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Stop worrying about the financial markets, get to work, make something of value, make lots of money, and take personal responsibility for the world financial market. read more »
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David Snyder outlines what's gonna happen at and who's going to Scary SEO and why you should be there. He also explains why it's the coolest event ever, who's talking about it. read more »
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Google removed "directory submissions" from their Google Webmaster Guideline suggestions earlier today! read more »
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Shoemoney sphunn a page on his blog about the ThinkTank.
It went hot perhaps faster than any other post ever has.
Then later on, without a published reason why, was taken down.

Was this Shoe bashing? of a brilliant piece of marketing?

Or was read more »
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One of the secrets I accidentally found was that I write much better if I turn off the internet when I write blog articles. They turn out more complete, better structured and flow much better. read more »
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PageRank vs traffic volume and content quality; should we build directories of industry specific dofollow blogs, rather than high PR blogs. read more »
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I have decided to compile a collection of my top 20 quotes to share with you in hopes that it will help motivate and inspire you as well. I personally use them to help me achieve my goals and to remind me that, “when the going gets tough, the tough read more »
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No one likes privacy in their back yards, right? Good! Because Google Earth is going (more) high resolution. Check out this story for details on the deal Google has signed with GeoEye. Awesome, or kinda creepy? read more »
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Google is still easily spammed using paid links and questionable SEO tactics. Read details on how a 2-page, 3-month old site (topic) w/ high percentages of paid links from Russian websites is #1 in Google for highly competitive keywords. read more »
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As I continue to build my credibility of a Social Media Specialist, and in my efforts for what it’s worth, I wish to contribute what I think is the best practice in social media marketing. read more »
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Yeah I know *enough already* with the Chrome posts. This is a great read though on why the much hyped features of the new browser are nothing new to the browser market. It certainly made me respect the power of Google's marketing. read more »
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Michael Martinez: I find it a bit and somewhat alarming that an industry built around the concept of search engine optimization has published (and optimized) so little content about site search optimization. Site search is one of those “after-market read more »
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Another great one from Shimon Sandler.

Start off by downloading a Keyword Report for a previous Time Period out of Adwords report center. Sort by your specific success metric (eg: Cost-Per-Coversion, Orders, etc.). read more »
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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."

The two artic read more »
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Dave Snyder goes on a rant about being a glass chewer. He says, "If your going to talk, back it up, and back it up with what is real." If you are not a glass chewer then I suggest you stay away from Dave or he will punch you in the throat!!! read more »
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Digg has been rolling out the changes over the last week or two and today a few lucky users, including myself, got access to the beta recommendation feature. read more »
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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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Matt Cutts has illustrated in his latest post "Review: Kitt-In Box" (http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/review-kitt-in-box/), what he meant by "links that will stand the test of time". And he mentioned in a comment on the same post (http://www.mattcutts read more »
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iEntry (Webpronews) fires up a categorized twitter directory with over 300,000 Twitter users. An Alpha launch, it looks pretty good from the get-go.

I just hope that Twitter recovers from its current technical troubles in time to make all of th 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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DK - the PubCon Poker Tournament guy - announces Think Tank 2008, an amazing networking opportunity that is guaranteed to be a great time as well. read more »
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It would appear that a new bug hit Digg overnight causing all submissions to have no end time in reaching the front page. As you can see below, even submissions with only 1 Digg are showing in upcoming after 1 day 10 hours. read more »
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Lisa Barone returns from SMX with a question: "But at the same time, I couldn't help but notice that this year's Advanced show seemed to lean a whole lot more to the grey/black hat side of things. I couldn't help but wonder: When did advanced search read more »
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I want to do it the right way, so am reaching out to you Matt for some advice. I could do a hoax press release about some gossipy fake story - hey include a porn star and a search industry leader (Danny smart move introducing me to your wife now I c read more »
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It seems like over the last year more and more posts have come out criticizing SEO, questioning the use of standards, and all in all, casting a dark cloud over the industry that so many of us have grown to love. I think it's time we take a stand. read more »
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