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Write up of how to spot and deal with potential link insertion hacks, how we solved it and a free checking tool.

Nasty hack to discover this one, hits your rankings before you notice in most cases. read more »
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Not satisfied with fooling Adwords advertisers via expanded broad matching and "free campaign optimization," Google has invented a new way to empty your wallet. read more »
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It was funny. If you desire any sort of stardom, you must read this guide. Includes: Spy Satellites, Polyphasic Sleeping, Cloning, Time Machines, and Teleporting. read more »
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With Social Media Daily, and now 30 Minute Backlinks, I’m often asked if it’s OK to get links to a brand new site and/or will getting links to a new domain get it “blacklisted.” read more »
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As a librarian, you want to be able to share information with patrons and students in the easiest way possible, and social networking offers a great way to do just that. With social networking tools, you can create bookmark collections, share notice read more »
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Jane follows up a story some have been intently following on linkbait, and specifically the banning of certain linkbaited sites. Jane points out the elephant in the room and now it's time for SEMs to join the fra -- err, conversation. read more »
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There’s a problem with presentations by web agencies done for clients, and it leads to the problem of overly complicated interfaces on the web. read more »
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Here is a list of 5 things that I feel hinders my online shopping experiences, and make me think twice before making an online purchase. read more »
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Since AdSense has stopped being a reliable source of income, I like reading about affiliate marketing - the move from AdSense to affiliate has not been easy for many of us. Here's a good writeup about building an affiliate downline. read more »
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If you don't want images included on your page to appear in Google, you can use the noimageindex value in the head portion of your HTML page, as shown below (note this value is not new – quite the opposite, it's been around for years – though it's o read more »
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SlightlyShady posts about how to build links without getting sandboxed. Some interesting points about getting forum profiles indexed. read more »
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For many people, a manifesto is something to think about. For some people it defines a way of life. For a very few people it may become an object to be feared, disputed, and opposed. Like art, a good manifesto evokes some sort of reaction in people. read more »
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Copies are in the mail! Some highlights:

Interview with Cameron Olthuis on social media marketing. Eric Ward has a piece called “Linking Analysis: Making Sense of the Mess”. Gord Hotchkiss, wrote “How We Shortlist Our Buying Decisions through Se read more »
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One of my new mates, James decided to get into the whole 'value of Social Media Marketing' conversation. He takes a look at some of his efforts and takes a run at engagment metrics to make some sense of it all.

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Freaking hysterical! He offers $150... $200... $250... $300... $400... Darren says his price is $10,000.

Oh, sorry no, KTHXBAI. :) read more »
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Hacking WordPress Blogs is lucrative to a hacker as they create hundreds of online pharmaceutical blog posts that rank well and fast in Google searches. read more »
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Tim Nash does it again with a great analysis of using PDF's for SEO. Well worth the read. read more »
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5 [legitimate] ways to easily get the Googlebot coming for more. read more »
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Hidden in the obscure StumbleUpon toolbar settings is a feature that’ll change the way you stumble! Add a Search Box to the StumbleUpon toolbar. read more »
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Preliminary results from study show a bias towards the .org extension in Google. read more »
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More Authority 101 for SEO and Brand building goodiness from Jeff. The only client type I didn't notice was 'Anal Retentive - Control Freak' but a worthy addition to the series.

Search Engine People - Are there ways that you can help your SEO com read more »
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A lot of great photographers are scared to put their photos online because it’s so easy for other people to steal their work. I totally understand that. I’m hardly a great photographer, and I don’t want people stealing my photos, either! But I do wa read more »
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Stumbleupon is a great way to discover new websites, and the lessons learned, and shared, in this article about SU are helpful and insightful regarding stumbleupon and social networks in general. read more »
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There are a number of reasons why rankings within search engines may decrease. Some of them might not be that obvious. Provides a number of things to explore, and resources, to understand why rankings may have dropped. read more »
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I hate beating a dead horse, but I think it's all in our best interest to try to understand where are the lines that have been drawn when it comes to purchasing links. I reference comments from Matt about paying for a Yahoo Directory listings to sho read more »
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