MikeDammann

The old debate continues. Blogs vs. Forums - please vote.

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To distinguish between a “good SEO” and a “bad SEO” (if there is such a thing), you’ll need to ask for references and proof that they’ve done their job and know what they are doing. If you hire someone to build an addition on your house they most li read more »
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Elle Niessen went to WordCamp 2008 and this is her report from the event! Enjoy! read more »
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Want to be successful on Digg? Why not do exactly what the most successful Diggers are doing. Manish details 10 of the habits of successful Diggers.

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Mark Mason has created a script that looks for various stats for the major article directories and ranks them. His purpose for this directory is to help people find the best directories to post articles in. The more popular the directory, the strong read more »
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Excellent article by Garry Conn. Must read! read more »
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Excellent interview with great tips from Garry on how to create a great presence online and be successful in affiliate marketing! read more »
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he will appear live at the wordpress convention which Laurel is going to cover for Searchfeature. here is a quick preview. read more »
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I have asked Matt a few questions regarding search engine friendliness of platforms, recent security issues with wordpress and what he plans to do in the future. Enjoy! read more »
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Guess which celebrity launched a new social networking website? read more »
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The goal of this type of comment spam isn’t linkbuilding directly - it’s finding linkspam victims to increase the conversion rate when the real spam gets dropped. "My guess is that it all goes into a database. The strings are then pulled from the da read more »
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“Tweet Pro allows you to quickly and easily find Twitter users who share your same interest by allowing you to search through posted messages and profile information. Using this software you can be following people all over the world who share your read more »
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Ann Smarty writes, "HighRankings forums recently discussed a SEO case when a person had to optimize for 50 states and reviewed potential pros and cons of the following possible steps to take." read more »
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Many read Garry's blog for advice on blogging, how to monetize and how to create blog posts which make people want to read more.
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From Aaron Wall: "What is the difference between an unremarkable no value add thin ecommerce site, and a top ranked site? In some industries the difference is simply site age." read more »
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One of the reasons Twitter is such a useful platform for publishing is that it is largely spam free - you only received messages from people you choose to follow. So even though a large number of spammy accounts have appeared on the service, the onl read more »
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Jill Whalen is the CEO of High Rankings and has been one of the leaders in SEO for many, many years. Enjoy this one. I am not sure if Jill remembers, but I have met her in 2005 for a minute. read more »
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Anil was the winner of the first SEO contest ever and is now responsible for several aspects of blogging applications with platforms such as Moveable Type. In light of many incidents regarding the lack of security in Wordpress Blogs, I have decided read more »
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No matter how many people like to label themselves as such, the definition of SEO in itself goes against the original webmaster guidelines Google put upon those who publish websites. read more »
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Italy Is to File Charges Against Google Executives from the Wall Street Journal reports that Italian prosecutors have completed their two-year investigation and are ready to file charges against four Google executives. read more »
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Could this be it? If you’re on top of the tech news, you know that Digg has been on sale for over 6 months now - actively looking for buyers to take on the social media monster.

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Matt Cutts has posted on Twitter today(http://twitter.com/mattcutts/statuses/866824220):
"Unsubscribing to seomoz for a bit. Read http://bit.ly/3ABPRk right after http://bit.ly/2ZbJjy . "Tree hugger SEO publicly bitching"? Sheesh."

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And yes, you will be limited in the amount of keyterms you can rank for when you have little content, even though you can still rank for a term just by having incoming links with the keyterm without the need of it being on the actual site.
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Mike Damman interviews Guy Kawasaki and picks his brain about online marketing. Really good interview that offers some solid insight. We all need to stack the cheddar like Guy! read more »
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