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Google has added a new feature to the external keyword tool, they have added approximate search volume numbers. For example, I conducted a search for SEO and the results returned showed columns for "Approx Search Volume: June" and "Approx Avg Search read more »
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The Sphinn team are happy to announce the launch of our very own blog! The blog will be used for announcements and discussions regarding Sphinn, keeping the frontpage clean from clutter. We'll also be launching a Sphinn Weekly post, giving a round-u read more »
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Where I make a sociological-based argument theorizing that Doug's typical course of blog commenting is actually good marketing and branding for his business. read more »
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An unfortunately simple way of poisoning link networks may be on its way to Google Webmaster Tools. read more »
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Genius idea and an awesome post from wiep - very funny but really interesting as well. read more »
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Ever wonder why it seems much more difficult than it should be to copy campaigns from Google AdWords to Yahoo Search Marketing or MSN AdCenter if you are using Google AdWords API? Ben Edelman explains why...

To use the Google AdWords API, a soft read more »
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Some people think PPC ads should be written by writers; others argue PPC people. Who should be writing PPC ads, a copywriter or a PPC account manager? read more »
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Barry Schwartz bids adieu to our favorite SEO 1.0 tool. read more »
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John Carcutt wins the Search Engine Journal blogging contest, and donates $10,00 in prizes... "One of my best friends growing up recently moved to a remote area of Mexico to build and operate an orphanage. I plan on donating a majority of the prizes read more »
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As Danny puts it, Yahoo's leadership has done a piss-poor job making people believe there's hope, he's stepped up and given it a swing. As SS Yahoo appears to be sinking, Danny gives us the counter view on the company's future. read more »
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When I teach Social Media classes to small businesses, I can always count on someone in the audience to ask a question that goes a little something like this: "I've got limited time to invest in social media, but there seem to be a million sites out read more »
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Quite a few stories I feel like desphinning because of disagreeing with the post, just like agreeing with a post makes me sphinn it. But then I wonder if desphinning is being seen as a vicious attack here. read more »
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Jon Miller (Search Engine Land): "Your landing page is a key part of any successful paid search campaign, and by now, the value of testing and optimizing your landing pages has become accepted wisdom. However, many testing methodologies—especially m read more »
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In the last big Matt Cutts interview, Eric Enge managed to get Matt Cutts to say PageRank Sculpting (or siloing, for you Bruce Clay fans) was okay to do on your site and that noindex pages still have PageRank attributed to them. read more »
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By default Google opts advertisers into everything. Whether you're launching a new campaign using Google AdWords or editing an existing one, follow these 4 steps to avoid the ignorance tax. read more »
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Today I am going to add a few useful FireFox plugins that can also be very helpful for exploring backlinks. read more »
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Invites are finding their way around for the MSN Adcenter Desktop management tool, which should breath life into an otherwise clunky system. read more »
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Funny look at that classic result when you search for the google logo read more »
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Scott Hendison's Top Ten Things he learned at SMX Advanced. Whether you attended the show or not, Scott's gleaned some good nuggets that are worth highlighting and examining closely. read more »
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"This year a lot more black hat material leaked into the regular conference sessions. Lots of people seemed to notice. Danny did a reflective post about this. He also left a comment on Lisa’s original thread that said "The conference had content tha read more »
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Oh, sweet. You know when you look for some company homepage to get their support email address or something, and then the page will start with a super great 3D animation that will take a minute to load... before you can actually find the info you wa read more »
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Brian Carter discusses some great tactics for rescuing your SEM campaign from failure. read more »
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In the past thousands of people have published articles on linkbuilding and I haven’t read one that really stands out. At Branded3 we do things a bit differently to most SEO companies and linkbuilding is no exception. read more »
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Do you think it's possible that Google factors CTR on their organic listings too to maximize the tasty-ness of their results? read more »
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Lisa Barone returns from SMX with a question: "But at the same time, I couldn't help but notice that this year's Advanced show seemed to lean a whole lot more to the grey/black hat side of things. I couldn't help but wonder: When did advanced search read more »
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SMX Local & Mobile - San Francisco, CA (July 24-25) See the agenda, and register now!
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