SEOHolicc

Where I've asked many of my SEO friends to share with me an example of SEO Fraud, an SEO Scam, or something other example of shady behavior that they've encountered.

Contributors include Matt Cutts, Aaron Wall, Rand Fishkin, Chris Winfield, Van read more »
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Andrew Shotland's fabulous post detailing an immensely scalable way to evaluate your best keywords based on analytics data. A must-read for Keyword Researchers. read more »
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Find out whats hot and whats not with these killer market trend tools. read more »
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Everett Sizemore the Tony Soprano of link building describes the concept of laundering your link juice read more »
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Some quick ideas on why you might want to optimize your site for phone number searches. read more »
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I snapped this photo of them when we were in the lobby of the Hilton waiting for the St. Patty's Day Pub Crawl to start at SES New York. read more »
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Brett Borders writes "When negative or unflattering information about you or your company appears in the search engines, it's easy to panic. But before you rush to make a slew of new pages and profiles, you should be aware there is a more effective read more »
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1. Getting people to vote for me on other social media
2. Verifying information before posting
3. Getting acute problems resolved
4. Interviewing people and generating content for my blog
5. Being one of the first to know a story read more »
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What does it take to rank #1 in Google for a set of competitive keywords? In this article, I’ll lay out the exact methodology you can use to dominate many niches in the search engine rankings. SEO is a billion dollar industry and many online busines read more »
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A simple way to get found on the search engines in front of your audience is to blog about conferences in your industry. Taken off of Andrew's post: "Trade shows and professional gatherings such as Meetups can be great for your business. You get ac read more »
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This post by SEOmoz attorney Sarah Bird looks at many of the legal issues that affiliates and e-commerce sellers can run into, and it offers excellent advice on defending yourself against fraud and attacks. read more »
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I recently started a Search Marketing company and am really feeling the stress of working constantly. An important lesson - be sure you make some time to relax so you don't lose the will to go on. read more »
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The cheap dollar opens up new opportunities for US business to start selling overseas. Perhaps an affiliate program might be just the way to start this up. read more »
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Always be on the lookout for something fishy. As SEO gets more competitive, cloaking will be more and more sophisticated. A strange search result; an odd referral keyword; off-topic adsense ads; being banned… these are all things that may tip you of read more »
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Andrew Shotland shares a creative way to get SEO value out of a Facebook business page. :-) read more »
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Managing an international website isn’t as straightforward as running a site focussed on a single local market. There are several issues that need to be handled very precisely in order to maximise your traffic while maintaining a user friendly desig read more »
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Everyone needs SEO even if they don't know it. read more »
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What happens when you ask some of the world's foremost link building experts to dish out one of their most guarded secrets to the world in a single collaborative effort? They respond! read more »
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It's important to act quickly - the moment an online reputation issue is first detected. The longer you leave an undesirable search result to sit in the open, unchallenged, the more likely it will get "cemented" into place with links. Brett analyzes read more »
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Barry Schwartz reports on an insider tip that IAC may sell off or abandon their Ask.com search technology and outsource it to Google. read more »
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I was trying to find a image to use on a blog post today - at work - I was kind of shocked to find LOTS of porn for such a seemingly harmless query. read more »
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An article I recently wrote on online community moderation. I'd really like to get the Sphinn community's feedback on it. read more »
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Probably the most funny goal I have seen in a link-baiting post. read more »
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Brett has a great post which compares the current social media climate with life in the 1990s. read more »
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Brett explains why participation is key if you want your social media websites' profile pages to show up in the SERPs for reputation management purposes. read more »
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