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Chrome plays the same role as Internet Explorer and Firefox, but it plays the role very differently. How? Here's a list of five features that set Chrome apart. read more »
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No matter which department you're in, Web 2.0 technologies have had an impact. If you've been ignoring their prevalence and adoption, you're at risk of falling behind in your career and your business is at risk of losing ground to its competitors wh read more »
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Very useful info from Khalid about how some companies promise to deliver close to 10,000 targeted visitors within one month for less than $100. What type a traffic they actually deliver.

Be cautious with those... read more »
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"What happened to being objective, being able to look at a situation and potentially judge it for the actions undertaken without calling the person performing those actions horrible names or likening them to Nazis or KKK members?" read more »
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Great post from Tad Chef about how to generate 3,000 high-quality visitors from the search industry. read more »
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While we (surprisingly) seldom see accessibility issues discussed in SEO community, search engine optimizers should definitely both explore and implement accessibility standards read more »
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Jeff Quipp writes this awesome guest post on the Hobo Blog. He gives us 7 reasonably simple changes that a business owner should be able to make on a limited budget. read more »
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As John Andrews writes, bait and switch is the practice of offering something attractive to draw an audience of consumers, to which you then sell an alternative. Has Google just done this to us with Chrome/Chromium? read more »
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Kim Krause Berg was kind enough to post a guest post on the Blizzard Blog to help our travel, tourism and hospitality clients tackle some usability issues.

The tips are good ones and I thought it was something others would find useful. read more »
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Here is the interview we promised with one of Digg top users read more »
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I tested Google’s new browser nonetheless and even before I could find out “how much faster it is” I was put off by a whole list of concerns and annoyances.
Read the 10 most pressing ones: read more »
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To win a customer or reader over, you need to manage their perspectives. You need to win their trust. You need to be the better choice, the lesser evil. To that end, you need an acute understanding and ongoing awareness of your competitors. What are read more »
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Forums aren’t sexy any more & they seem ancient in web years. However, forums (especially walled gardens) remain quality traffic drivers and are still crucial channels to monitor. read more »
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Recently a SEO working for a lead generation network sent me a letter in the mail alerting me that I could improve my website by linking to their site. They mention some of the large brands they send leads to and state that the link to their site fr read more »
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There are difficult ways to get links, like link exchange for instance and there are easy ones. Check out these 30 easiest methods to gain links. read more »
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Taking a look at Seth Godin's book 'Purple Cow' and how it relates to blogging. Includes a number of real-life examples. read more »
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A journalist at British paper the Daily Mail wrote a piece about what she thought was a case of Googlebombing. It wasn't. But now the journalist in question is (kind of) a victim of a Googlebomb herself (I know she's not really, but you have to love read more »
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An interesting question is what someone should look for in a potential link developer and how to go about finding them. Rae lists (and pretty much answers) several must-ask questions for link development job interviews. read more »
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A list of 13 services that will help you monitor your website read more »
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David Mihm discusses why it is advantageous to be an early adapter of technology as opposed to a herd follower. read more »
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Ann Smarty writes, "Being automatically updated once a page is changed opens up a wealth of (probably missed) opportunities. There are two handy ways I personally use to keep track of changes introduced to any webpage" read more »
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Top SEO blogs: ranked based on 9 different factors read more »
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Did you notice those guys with the "Greedy, Link Sellers, Drunks, SEM SEOs" signs outside of the conference center at SES San Jose? :>> [PHOTO] read more »
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Really terrific article from Darren Rowse/Problogger on the value of your opening line, and how to make sure you get it right. read more »
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Seth Godin has an article today called ads are the new tip jar, where he advocates clicking on Google adsense to help bloggers get paid for their work. Michael is right - this needs to be discussed more as to why it's a terrible idea. read more »
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