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Just read a well written post from Scott Fish bright and early this morning pertaining to the value of reaching 'influencers' through social media marketing campaigns. I'm confident his insight will be a valuable read for you too. read more »
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Our official announcement for SEMpdx Searchfest 08, taking place March 10th in Portland. We've announced our preliminary agenda & have placed tickets on sale (Buy Early And Save $$$!!!).

Rand Fishkin will be giving the keynote and popular Sphinn read more »
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This article is the third installment in my top-blogger’s roundtable series. Here, I’ve asked a celebrity panel the following question: Does post length affect readership growth and, if so, how? And, this is the pure-gold they revealed… read more »
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It's a new year!

The new year means it's time to reflect on the old. Don't let the remnants of your old PPC campaigns get in your way. Conduct a full audit of your PPC campaigns, and adjust the old settings to take advantage of the new PPC featur read more »
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PPC agency professional Steve Baker sets our friend Gene Marks straight on a few things when to comes to adwords and small businesses. read more »
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Wow - Kalena gets stuck into the latest dumbass of the week - you have to read THE WORST advice given for small business owners - astonishing, truly astonishing!!!!!!!
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Syzlak's SEMpdx Hot Seat with Vanessa Fox review. read more »
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Mark of "mytropicalescape.com" interviews Darren Rowse of ProBlogger
Where does ProBlogger hope to be in 3-5 years?
Does Darren think he's a "Top innovator"?
Darrens take on bloggers bringing positive change to humanitarian issues and more.... read more »
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SEOBOOK writes: "To build up publicity and mindshare you have to give away value, but the same product often has a vastly different perceived value based on price point and how they got it. It is so hard to win marketshare by lowering price, but eas read more »
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Michael Gray "tries" to stay away from things like this, but when he sees people use a widely read medium to spread misinformation, without doing their research first, it makes his blood boil. What did Christina Warren say here’s a look... read more »
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I am not an SEO expert. I don’t know enough. My sole claim to fame is that I am the proud owner and operator of a handful of sites that I’ve managed to get into the top positions of the leading search engines for certain keyword searches. And I’ve d read more »
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When a new visitor comes to your website for the first time an initial impression will be formed pretty quickly. A good first impression will drastically increase the chances of that visitor returning again. This list looks at 21 factors that will i read more »
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Need to find traffic sources other than Google? How about a list of 27 ways to find it? read more »
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Corporate advertising types love to talk about viral marketing these days and it seems they'll stoop to whatever they have to do to make their stuff "go viral". But what happens when the web takes the message out of the advertisers' hands? Well some read more »
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Breakdown of what the top 100 stories to hit the Digg homepage look like (titles, length, categories, type of post, etc.) Awesome data. Must Read for social media marketers! read more »
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While I have no definitive proof that Google doesn't consider length of registration as part of their algorithm, I do think I can use a little common sense to explain why it would be a silly thing for them to consider when it comes to determining ra read more »
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A study on the trends of blogs and blogging and their future. Excerpt: "Somehow it seemed that blogging just isn't that hot anymore." read more »
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Nice video blog post from Aaron Wall about planning for online success. My business is just getting up and running, so I watched this post at the ideal time. Aaron's advice is great for those like me who are just starting out. read more »
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Pay-per-click search campaigns are the most targeted and measurable form of advertising available today. EngineWorks.com, a leader in PPC Management, has great tips on how to write compelling content with a call-to-action that will drive leads & sal read more »
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If you really want to relate to people then celebrate your weaknesses with them along with your successes. I have big adsense checks and stuff on this site but the thing I get the most email and comments about at conferences is about how I used to b read more »
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Hugely entertaining article from TheNanny612 about the lurking menace that threatens us all. Social media crash-and-burn! read more »
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So it looks like now in addition to screwing with our traffic reporting, MSN could potentially be damaging our AdSense earnings. read more »
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Here's an interesting post about making $50 a day (or more) using Google Custom Search. read more »
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Here there are 21 really funny search queries Patrick Altoft got on his blog, a must read if you want to laugh. read more »
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I know a lot of people are going to read this and shout "That's not the best way to go about designing web sites!!" All I can say is: this is the essence of the process that works best for me. I offer it in the hope that maybe bits of it will work f read more »
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Search Marketing Expo

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SMX China (Nanjing) - Sept. 23-24
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