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Aimclear just released an interesting blog slide show on his site. I like the position Marty takes about getting a feel for each individual blog, rather than having your eyes glaze over from yet another RSS feed (yes, even full feed doesn't quite c read more »
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Disturbing Andy Beard case study of Gmail rejected Purely by GOOGLE, NOT recipient's server. He was responding to a 100% text email from his blog's inquiry form with 100% text. It was REJECTED! Read it and weep. read more »
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Should Sphinn have a new page or section where the Editor (me) or Moderators can manually select the most important Sphinn stories? read more »
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Anyone in for a flashback to 1996? read more »
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Great post by Lisa from Ignite, really enjoying the stuff those guys are producing lately. read more »
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Maki explains (brilliantly, as always) why social media marketing is not difficult at all. It is something every one can do with some effort and knowledge. Unlike other skills, social media has a remarkably low barrier of entry. Everyone is invited read more »
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Oh, this is going to cause quite a stir, I'm sure, but Marty didn't pull punches with this knock on the A-listers. Gotta love it! read more »
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We all get countless spammy emails promising to get us to the top listings in Google by submitting our sites to 1000’s of directories. Here's how to cherry pick the most effective web directories for SEO & clickthrough value. read more »
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from the page "A lot of PR folks these days seem to have the idea that social media is where it’s at amd that they need us to be effective. They are absolutely correct." read more »
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After 10 years of online publishing, 4 years of blogging for a plethora of blogs, being a SEO for three years and being paid for blogging several times by now I finally am convinced that I know how it works. This is my list of 101 ways to make your read more »
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A fun study, especially for anyone familiar with the show. He does have viral down to an artform... :0)

SNIPPET - Social Media is the perfect medium for spreading a really catchy concept virally. Let’s look at Stephen Colbert for example - The ma read more »
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Our good friend Andy Beard suggests that Andy Greenberg of Forbes "got it totally wrong when he wrote GOOGLE Scares The SEARCH Crowd." In many ways GOOGLE should be "worried about the BLOGOSHPERE reaction" to the PR debacle. read more »
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ARGGH-even if you OWN a Best Western Hotel you can't use "Best Western" as keyword or in ad EVEN if Best Western corporate REFUSES to buy PPC in your market. read more »
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With all the talk of Google PageRank *yawn* lately, at least we can count on StumbleUpon for love. read more »
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My latest Search Engine Land article:
"Fall is the time of year when we start to look at where search marketing is heading. Looking at the latest search marketing conference agendas, articles, and online news in the SEM space, it certainly appears read more »
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Google is an factor that is outside of your control. Sure, you can follow their rules or adjust your behavior to fit in but that still doesn’t put Google within your palm. What do good entrepreneurs do with uncontrollable factors? They create what-i read more »
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The reduction of PageRank has proved too much for many Digital Point readers and they're now being put on suicide watch.

No. Really. They are. read more »
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From the post: I’m just curious how the text link ads marketplace would change if there was ABSOLUTELY NO WAY a purchased link could pass any link juice. So, let’s just play a “what if” game. read more »
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Nan Dawkins put together a great post talking about thinking beyond the SERPs when planning your Reputation Management Strategy.

"Having a say in how your brand is defined in the world of Web 2.0 requires more than a search engine strategy. It i read more »
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Loren Baker reports a page rank drop for Search Engine Journal as well as sites like Forbes.com, Engadget and the Washington Post. What are you seeing? read more »
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"For a company such as Google with a stock price based extensively on anticipated growth and public sentiment, it doesn't take a huge swing in goodwill to have a dramatic effect on valuation. Google has just slapped their biggest fans."

Most of t read more »
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Irrelevant Keywords? Unrelated Ad Copy? Useless Landing Pages? Google AdWords quality score rankings SPECIFICS NOW AVAILABLE in Webmaster Central. read more »
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Spend less time complaining and more time writing if you don't like the status of SEO in the blog-o-sphere. And off-topic does not necessarily mean not worth exploring. read more »
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In today's socially connected online world, reputation management is becoming more and more a concern for any business. Sure, most companies are able to secure the number one spot in the organic search results for their brand via their company web s read more »
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Some people find social media to be a lot more exciting than old-fashioned SEO, and they would love to make a career out of it. But social media marketing can be very volatile.
This article explores some of the challenges and ethics of social medi read more »
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