EmperorAnton

"It’s been said many times, including by me, that one of the flaws of social media marketing is that the resulting traffic is short-lived. That short-term nature of social media traffic is one of the biggest reasons that social media marketing is of read more »
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Hamlet Batista has a great write up here about how automatic ranking software (WPG, WebCEO, SEO Studio) is being blocked by Google. He goes on to say why you shouldn't fixate on ranking reports and offers a solution(s). read more »
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Guess which celebrity launched a new social networking website? read more »
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Shana's first year on Stumbleupon including some great finds and 113 things she's learned from using StumbleUpon. read more »
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It may not ever take off, but it could be a good thing to encourage schools to develop programs of study in SEO/SEM. read more »
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A link building post inspired by a directory that had a pop up advertisement that appeared during submission. I delete these types of directories immediately. read more »
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Ann Smarty writes, "A SEJ reader sent us the following SEO question, which which I decided to discuss with our readers: What is an orphan page and dead-end page? What’s the difference? How are they harmful for your site?" read more »
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What goes around comes around. read more »
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The wet dream of all webmasters is to get to the frontpage of Digg or Reddit. After reading how Cracked.com did it on Digg (hit the frontpage) I decided to write a follow up for StumbleUpon. That’s how it works: read more »
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The biggest list of SEO tools. Ever. read more »
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Why am I not surprised (screenshots and video evidence included!) read more »
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Some tips for those who think social media requires too much time to bother. read more »
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TheNanny612 didn’t think the duty of choosing an avatar would be a difficult one. After all, what is the big deal, really? An avatar simply is a picture to help members of Online Communities know who you are…. is that really such a big deal? read more »
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If you feel it's time to give private ad sales a try, this article will teach you everything you need to learn about it -- and I really mean everything. read more »
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What to consider when building your Website Transition Plan?

If you’re making changes to your site and you don’t want to risk losing your search engine positioning then there are some critical steps that must be taken. read more »
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Tips for small bloggers to help them compete against bigger blogs in terms of attention from social media. read more »
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Here is a checklist of valuable questions and details to look for in a web analytics package related to your search engine marketing efforts, regardless of website size or company budget. read more »
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This post looks at the issue of whether a blogger should create content specifically to target social media users. read more »
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Tips for breaking through advertising blindness. read more »
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John Alexander has been a Wordtracker proponent for years. Here, he compares the features of Wordtracker with those of Keyword Discovery, with results that even surprised him. read more »
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SEO Hack nails it again with another funny post about all of us ... and Twitter. :-) read more »
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Relying too heavily on social media traffic is pretty easy for bloggers to do. If you have some time to work on your blog you can go after social media and maybe see a few thousand visitors within 24 hours, or you can work on developing some other t read more »
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With an undisputed command of the search engine market and a jaw-dropping stock price, no one can dispute Google’s dominance online. But this success didn’t come by accident—it was achieved by a collection of important marketing strategies that rein read more »
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Do you know of any other police forces in the world who use Facebook for fighting crime? If not, why the hell is Greater Manchester Police the first and only police force doing this? This is a fantastic idea. read more »
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A happy client is a pleasure to have, but an ecstatic one is even better. When you go above-and-beyond to wow your clients, they can become a wellspring of repeat business. They’ll refer new customers to you, and publicly reinforce your reputation read more »
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