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Listen up, folks: there is a reason your clients hired you for this job – it’s because they aren’t experts or don’t have time to become one. So when you report to them weekly, monthly, or both, keep that in mind. To be blunt, you need to dumb it dow read more »
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Well, there were, at one point, that many. But many are dead, zombies, or link farms. Here is our two-months-to-compile list of what's what out there in the land below Digg..... read more »
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We work very hard with our clients to determine not only if viral marketing is the right social media strategy for them, but also to determine which form their viral marketing campaign should take. In speaking with a client the other day about ideas read more »
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Ok, there are 3 reasons I like this post - First it's ecommerce related and I work a lot in that area. Second it's aboot hockey sticks and I Am Canadian. Third, well its simply a good post. So whaddy waiting fer, go read it eh.

Pilo - Don’t just read more »
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Learn to ID Web weeds like pesky PDF files that no one optimized, Flash files and low-value/low traffic pages. Tear out those weeds by sculpting your site’s template links, spending quality time with Google Webmaster Tools and embracing your web ana read more »
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The best way to increase your footprint on Digg is to have a large network of friends that are interested in the same things you are and are likely to vote up your stories when you shout.

This tool helps you find them. And it’s free! read more »
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I am curious if anyone else has noticed a trend over the past year or so where people (I have nobody specific in mind) in the search marketing business seem to increasingly gravitate towards becoming a “SEO celebrity”. It’s a bit like like moths to read more »
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Future search, or future retrieval, might be able to support the making of decisions in many different fields. read more »
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A quick exploration of 8 metrics to use when trying to decide if a link is worth going after. read more »
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Disucssion of the weight of an image alt tag versus a title description. read more »
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Maybe excessive comment tag stuffing can pay off since Google doesn't seem to notice. See how one major website gets away with it on page after page. Is it wrong? read more »
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I thought it might be useful to compare the sites that the minor productivity enhancers we've discussed and reviewed actually claim to support.

I thought there was more overlap - this is a very interesting results table. But you *can* get to all read more »
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One of my esteemed colleagues (stop blushing, Charles, you know it’s true) has written a great post about the Super Bowl and Search Marketing. I’ve decided to follow his lead and take it another step deeper by asking a poignant question: How does po read more »
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When you spend most of your day to designing and coding, you don't have a lot of extra time to mess with server configuration. But neglecting this aspect of web design can cost you big time in the end. Your server shouldn't be bending you to its wil read more »
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Earnersblog discusses using social media to build deep links to pages on your site. read more »
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For years I've seen a free and flowing stream of information and advice about how to build links, and as the engines have improved detection of the junk, the better link builders continued to thrive while those who sold crappy services to crappy con read more »
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Number 10 in Rob's series, Rob offers great suggestions for saving time on SU...

Keeping up with my friends stumbles is getting hard and harder, as my mutual friends and targets list grows.... read more »
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A list of 25 websites that every seo should know in 2008 read more »
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