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Andrew Shotland from Local SEO Guide shares the advice of Sequoia Capital in an economic downturn: SEO... read more »
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David Mihm's recap of the top stories in local search so far this year is well worth reading. Have trouble keeping up with the rapidly changing local search landscape? This article is a great guide. Mihm lists some of the top stories and major chang read more »
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One of the hardest thing for an SEO to manage is expectations. For many SEO consultants and firms, part of closing the deal is to get the client to believe that the work they provide is going to get them "results," however that is defined. But in do read more »
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What the coming (or already upon us) economic downturn means for small business websites & SEO. 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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Recently a SEO working for a lead generation network sent me a letter in the mail alerting me that I could improve my website by linking to their site. They mention some of the large brands they send leads to and state that the link to their site fr read more »
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Andrew Shotland points out that, it appears, IYPs are stumbling in Google searches. read more »
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Good News for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) within Google Local Search Results. As those of us in the Storage Industry know, Public Storage is a beast of a company who consistently dominates the top ten map results in Google, commonly known as a read more »
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You’ve picked a topic that your ideal readers are dying to know more about. You can write about the topic with authority. You’ve even chosen an interesting angle. In short, you’ve got a killer post that should bring your blog thousands of new reader read more »
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Great review of basic SEO conversion tactics. The conversion of a visitor to a client is everything. I like the quote "A site that ranks well and doesn't capture customers/visitors is like an umbrella on a sunny day." Exactly right especially if the read more »
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The Fire Eagle team, is announcing the release of Fire Eagle, which had been in private beta. The service is intended to be something of a "clearinghouse" or "switchboard" for location and help users "manage location" across the internet and on mobi read more »
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Advertising dollars are moving online. And the proof is simple. Online is moving past TV, radio and movies:

Burlingame-based Outsell Inc. predicted online advertising spending would best advertising spending for TV, radio and movies in 2008 for t read more »
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Sure, using a “branded content site” (ala Newspaper sites) can work. However, there is absolutely something to be said for the real advertising portals of the web: search engines.

Study after study shows that users of search engines go directly t read more »
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David Mihm brings you everything you need to know from last week's SMX Local conference. He says: "I've just returned from SMX Local in San Francisco and my head is still spinning. Chris Sherman, Greg Sterling, and the rest of the Third Door Media t read more »
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From Greg Sterling: "I’ve tried to argue for several years that “local” is the most important thing happening online — because it’s all about driving buyers to the point of sale offline. But one of the big, historical challenges in validating that a read more »
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From Jill Whalen: "Blogs. They're the best thing since sliced bread. Everyone with a website needs one. Or do they?" read more »
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Social media marketing is one of the fastest changing forms of marketing online. Every time a new site, service, or community is launched, there comes both new opportunity for marketing and the possibility that the site you just spent months partici read more »
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Digg, Reddit and all the other so-called “social media” sites can be a great way to get your message out to millions of people, but with so many voices out there screaming for attention it’s hard to be heard sometimes–even if that 400,000-word poem read more »
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The difference between B2B and B2C in SEM. A valuable read. read more »
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"A couple of weeks ago, Adobe announced that it was working with Google and Yahoo! on making Flash content easier to index in search engines. Google said it was using the search-engine specific Flash player that Adobe had made available (Yahoo!’s in read more »
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Why Online Advertising in Local Markets Matters. read more »
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Copyblogger says to be visible, don't worry about teaching people, just write what they want to hear. I'm not sure that's great advice. I think being like everyone else and telling people what they want to hear is exactly how you become invisible. A read more »
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A short analysis of what YouTube local results could mean. read more »
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Excellent update on YouTube functionality from Greg Sterling. read more »
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North x East puts together an excellent list of the top 50 female bloggers. Well worth a read. read more »
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