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Social media has opened up many avenues to many people and has brought forth a new level of communication. People now lean on the social media for support networks, feedback, counsel, research, conversation, and more. read more »
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Pop quiz – If you could choose between 1,000 social media visitors and 1,000 search engine visitors for your blog or business, which would you choose? It’s a no-brainer right? Everybody knows that search engine traffic is of a far higher quality!
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I can't believe that google have come out and said they are use people's IP and Cookie data for search relevancy read more »
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Certainly, achieving visibility in Google's search rankings can be a mystery. To help solve the riddle, USA TODAY sat down with Google's Matt Cutts, an engineer and active blogger, who has five easy tips on how to "optimize" your site so Google (GOO read more »
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Your headline is the first, and perhaps only, impression you make on a prospective reader. Here are 100 of the best headlines written that achieved fantastic results. read more »
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While SEO 2.0 always offers top 7, 10 or more lists, this list here is just a top 3 as for the task of finding out how a blog performs over time you need just these three tools... read more »
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Marty Weintraub writes "So, I decided to wrap up SES Toronto 2008 with a seminar on accessibility, usability and SEO. First up was Jane Matz Hayes, an Information Designer at Web Feat. Jane got us all started with the concept of “findability,” which read more »
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Whenever I take part in a Site Review session at some conference, one of my fellow panelists will inevitably tell a webmaster something like, "You don’t have an XML sitemap. Create one and submit it to the search engines as soon as you can." But I b 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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DazzlingDonna (Donna Fontenot) has put together a list of bloggers who routinely write about search-related topics. read more »
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Before you send out that next marketing e-mail, read Seth's checklist and make sure you're doing the right thing i.e. How not to annoy people read more »
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When Fark has the ability to send hundreds of thousands of visitors to a site every single month, I’m surprised that more people haven’t written about how to leverage traffic from the site. Perhaps the main reason is that people don’t understand Far read more »
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A very cool list, though there are more than 100 out there that I know of! Still, with all the "why aren't there women on SMX panels?" and women-focused questions, it's nice to know that some people are being thought about! :) read more »
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Oh this just makes me so cranky. A mag (I'm guessing from old media) wants to charge a fortune for a link. Why don't they get it? read more »
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I have no qualms about “tricking” Google.

Rewind time to when search engines were a fresh idea, and many people thought they themselves were unethical. Search engines are not invited to sites. They copy/cache content, and do whatever they can to read more »
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The future of online publishing is changing and whether you agree with where it might end up, it’s difficult to deny that the blogosphere is fragmenting and shifting its focus. Recognising that fact is the first step to getting yourself ready for th read more »
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ou’re interested in promoting your website and brand through social media but don’t know where to start. You don’t want to spend money hiring a marketing company and want to do-it-yourself. How do you get started? read more »
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Twitter can give instant feedback from your followers. Use it for brainstorming, like a human network version of your subconscious. read more »
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A list of blackhats who take no prisoner. read more »
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Potentially NSFW Pic on the post, just a warning.

Reports pour in that Google plans to clean up the web of fakes which are publicized to gain attention and links. Google “Head of Spam” Matt Cutts has been cited as saying that

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Loren Baker Recently I was contacted by a site owner who wanted to know why their site is not ranking highly on Google for certain terms, despite years of building relevant and valuable links, and wanted some tips on building better links. read more »
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Social media marketing is part art and part science. It takes some creativity and an artistic side, but it also takes elements that tend to be more scientific, such as an ability to study particular social media audiences and what they like. In this read more »
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There are more professional networking and community sites today than you can shake a stick at. Yet as a professional business person, you need to have a presence on some choice locations to network with others, establish a communication channel, pr read more »
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Being a moderator at Sphinn is pretty time-consuming, but it's also fun! I've killed thousands of submissions and accounts from users spammers trying to game the site for exposure, a free and followed link, or whatever else they're trying to accompl read more »
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I don't know about you, but there is nothing better than a great write up and a music video to make the start of the day ROCK! Thanks Tamar ;0) 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