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So day-before-yesterday I went online for a few minutes for the first time in days, to find all my friends have been playing without me. Yes, Plurk is the new online obsession. It’s fun. Come on board and try it out with us. My Karma is still very l read more »
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Many search engine optimizers are still stuck in the past. They practice SEO 1.0 or less. These SEOs fail to adapt to the new Web 2.0 media environment and attempt to apply rules of the older web to the new situation. read more »
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Wow: colossally bad planning on the part of MS: you'd think they'd know better. Report from Wired. read more »
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I’ve found that explaining SEO in terms of specific goals is the most successful way for me to get my point across when pitching my services or products to prospective clients. I like to think of SEO as anything and everything you can do to your web read more »
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I have compiled a list of what I believe to be the top 100 domains based on estimated monthly visits. These are the companies that have found the success that most SEOs are striving for. To identify them, I downloaded lists of the most popular (US) read more »
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When this blog was about 6 months old, I considered turning it into an industry news blog or even setting up another one that only covered the latest information. The reason I’m telling you that is because one of the reasons I wanted to start a news read more »
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I’ve made it a goal to learn at least one useful thing each day so that I can stay sharp and well-versed on the topic of web development and design. To that end, here’s some of the websites I keep track of to find new techniques, resources, and news read more »
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I’ve prodded, poked, cajoled and bugged my friend, Alejandro Reyes, to provide YOU with a webinar on super-sized social networking.

But this isn’t the old boring “How to Use Twitter” or “How To Comment on Someone’s Blog” stuff.

See, Alejandro read more »
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Some cool insights into the domaining world by an expert. I've never seen all the info in once place like this. read more »
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How does linkbait work from 10,000 feet up? If you look at the big picture, linkbait works because of distribution. And email marketing can be just as great - if not greater - a vehicle for promoting linkbait than social media, because the distribut read more »
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Good discussion on how best to sell with articles. read more »
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One of the most common issues it that there is not enough information on the page. Especially if you’re not a well-known brand, it’s important to tell people a little about who you are and why people should buy from you (refer to point #1). Also, if read more »
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The usage lifecycle isn’t as clear cut as pregnancy is, but it recognizes that people go through a progression as they use software. They go from not knowing much at all (like parents early on in pregnancy) to feeling comfortable with the product (l read more »
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Many people start a blog for this reason, to create a presence for their company or themselves. Perhaps sell some things or just flog their brilliance or get leads / clients. All perfectly legitimate and it could work for you as well. I think the on read more »
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We bloggers have it rough. We live in a world full of more WordPress themes than you can shake a stick at, yet most of us are still tied to one old, worn out template. It’s unfortunate, but let’s be honest here—changing themes is a huge ordeal. read more »
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There are many available tools to help make web development projects quicker and more productive. Aside from a handy text editor or WYSIWYG editor like Dreamweaver, you can find plenty of tools and utilities that can greatly increase development spe read more »
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But from a search engine perspective, syndication can cause a bit of a condundrum. If what you wrote is a relevant result for a search, the search engine wants to show it to the searcher. But not show it twice (or three times, or maybe even a thousa read more »
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It was only a matter of time... read more »
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With everyone rushing to aggregate their email on Gmail, this is really scary stuff. read more »
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Mohamed Saleem waxes eloquent on this topic: we should all examine our reasons. read more »
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Some tips on how to achieve this highly desirable goal for bloggers. read more »
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Perhaps we'll all be conducting our online business in a completely new way a few years on? read more »
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