DanThies

Avatar Went Hot: July 8, 2008 - 5:01 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 15 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchrank.com)
Category: Other Social Media
David Wallace's excellent post where he argues that only that being an active participant in online communities (the right way) gives you the right and privilege to submit your own stuff to them. People who only join communities for self-promotion read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 7, 2008 - 10:05 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 1 day 12 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: SEO
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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Avatar Went Hot: July 7, 2008 - 2:38 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 1 day 22 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.toprankblog.com)
Category: SEO
An often overlooked content optimization opportunity concerns customer service related information. So much effort is put into optimizing content to “make the sale” or “capture the lead”, but not on making content that is useful to existing customer read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 26, 2008 - 12:29 pm
Posted By: Maing 13 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: Blogging
While plug-ins for the WordPress blogging platform are in abundant supply, I try not to depend on too many of them due to the fact that I don't want to have to worry about them breaking every time a new version of WordPress is released. That being s read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 24, 2008 - 6:54 am
Posted By: mpilatow 15 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Water Cooler
I was saddened to hear one of my favorite comedians, George Carlin, passed away Sunday. Clearly he touched many people. A quick look at Google Trends shows searches related to him have spiked up as well as for his famous "seven words you can't say read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 18, 2008 - 7:06 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 21 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: Usability
Stoney degeyter writes, "There are advantages and disadvantages to using both absolute and relative links. Here I will explore the differences between the two, outline some pros and cons and also provide some additional information on how you can cr read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andyed 21 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://about.stompernet.com)
Category: SEO
Just in time for Firefox 3, StomperNet has released StomperTools. Check rankings across Google, MSN, and Yahoo visually with interactive SVG. Mouse hover effects provide a compelling way to test your rankings and explore the competitive space. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 19, 2008 - 5:19 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 22 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.domainnamenews.com)
Category: Domaining
Whoa. This is big news for anyone who owns a domain, and certainly for folks who buy and sell them. "The California Federal Court decision should make it crystal clear to would-be domain name purchasers that true ownership of a domain name is not ba read more »
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Avatar Posted By: mpilatow 32 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Seriously, the entire Firefox+Google love fest is a joke. Let's revisit a little history here. Google fought and fought to pressure Microsoft so that no search provider was the default in Internet Explorer 7, arguing this was the best for consumer c read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 3, 2008 - 12:48 pm
Posted By: SlightlyShadySEO 36 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.slightlyshadyseo.com)
Category: Google SEO
This entry outlines basic precautions for concealing a site network from both Google and fellow SEOs who may be looking for an easy ranking(aka a penalty on your site).
Also covered are the types of niches where these sites can truly take off. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 2, 2008 - 8:06 pm
Posted By: lorenbaker 36 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Link Building
Ann Smarty looks at four free tools for tracking the anchor text used in your backlinks, and the inbound links to your competition. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 3, 2008 - 7:11 am
Posted By: mvandemar 37 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Google AdSense
A nice little tool I built to help easily stay in line with the new AdSense privacy requirements as far as third party ad providers go. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 3, 2008 - 6:42 am
Posted By: beussery 38 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.beussery.com)
Category: Google SEO
If you missed it doorway pages aren't what they used to be and I've got the details... read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 1, 2008 - 1:25 pm
Posted By: jeffquipp 39 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Paul does it once again equating certain industry figures to action heros ... who would each be? Michael Gray, Dan Thies, Hamlet Batista, Joost de Valk, Lee Odden, and more.

Very comical! read more »
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Avatar Posted By: Xurxo 41 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.makeitbloom.com)
Category: Google AdWords
Been selected for Google's Automatic Matching Beta in Adwords? Make sure to tell them what you think! Here's how. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: davelorrez 42 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seofaststart.com)
Category: Google AdWords
For a campaign that is losing money, or barely profitable, eliminating click costs during off hours can make a huge difference. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 27, 2008 - 3:59 am
Posted By: MattMcGee 43 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Why does Google celebrate obscure artists and architects with special logos, but they won't do one for Memorial Day? Makes no sense to me. Barry shows some of the other special logos today at various search engines and forums. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: DanThies 44 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://alwaysbetesting.com)
Category: SEO
Mad scientist Andy Edmonds offers some insight into the meaning of TFIDF by exploring several sites with TheRarestWords.com - a truly copacetic tool with numerous interesting applications. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: Glendz 48 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.businessol.com)
Category: SEO
Knowing SEO on how to make websites rank is one thing. But having a good SEO process is another. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 21, 2008 - 5:21 pm
Posted By: Aviva 48 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://web-professor.net)
Category: Social Media
Everything you ever wanted to know about Sphinn, all nicely collected in one place. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 21, 2008 - 2:54 pm
Posted By: DaveF 48 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.vkistudios.com)
Category: Social Media
"A couple weeks ago Todd Malicoat a.k.a. Stuntdubl was kind enough to spend some time with me answering questions on the topic of linkbait. It turned into a pretty long interview so go grab a cup of your favorite beverage, then kick back and relax a read more »
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Avatar Posted By: St0n3y 48 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seofaststart.com)
Category: SEO
With tongue firmly planted in cheek, Dan Thies says "As you can clearly see by searching Google for [seo book], my site is nowhere to be found on the first page…In fact, there's some guy named Aaron (probably not even his real name) ranked #1, 2, 3 read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 21, 2008 - 10:13 am
Posted By: dsnyder 48 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Google Searching
Since Google posted on how their search quality stuff works, Barry Schwartz figured he would take the webmaster view and tell you what webmasters and SEOs have been seeing from Google's search quality as of late. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: incrediblehelp 48 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://broadcasting-brain.com)
Category: Blogging
Here are some sure-fire steps to writing a popular blog post if you’re lazy and have no ideas of your own (I’ve probably used them a few times) read more »
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Avatar Posted By: MelC 48 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://adcentercommunity.com)
Category: Microsoft adCenter
Taking you through adCenter Analytics Visitor Loyalty Reports.... read more »
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