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Our friendly dutchman at yoast.com is showing off a nice feedburner style twittercounter! Looks great! read more »
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Lisa Barone returns from SMX with a question: "But at the same time, I couldn't help but notice that this year's Advanced show seemed to lean a whole lot more to the grey/black hat side of things. I couldn't help but wonder: When did advanced search read more »
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It is becoming more and more important for corporations - as well as businesses of all sizes - to have a blog in today’s world where so many people own computers. But if your business has put off starting a blog for far too long, here is why you sho read more »
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This is a great article about career moves and getting a solid start in the SEM arena. Anyone new to SEM or that has gone through/considered a career move should read this post in its entirety. read more »
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How many times have we hit publish on a blog and then realized we forgot to do something crucial, whether it is changing post slugs or a crucial spell check. Here is a quick checklist of what you should do before you hit publish. read more »
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Every day, social media consultants pull off very successful social marketing campaigns for clients as well as for their own sites. But often when those less experienced with this fairly new type of marketing try and pull off similar feats, they end read more »
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"Using Shoemoney’s SERPS script, I took the time to see where Twitter and Facebook rank in Google for some popular names in our industry. The following list will show you a name, where Twitter ranks in Google for the search of the name, and Facebook read more »
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"Why won't anyone submit my content to Digg? My competitor is always on Reddit but my stuff gets ignored!" Sound familiar? Well here's how to put an end to your woes and ensure your content is submit worthy. read more »
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“This one is going to be hard to beat,” said BOTW President Greg Hartnett. Hopefully not :) read more »
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Apple evangelist, venture capitalist and Internet startup super hero Guy Kawasaki has chosen to showcase some of Sphinn's favorite blogging stars in the SEO category on his new web site Alltop.com. Wow! read more »
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In social media, we are always talking about finding a way to take your service or product, and make it into something that is viral and will appeal to the majority of online users.

SEO Rapper, aka Chuck the “Poetic Prophet”, has done just that b read more »
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Some women from Sphinn have made this list. If I missed someone else, please note it here in the comments.

Kim Krause Berg - Cre8pc
Donna Fontenot - Dazzlin Donna
Anita Campbell - Small Business Trends

Others from the SEM and blog industry read more »
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Here are some quick and easy fixes you can make to your blog, and you can each one into the same amount of time it takes you to have your coffee break… yes, seriously, each one should take you 15 minutes or less! read more »
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Seems Dave got an answer as to why a site he was looking into got a SMACK DOWN!.... U guessed it...Paid links! Strange part it that the site owner said he stopped his involvement with them 6 months back and only recently got nailed. So we're grandfa read more »
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PR sculpting seems to be "all the rage" at the moment. Tracking the conversation back seems to get me to an article by Dan Thies of september 4th last year, pointing back to an interview with Matt on SEOmoz. It's been a whole load of buzz lately, co read more »
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Twitter can be a great marketing tool… but one of the things that has to happen is that people actually follow your feed. Otherwise you will be talking no one, and that is not the way to market yourself or your business ;) After all, the more the me read more »
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(Ahem. Don't blame me. I didn't write the headline!) So, as Todd Malicoat tells us ... "here is what you should do if you really want to be a total outcast douchebag at an SEO Conference." read more »
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Since I have been playing around with Twitter, I have noticed a trend amongst certain people… all they really use their Twitter feed for is to spam all their followers with their latest blog posts. And when they aren’t giving links to those posts, t read more »
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I think this stinks. I have been hoping Ask could build it's search into a competitive engine. Their interface was nice but we all know that's not enough. I'm surprised they didn't stick it out longer. read more »
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Matt's a bit late to the game, but still comes up with some interesting ideas. I like how he distinguishes between "traditional blackhatSEO" and "illegal blackhat SEO." read more »
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Does Vanessa Fox really believe that? Read this post to find out... read more »
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Are you prepared for an attack on your reputation by a blogger? These seven tips from Andy Beal and Dr. Judy Strauss from their new book "Radically Transparent" might help you when the crap hits the fan. read more »
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When doing keyword research it is important not to get in a rut and simply look at keyword research as “consumer” only… or worse, from the business point of view rather than the potential customer’s point of view. But smart keyword researchers reali read more »
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Jen Slegg: "One client was able to launch an entire section to their site because they noticed their competitor was doing something very similar when the directory popped up in the competitor’s robots.txt file. And like any good businessperson, my c read more »
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Jennifer Slegg discusses the pros and cons of using acronyms and industry terms in your ad copy. read more »
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