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Yet Another Bookmarking List, only this one might actually be useful based on Googles own trusted list as found via Feedburner a Google owned company read more »
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On a cold winterss evenin at a Pubcon in Vegas,
I met up with the Linker; we were both too tired to sleep.
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You got to know when to link em, know when to bait em,
Know when Matt's talking FUD, And when he's holding a gun.
You never coun read more »
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A few days ago the Cool Aid and FUD was passed around here about a site that was penalized in rankings because they sold a few links. Jim believes Google doesn't, nor ever will, penalize sites for selling links. Find out why! read more »
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Dana writes an article that can be of great help to new people of how to conduct oneself, and to the seasoned pro as a gentle reminder of the do's and don'ts. (I think an apostrophe is the wrong punctuation of do's but dos looks wrong.) read more »
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I had an interesting run in with the "elusive face of evil" that Google is always hunting for and went on a subsequent rant on Google's policing of paid links. read more »
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Just say, “thank you.” Yep. That’s it. Say, “thank you.” Find a way to show your appreciation. That Digg/StumbleUpon User probably sends tons of traffic to a number of sites every day. Yet, rarely does someone stop to say “thanks for the effort.” Be read more »
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Link Moses discovers a page that's been attracting links for years, but he'd never noticed. read more »
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With more than two million registered users, StumbleUpon has rapidly become a major player in the social networking craze that has swept through the computers of millions of web users, worldwide. read more »
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The Social Media News Release format is designed to encourage a shift from traditional press releases to a more customized information delivery approach in the online environment. One that does a better job of speaking to media, bloggers and consume read more »
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The types of link buys that Google has a distaste for are the links that are exchanged directly for cash. Modify your way of thinking just a little and there are a wide array of easy to buy high value links awaiting your purchase. The key to having read more »
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A brief look at setting client expectations for search engine rankings and SEO success. What's important for clients to understand? read more »
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One of the oldest and most renowned SEOs, the notorious “SearchKing” Bob Massa has launched his own blog titled Ask the SEO Guru.
His notoriety resulted from his sueing Google back in 2003 after they had taken down his link broker network, the very read more »
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John Honeck shows us a comprehensive preview of warnings Google really wants to incorporate but detains in the pipeline for unknown reasons. Enjoy :) read more »
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CNVI over at webmaster world has reported that google have
updated their guidelines regarding link schemes and in particular reciprocal links
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=66356&query=link+exchange&topic=&type read more »
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Still wondering why you submit an article on Digg or Reddit and it goes nowhere? The key, as with most things in life, is who you know. But as with links, clients or affiliates: you want quality over quantity. You want people who are active and have read more »
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What a great tool! I know it’s possible to drive great traffic from StumbleUpon but I never dreamed of getting massive traffic to my blog. Many people understimate the power of StumbleUpon and put Digg in the first place when they talk about social read more »
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I was one of those people who looked down on buying links for a long time. It just seemed wrong - and surely the brain trust at Google would clamp down at some point. I just couldn’t believe that buying your way to the top of the organic results cou read more »
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Does Google sell high PageRank links? Even if not acting as a text link broker Google offers paid links indirectly through various programs. read more »
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Google mistakenly identified its own blog as a spammer's site. Hehehe... read more »
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Some Interesting Search Engine News For the Week- August 3- 2007 read more »
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An interesting and apparently proven (now) method of getting .edu links. read more »
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A method to find if a page is in Google’s New Secret Supplemental Results. read more »
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There are a lot of social media sites out there and yet there are still many people who don't know much about them. This guide should hopefully provide some further information to social media newbies. read more »
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An oldie but goodie which i think will be more relevant to search as time goes on. Jim's thinking always gets me thinking. I'm still trying to decide for myself what is best for me (and my clients) in terms of link building but Jim's theories on sea read more »
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I’ve recently had some clients ask me how to increase rankings on specific subpages when seeking to target long tail phrases. I’ve also been asked about reasons why pages get tossed in Google Hell (supplemental results). Often the answer to both of read more »
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SMX Local & Mobile - San Francisco, CA (July 24-25) See the agenda, and register now!
SMX Sao Paolo - Brazil - (Aug. 7-8)
SMX China - September 23 & 24, 2008
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SMX London - November 4 & 5, 2008