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Jim Boykin & We Build Pages has evolved.... no more link buying. Explains a bit about why Pat, Rhea, Lisa & Quality Girl are there....

"Buying links passed the tipping point long ago… you must get over it, and evolve, or be ready to face what mig read more »
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Big Brands of the world, You should be embarrassed. read more »
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Lisa Barone writes "We’re all hoping to create strong, thriving communities around our brands. We want folks to want to interact with us. We want to be friendly and to encourage conversations. We want our site to feel warm and comforting and to smel read more »
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Lisa speaks on the power of blogging and giving people a voice. read more »
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Brett Borders writes, "Matthew Inman is a 25-year-old independent marketer and designer based in Seattle. He worked for 4 years as the CTO and lead developer at SEOmoz - where he designed the complex web applications involved in their SEO tool suite read more »
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No surprise that Twitter is often the channel doing the best job breaking interesting news and breaking Lisa Barone into giggles. read more »
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Post about Yahoo trying hard to find a buyer, at Web 2.0 Summit. read more »
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"I’m sure you know exactly what the Google Webmaster Guidelines say about spam. If you’re just playing at this SEO thing, here’s the quick version: don’t trick the search engines with hidden text, hidden links, keyword stuffing, duplicate content, read more »
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"You’re not going to become an SEO expert by reading about it on the Internet or fawning over those who have come before you. You’re going to become an expert SEO by actually doing SEO and investing your time in conducting tests and following patter read more »
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While the rest of the SEO community was buzzing about SES San Jose and the crazy trapeze people they met at SearchBash, Jim Boykin was quietly planning an industry coup. The man literally went on a hiring spree and began tricking SEO types into trad read more »
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Lisa Barone via WBP - What the hell has happened to me? When did I become such a social media addict that the computer is where I turn to for advice, solace and pats on the back? I used to be an intelligent, independent woman. Then came social media read more »
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A lot of the techniques that are useful for picking up girls are also useful for getting links. Both enterprises are a delicate art which rely on equal parts luck, timing, product and skill. Here are a few of the ways in which getting links is a lot read more »
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X-Robots SEO Tool is a bookmarklet that can be utilized in either Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera on Windows and OS to find information vital to search engine optimization. The tool was built in collaboration with developer Cooper Harris an read more »
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Lisa Barone's recap of the recent Scary SEO unconference held in Florida at the end of last week.


Looks like everyone had a real good time, and came away not only with new friends and contacts, but more knowledge and useful information, too. So read more »
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Search industry blogger, Lisa Barone, joins the We Build Pages team as Senior Writer. She'll be responsible for writing, setting the direction and tone for content creation, and will serve as a brand evangelist. read more »
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Interesting take on this by none other than Catfish himself. read more »
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Some direct evidence countering the suggestions Google Webmaster Central blog made yesterday. read more »
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After what seems like forever writing and blogging for Bruce Clay, Lisa Barone is moving on to pastures new...


I hope your new venture still sees you writing online somewhere. The old place just won't be the same without The Lisa. read more »
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Stop the nonsense!

Seriously.

As an industry we need to collectively get a grip.

We our a community of people that make our money through search engines and social media platforms, and because of this we utlize these places as our playgroun read more »
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Lisa Barone writes, "An interesting story from Reuters today that says social networks have passed porn in popularity among users. We're all too busy twittering, sphinning and Facebooking that there's no time to head out in search of um, some "adult read more »
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Tired of reading dry, boring SEO articles? Are you looking for a story that includes such topics as Luke Skywalker, hedge-trimming, and necrophilia? Then head over to SEOmoz and check out this tragic love story, starring Darren Slatten and a fugly r read more »
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Jane thinks that there is a lot of hot-air which passes for insight in the search industry. I think she should just get on with creating good content....

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The community has long had a debate as to how 'ethical' blackhat SEO is. Here, I highlight which blackhat techniques are ethical and which aren't, based on a line drawn at algo-gaming vs abusing humans. read more »
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This is a post I wrote about my failed attempt to get my SEOmoz profile penalized in Google for keyword stuffing. My profile still ranks #1 in Google for [World's Greatest SEO], despite the fact that I repeated that phrase back-to-back, like 250 tim read more »
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Great tips from Lisa Barone on conference networking. Nearly anyone who's attended a conference can relate, especially if you're somewhat shy. read more »
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