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Jeff of Search Engine People about himself, prophecy, social media, search conferences, early computers in the eighties etc. read more »
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"In addition to being smart, gorgeous, ridiculously talented, and pig kissing yummy, Lisa Barone is also one year older."

Happy Birthday! read more »
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I have no qualms about “tricking” Google.

Rewind time to when search engines were a fresh idea, and many people thought they themselves were unethical. Search engines are not invited to sites. They copy/cache content, and do whatever they can to read more »
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This year there’s been some people really making it shake that I’d love to give my allegiance to and thank them for their efforts and contributions in the search engine marketing arena. While it was hard to choose just three top SEOs and Internet ma read more »
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Melanie Nathan writes "This post is a follow up to my creating and managing your link campaign article.

These are not techniques for gaining natural links rather they are methods of contacting other sites about your business and getting them to l read more »
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Off the beaten path of "Twitter! Twitter! Twitter!" posts and into the obscure world of highly specialized, highly popular niche social media.

Is your bunny a VIB? read more »
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A good look at what to have when preparing for a search conference. I've seen many of these issues myself. read more »
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Great post by Jennifer over at Search Engine People on how large companies are going to have to get into SEO in the future due to the lack of mass training available. read more »
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At SEJ Ann said about Black Hat SEO and How to promote your website indirectly in Google. read more »
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Ladies & Gentleman, it's the wonderful Elizabeth Able on the guitar doing... pusher mom....

"Tweak and test, coding clean
Super lean WordPress theme
Dealin' good, for the brand
Betty Crocker, Take a stand
Quoterati, quickly read
Twitterpated read more »
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Rhea Drysdale - Search Engine Journal - We’ll let “Jason’s” actions speak for themselves and we ask that you draw your own conclusions based on the evidence before us. If Jason Gambert has such noble aspirations for the search community, why then is read more »
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Elizabeth Able; guest post - When a blog becomes a community destination it is more than writers writing and readers commenting. Readers get to know the names and avatars of blog authors, and check to see what they are thinking and reading. Readers read more »
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Ok, so you say you know what PageRank is and how it applies to search optimization, but do you really? One thing is for certain…. A great many SEO’s, site owners and webmasters don’t seem to truly grasp the concept…so lets take a look shall we?

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"Online search has become so efficient that most Internet users are now impatient with anything less than great results."

With more searchers clicking first page results and less searchers reporting to be willing to go past page three results, or read more »
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Why should anyone care about being a role model?

Because people will listen when you speak. Because people will care about your opinion. Because people will talk about you and the things that you have to say. read more »
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Great interview with ten questions asked to social media/SEO aficionado Melanie Nathan regarding networking, Twitter and blogging. read more »
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Jennifer Laycock writes, "I've been using Twitter for roughly five months now and I'm finding more and more reasons to include it on my must-use list of social media sites. The more I thought about it, the more I realized Twitter just might be the b read more »
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I'm happy to announce that the next SphinnCon has now been confirmed for Friday 2nd May 2008, just a few weeks away. The event in Greensboro is designed for local Sphinn members and internet marketers, looking to share knowledge and network with pot read more »
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Is it possible today to market your site without the aid of large groups like Facebook, Stumble Upon etc. Tim Nash explains his idea of helping the little guys without satisfying "The Man". read more »
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Return on Investment (ROI) is a simple concept: You set aside something of your own, be it time or money and expend it with the hope of getting something in return. ROI measures the profitability of your returns, when compared against your costs.
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Some days you just want to know you’re more than words on a page. read more »
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After months and months of the Google Directory being out of sync with the Google Toolbar, it seems like they are now in sync. Not only are the toolbar and directory showing the same PageRank values, it is also showing the same number of bars (prev read more »
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Recently LinkMoses seemed to have a problem listing Best Practices for Link Building that others found satisfying. His new Q&A blog may cure that. However Best Practices may be too much of a challenge.

A less demanding task is to define what read more »
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mistakes? I do not make any mistakes. Okay, maybe few here and there. Here are some common traps consulting companies fall into. read more »
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Tired of PPC? Try new PPC! Here is a good list of 14 alternate sources of paid search traffic that you might not be aware of. read more »
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Search Marketing Expo

Save the date for:
SMX Local & Mobile - San Francisco, CA (July 24-25) See the agenda, and register now!
SMX Sao Paolo - Brazil - (Aug. 7-8)
SMX China - September 23 & 24, 2008
SMX Stockholm - September 23 & 24, 2008
SMX East - NYC - (Oct. 6-8) Registration is now open.
SMX London - November 4 & 5, 2008