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Aaron Wall publishes a flowchart (PDF/gif) of the basic SEO process and invites readers to expand and improve it. read more »
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In SEO, success is as much about your toolkit as it is about your skillset. Without great tools at your disposal, your ability to get the job done is really hampered. At SMX East this month I presented some of my favorite tools on the “Tools, Glorio read more »
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Danny Sullivan writes... Mike Blumenthal has been diligently covering how local listings can be hijacked by other businesses in Google Maps. He’s also been frustrated that Google doesn’t seem to be fixing the local hijacking problem. So to illustr read more »
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Google is back with a social search experiment. This time they call it SearchWiki. A collective feature “ala” Digg to promote search results, add public comments to them, remove them, and suggest what you would like to see the next time you perform read more »
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Bookshelf, a new Search Engine Land column, features reviews of books, white papers and other publications that help search marketers do their jobs or gain a better understanding of general digital marketing issues. I know quite a few books that sho read more »
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The short answer is that Jim made me QualityGal. After he offered me the job, I asked a quick “What’s my job title?” before he left the room. He didn’t know and said he’d think about it. On my first day, my name tag said “Qualitygirl.” The handle wa read more »
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Rand Outs a company ranking for SEO Company in Google sighting poor links and Aaron disagrees with the decision to write such a post. Who / where do you stand in this argument? read more »
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The surest way to successfully construct a building is to follow a blueprint. Just like construction blueprints, while each SEO blueprint may be unique, each will also contain similar details to ensure success. What details should a search marketing read more »
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Google have obviously been clamping down on paid links during the last year, but it now looks like they may also be taking a stance against blog reviews made in exchange for free gifts! read more »
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Danny Sullivan writes "Search engines tell marketers not to spam them. Many search marketers also advise newcomers not to spam. Spamming issues get debated online. But what is search engine spam? What’s it look like? How’s it smell? And why do searc read more »
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Google Analytics provides some great information about what is happening on your website. But what if you want to take it to the next level? Thanks to the many smart people who have created these wonderful hacks and plugins to get you some powerful read more »
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Over the last couple of days, the launch of a brand new purse site got a lot of buzz in the Twitterverse. Handbag Planet was giving away one purse an hour for 24 hours in order to celebrate their launch -- signing up was super easy, give them your n read more »
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To celebrate his first year at SEOmoz, Danny Dover made a great compilation of "web's best resources and tools." 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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Whether Google intends it not, a lot of newbies think you can just type in some phrases and AdWords will figure it all out for you.


I [Brian Carter] love Google and they do a great job of getting people to try AdWords. But part of that is makin read more »
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Search Engine Journal reports (via Adweek) that Google has plans for iPhone-specific ad formats that could include click-to-call functionality. read more »
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Brian Carter writes "Why Don't Social Networking Metrics Work?
BECAUSE...The opportunities you will find via Social Networking are both unknown and unquantifiable." read more »
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Son of a gun, just when I thunk I knew everything...

Seriously, this is a very neat little collection of Wordpress plugins that the title gets right: you probably don't use 'em, but should...! Have a look. I feel you won't be disappointed. read more »
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During SMX last week, I did a series of posts that discussed what I believe to be the top five mistakes in affiliate marketing which culminated with this post, which I believe is the biggest barrier to success in affiliate marketing: Only Wanting th read more »
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In an earlier post, I [Greg Sterling] solicited questions for Google about local search. My intention had been to present them at the What’s New in Local Search panel at SMX East this morning. But I didn’t get my act together to distribute them at t read more »
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Brian Carter writes "Should SEO Success Be Measured By Rankings? Traffic? Conversions?

There's been a lot of discussion in the SEO community over the last few months about how important rankings are or are not, and whether the main goal of SEO read more »
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Organic search engine optimization expert Rhea Drysdale will be joining Jim Boykin's We Build Pages team as SEO & Social Media Coordinator.

Congrats to Rhea and the WBP team! read more »
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From the page: "Sadly the future of SEO is mostly a topic for people outside the industry who grab attention by reinforcing prejudice. On the other hand we’re in the middle of huge changes taking place in the SEO industry or should I say… yes, what. read more »
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Danny Sullivan: Previously, I wrote about the importance of in-house teams utilizing all relevant search marketing tactics for maximum ROI (see "Total Search Marketing," Part 1 and Part 2). This month, I'll cover the importance of using offline medi read more »
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I like Guy Kawasaki, I really do, I don’t always agree with him, but I do think he’s a smart man, and a thought leader in the space. That said I do think it pretty unfair that the A-List bloggers in the space get “free gifts” in exchange for bloggin read more »
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