more »
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So there is a huge business for SEO, reason being is because there is a huge demand for the service. So, if you're a client interested in professional SEO service, how do you choose the right company to do business with?

How do you know that you read more »
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With the steady increase of mobile Internet surfing coupled with the increasing numbers of WordPress blogs being launched and developed, I must ask: Is your WordPress blog mobilized? Is your WordPress blog accessible for mobile Internet users? If so read more »
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The fact that Google does provide a direct link to their private policy page from their home page has created a big stink among a few selected groups.

Other search engine competitors such as Yahoo! and Windows Live have direct links from their h read more »
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Hard to believe but according to Search Engine Journal, Yahoo has lost some PageRank in their Yahoo Directory as seen in the screen shot on the article.Sometimes things like this are a little fluky, what do you think? read more »
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Can SEO and SEM be combined into four simple steps? Here is an article that does provide a simple look at search engine marketing, although the author may be confused between SEO and SEM. Either way, it was uniquely written and the author has put so read more »
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HR Oasis, Inc. seeks an experienced SEO / SEM Manager for a permanent full-time position located in Chicago, IL. The SEO / SEM Manager role is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to take their career to the next level. We are looking read more »
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One of the best ways a blogger who has an interest in learning how to make money online with a blog can learn about the business is by actually reading John Chow dot Com backwards.

There was once a day when John Chow was all about helping blogger read more »
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If you are a blogger who is in the niche of bloggers who blog about making money online and participate in the Google Adsense program, then more likely you are NOT going to be successful with the program. It just blows my mind to see the number of b read more »
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So many people claim that Entrecard has such amazing effects on your site traffic. But what do you think? Have you tried Entrecard before? By using the program did you get so much traffic that resulted in your server crashing? Share your experiences read more »
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Here is a very interesting article that allowed me to consider more on the lines of whether I should purchase sponsored spots on search engines where I already rank organically for. This could strengthen your chances towards getting clicks. read more »
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