FuzzyMarketer

This is a guest post from kd kelly. kd kelly, aka dotlizard, who has learned a harsh lesson or two in her time on the internets, and wants to warn us about the dangers of social media as it relates to trusting relationships that end in lies, decepti read more »
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Google’s primary data center crashed yesterday. What’s to blame? Linkbait. read more »
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Taking tactics straight from the battlefield, a detailed look at how to defeat larger and well funded opponents. Signatories of the Geneva Convention look away now. read more »
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A list of blackhats who take no prisoner. read more »
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Great illustration of the interaction and interdependence (is that a word?) between the various factions of search marketing, with a touch of humor thrown in as well. Would be great for getting corporate honchos to understand the necessity of each read more »
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You should consider many factors when getting involved in Social Media Marketing, such as the quality of your content, your domain name, and who is submitting your content. But there is almost always one thing I find myself looking at before any of read more »
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Another guest post on the trail - from my brother from down under and fellow Sphinn-a-holic James Duthie

If you became ill would your blog go into suspended animation? Or are you future proofed? read more »
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Whilst social media has been incredibly valuable for helping me to grow my blog over the past year, I think it is also critical to understand its boundaries. Here are 10 limitations of social media... read more »
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Manish Pandey talks about 5 crucial learnings he's had on the road to becoming a successful digger.

Good read! read more »
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Money.co.uk has apologized for the most talked about linkbait ever, which was exposed by their now ex-marketing contractor, Lyndon Antcliff (Lyndoman). read more »
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Boykin argues that the Achilles heel of a free and natural link profile is the lack of focused anchor text pointing at specific sub-pages...and I have to agree. read more »
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An aweseome post by one of the final Twitter holdouts, David Mihm, where he owns up to the errors of his ways and describes how he came to see the light. read more »
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Sphinn, all nicely collected in one place. read more »
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Is Google "a little evil?" A top story from Ars Technica was making the rounds through Digg and Reddit yesterday, bashing Google for being a "little evil." The charge is based on an unusual case, where Google helped Indian police nab Rahul Krishnaku read more »
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While there is debate about who “owns” a brand, the company or it’s customers, partners and employees, it can be agreed that there is tremendous value and equity in a company’s brand. Something of value is worth protecting especially when it contrib read more »
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Off the beaten path of "Twitter! Twitter! Twitter!" posts and into the obscure world of highly specialized, highly popular niche social media.

Is your bunny a VIB? read more »
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At SEJ Ann given tips on How to Use Social Media for Keyword Research. read more »
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A post on marketing in general and the value of social responsibility in advertising. read more »
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According to a Rapleaf study, while both sexes still use social networking sites in huge numbers, women are the ones holding down the fort read more »
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1. Creative and Playful
2. Innovative
3. Connectors
4. Community Enablers
5. Information Mavens read more »
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Marty from aimClear writes "One person’s defensive reputation management maneuver is another’s ghastly crises. In search marketing blogs and communities, social media reputation management experts inadvertently teach losers to build nightmarish nucl 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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If a Digg submissions uses vulgarity in the title or description, it is changed automatically to show “*” and censor the word. read more »
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Shimon Sandler outlines a perfect example of how one major brand's website outage is feeling the aftershock in the Google SERPs. read more »
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In this interview, he talks briefly about his most recent project, Alltop as well as changes he would make to Twitter, business blogging advice and a curious admission that he doesn’t understand SEO. read more »
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