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From a sample of 1000 recent SEO jobs, I've gathered a snapshot view of where the SEO jobs are located around the US.

There have been well done posts and surveys talking about SEO salaries lately. And posts discussing where the talent is. Does it read more »
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"This time out we’re going to look at using some more advanced segments and custom reporting for Google Analytics and SEO. More specifically, we’re going to look at our content and how it is performing from an (organic) search perspective. " read more »
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"This part of SEO is all about relationships. I don’t care how much you know about 301 redirects, keyword density, Google’s algorithm, etc. If you can’t get the IT guys to like you, you are screwed." - Truer words have never been written!!!! read more »
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One of the easiest ways to avoid site decay is to plan your site out in advance. When you know where something belongs and have given it proper foresight its half-life is much greater than a site built nearly at random. read more »
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JavaScript Lightbox Popups can be a bit tricky sometimes in SEO. Good tips on how to implement it properly to avoid SEO issues. read more »
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Interesting move from Google, it's the 1st time I've seen them go granular, but hey, what's with the dig at shadyseo! ;) read more »
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Richard Baxter of SEOgadet uncovers and explores Quantcast's practice of including hidden links within its tracking code. It can be seen on pages such as Digg.com Last.fm and Technorati. read more »
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Pamela Lund, PamCakes, shares an SEO conference guide for Girls. Also, some good tips for guys too. read more »
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Recently Sphinn moderators decided to close comments on the most active discussion going on because the moderator thought the comments were "going in circles."

My question is should Sphinn close comments on threads?

If someone is being abusive read more »
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Months of research and cases studies to illustrate how Google handles Flash since the update in July. read more »
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David Mihm's recap of the top stories in local search so far this year is well worth reading. Have trouble keeping up with the rapidly changing local search landscape? This article is a great guide. Mihm lists some of the top stories and major chang read more »
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The central focus of many SEO efforts is reaching the right people with the right information at the right time. Third-party search engine marketing firms, many of whom work tirelessly helping clients consume information in the highly dynamic world read more »
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Exciting new features at SEOmoz, including an Index of the World Wide Web (30 Billion pages and growing!), the Linkscape Tool (extensive link data based on own index), a fresh design and a comic book. read more »
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Ohhh, I love stupid people. No, really, they make my day a lot of the time. Like the person who decided to ask Danny Sullivan to put paid links on Search Engine Land and then tried to reassure him that there are no dangers involved in such actions. read more »
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Looking for August Information on: U.S. search engine rankings, online advertising spending predictions, Search % of total online ad spending, Top 10 industry search terms, the top 10 fast moving search terms, or the average search CPC data by categ read more »
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SEL - "So I audited the website, made all kinds of great SEO recommendations, and nothing. None of them got implemented. Not a single one."

Sound familiar? This story is told all too often, at search industry events, cocktail parties and around w read more »
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This SEO/rap trend is not sitting well with Disco Stu...but this one is pretty funny read more »
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Q&A with Marshall Simmonds from About.com and NYT. Another in the series of interviews with top inhouse search marketers. Hope folks enjoy. read more »
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One of the easiest things to do in SEO is to poke holes in someone else's SEO strategy. I proudly admit to having done this on countless occasions when someone asks me to look at their site and give my "expert opinion." It's very easy to take a look 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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Effective 9/1/2008, John Andrews will be working for Google. He explains why in his post. read more »
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The ultimate guide to where people click. This data is the result of 36,389,567 searches and 19,434,540 clicks. The results make for interesting reading... read more »
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In October of 2006, when I [Mike Valentine] was first interviewing for in-house SEO positions, I wrote a series of articles on SEO job searches (listed below) and incorporated my own research on Salary ranges for SEO. read more »
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Is Google favor its own video engines? read more »
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David Mihm is more than just an SEMpdx Schwag Ho. He is one of the top experts in the ever-growing specialty of Local Search Optimization and he focuses his consultancy on helping small business clients generate online revenue in their respective m read more »
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