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The retractions are never as much fun as the original..

The important part is that you do not treat the Googlebots any different than other users from that region. So if your site blocks users in the region where the Googlebot comes from (based o read more »
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Blocking all users outside of the US from being able to see your site would likely be considered cloaking and would be against our Webmaster Guidelines (JohnMu) ......

Wow, now I can't even control who I let in to my house without Google having a read more »
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This is pefect example of why I don’t use Sphinn anymore. And yes, I realize the irony of writing that statement and then posting a screen shot of Sphinn. I was curious to see if a comic we wrote (which has a gravestone with Sphinn on it) had be “sp read more »
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Matt Cutts asks the question, what should webspam work on next? I think this is a call to voice your opinion to the webspam team... read more »
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Danny says, "About two seconds after Google Trends For Websites came out, people started noticing that one company's websites oddly had no data available -- Google's own. Google will tell you all about the traffic to competitors like Yahoo and Micro read more »
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Step by step guide on how to completely clean out all signs of intrusion in your WordPress after you have discovered that you have been hacked. read more »
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Barry Schwartz continue to report porn on Google over Search Engine Roundtable, at Search Engine Land, via email to Googlers, via Twitter and Plurk and so on. But it seems that this is a battle Google is not winning. read more »
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Rand Fishkin's take on Google live chat session: "Rather than attack the content provided by the Googlers directly, I thought it would be more valuable to provide the answers from Google alongside the answers I would have given. Hopefully, in this f read more »
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Curiously Google has blocked most Google properties from the product. Do a search for Google.com and you get nothing. Same for YouTube, Blogger, Picasa, etc. read more »
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Michael Gray writes "Today Google released an new feature that gives away traffic stats and keywords for most websites on the internet. However what everyone failed to notice is that Google laid everyone else bare, naked and exposed but kept their o read more »
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Barry via Search Engine Land - Last night, during the Webmaster Help Group chat session, the question was brought up in the Q&A box. John Muller of Google was the first Googler to admit that Google may, on some occasions, take case into account on a read more »
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For anyone who hates having to change their passwords because it means memorizing a new one, I built this nifty little tool that generates strong passwords with built in mnemonics. Please, feel free to share this with your family members who still i read more »
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I recorded the whole thing, hope sound quality is okay. Also, exported the full Q&A session as text, tons of details. Enjoy! read more »
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Seriously, first comic sans and now variations of Times, Plain Serif, No Serif, Vanilla and Arial. At least I hear CTR is up. :) read more »
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Taking what little hassle there is out of installing WordPress. read more »
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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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Every webmaster needs to know this. Essential stuff. I wonder why Google thinks this is an indication of spam? read more »
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Good news -- now you can have your activity on Intense Debate, brightkite.com, Diigo, Mister Wong, and tipjoy as part of your FriendFeed. Bad news. Despite asking twice and being told FriendFeed is just too busy, Sphinn still hasn't been added. read more »
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A common question in the SEO space is should I use absolute or relative URLs. As you can imagine, there are pros and cons. JohnMu, a Googler, has an outstanding post in a Google Groups thread with sage advice. Here is the post on this in SEORoundtab read more »
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Robots from Vanessa over at Jane and Robot. Huge and awesome. read more »
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If you're an AdSense publisher, and you're not using the free widget, it's time to update your privacy policies again. :) read more »
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QuadsZilla joins the fray over white hat/black hat and SMX Advanced. read more »
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Coming back from our SMX Advanced conference last week, I found myself doing some soul searching. How was it that some people could wonder if advanced SEO means spamming search engines? And have I been contributing to this confusion? For the record read more »
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Welcome to the SEO post on my blog. I would like to start off and say, you are smart. You have chosen to read up on SEO techniques rather then just sitting back and hoping google cuts you a break. First off this topic is for bloggers mainly but we d read more »
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Seriously, the entire Firefox+Google love fest is a joke. Let's revisit a little history here. Google fought and fought to pressure Microsoft so that no search provider was the default in Internet Explorer 7, arguing this was the best for consumer c read more »
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