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Jeff Quipp writes, "Over the years, I’ve learned a large number of things about the strengths and weaknesses of search as a medium. Perhaps one of the most powerful of these lessons however, is that as powerful as search is, it CANNOT compensate for read more »
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Dave Snyder has a great post on SEP blog about using UGC (user Generated Content) to increase business.

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Guest post blogs. Interesting concept to increase and broaden the content of the blogs. read more »
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With the potential power of directories for SEO currently in hot debate, I thought that it was the right time to unleash this list. (For the record; yes they are still powerful!) read more »
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Search Engine People - So far, we’ve examined why they are so powerful in part 1 and then we looked at how to evaluate their potential power in part 2. This post will wrap-up the series by providing a short-list of the three most important pitfalls read more »
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Jeff Quipp writes, "Many people and businesses do not necessarily understand all the inherent benefits of search. Consider for example, the ability of search to mitigate or reduce certain types of business risks. Accordingly, the remainder of this p read more »
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Matt McGee just released this ebook ... great read! It expands on Matt's blog post "How to SEO Your Site in 60 Minutes".

Congrats Matt ... well done! read more »
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"Economy through obscurity is as bad as security through obscurity. Unfortunately it’s precisely what a search engine, or rather our way of using it, has to offer to the majority of businesses listed ." read more »
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Free backlinks are difficult to obtain, especially from high PR sites. During my link building efforts, I have been extremely fortunate to locate several locations with relevant content that provide free DoFollow links. More importantly, these locat read more »
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Thoughtful post about research and education read more »
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Personalization of search results is very important to the future success of any search engine, and its an effort well underway with many of the big 3 search engines as we speak. read more »
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Having direct and immediate access to the Final Answer reduces the amount of information we’re exposed to. Instead of plowing through numerous books, flipping magazine pages, reading bits about this and that, we jump right away to The End. read more »
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My guest post for Search Engine People where I argue that ADD is a gift for anyone who does search for a living but disengaging from technology is key to maximizing the benefits of this gift. read more »
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Paid directories have historically been one of the best link building strategies for Search Engine Optimization. Back in the golden days of SEO, where it was much easier to manipulate Google for SERP’s, paid directories were thought of as being the read more »
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Everything you can imagine about the Google Chrome Browser. From 'How to Crash Google Chrome Instantly' to 'changing its theme'. Ruud Hein does a great job covering every aspect. :) read more »
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A good post detailing 10 great search engine news blogs you really should read daily. read more »
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Great article by Dave Snyder on the various microblogging platforms such as Twitter, Plurk, and FriendFeed.

"As with any social media platform that grows in popularity, Internet marketers are eager to figure out how to leverage microblogging pla read more »
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How frequently do you write blog posts knowing that they’ve got a very limited shelf life, or post a news post knowing it’ll be out of date in a months time?
All the time right? Then why not make the links garnered by those posts work for for you? read more »
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Ruud Hein gives insight into navigational queries and explains why it´s important to own the first results for your own name/site/brand. "A Yahoo study finds that 40% of all queries are re-finding queries." read more »
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Want to be successful on Digg? Why not do exactly what the most successful Diggers are doing. Manish details 10 of the habits of successful Diggers.

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Jeff Quipp writes, "Are iPhone type PDAs the way of the future. Will most searches be performed from such devices? I don’t think any of us can argue against it … it will happen … and in fact the transition is well under way. Accordingly, I thought t read more »
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Ruud Hein writes, "Redundancy applies not just to your computer setup. It applies to how you process information, store knowledge, work your SEO and run your or “your” company. And that approach leads to creative professionalism." read more »
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or those of you who blog for the purpose of generating additional sales of your products or services (as opposed to making affiliate revenues from the traffic), and have not yet seen the benefits, there is hope. Below follow 12 of the most common mi read more »
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A great little post about the components of blog posts, and tips for creating each of these components.

Nicely done! read more »
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Today I am adding a few tips on promoting your online profiles and organizing your reputation management campaign. read more »
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