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Brett Borders writes, "Matthew Inman is a 25-year-old independent marketer and designer based in Seattle. He worked for 4 years as the CTO and lead developer at SEOmoz - where he designed the complex web applications involved in their SEO tool suite read more »
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Dustin Woodard does a guest post at the Hitwise blog which shows that the Long Tail of Search could actually be 90+ % of natural search traffic--meaning the tail could be without much of a head or body. read more »
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3 nice tips from Gabriel Goldenberg on how you can make use of Archive.org read more »
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If Microsoft is back at the table trying to buy Yahoo's search business, an outside observer can only conclude that Microsoft has failed miserably at search. The question then is: How can Microsoft have tried so hard to crack the search market and f read more »
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Great example of about every single social media rule on Digg completely broken..

I believe everyone should get into social media and become a Digg and Reddit user... Right after you read a few articles from the Social Media column on SEL.

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Q's: 1. What’s the origin of your user name?
2. Do you get hit by millions of messages, E-mails, Digg requests, etc. the minute that you go online?
3. Some might say that you are an on-line celebrity. That brings up another question: why do you th read more »
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To preserve that brand from the ravages of blight, marketers need to consciously combat it on their own sites and ensure that their marketing efforts do not create or fund blight on other sites. read more »
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I’m aka "Bookworm-SEO". So I’m reasonably well-placed to give out some Charity Awards for for Search Education. The way it’s going to work is that everyone who wins an award gets a shiny badge and has their name added to the donation I’m making to t read more »
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Evil? I don't think so... A Genius... hrmm still undecided on this one :) read more »
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From Rhea: "Scratching deeper into my little foxhole of the search engine marketing pie, I’ve noticed a trend among true experts - if you want to be over-the-top successful, keep your mouth shut!" Don't forget to take the poll too... read more »
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My interview with matt was one of the most interesting and insightful link building discussions I have had in a long time. Check it out here. read more »
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I found this neat tool. Its a pretty interesting blog widget that helps virally spread your blog posts across related content sites. What do you guys think? read more »
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behavioral targeting 101. Who are the big players and what can you expect from a behavioral targeting campaign. Why do behavioral targeting? read more »
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In case anyone is still unaware of Facebook's developers platform, the popular social networking service now allows anybody and everybody to create applications. Users install applications on their profiles that do anything from display their resume read more »
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Are you an SEO novice or a deity? Test your SEO know-how with a 75-question quiz ranging in beginner knowledge to advanced questions only the upmost elite can answer. read more »
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A 17 question survey of leading experts on Social Media Marketing. read more »
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TannerC thinks this site is a popularity contest. Rand disagrees. I don't. Sort of... read more »
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I hate to do this to you, Danny, but if Google says it, it must be true... We'll have to throw you an "over the hill" party next March :) read more »
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