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THIS _____ IS AN OUTRAGE! Why and how is the Baby Momma of Content not allowed to have her amazing ______ stories posted to this ________ site? I call for a ______ mod to take a good _______ look at this!

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By now, you know which "Sex and the City" character you are, along with which Disney princess, Victoria's Secret angel, Spice Girl, "L-Word" character, and Desperate Housewife.... Now, it's time to solve the question behind the question, the one tha read more »
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Where I make a sociological-based argument theorizing that Doug's typical course of blog commenting is actually good marketing and branding for his business. read more »
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streko "i hate your seo writes:" "So much debate over blackhat crap again post SMX “give it up” session. I just figured I would help everyone out and make some ways to tell if you should consider yourself a “blackhat seo”. read more »
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Over the past few weeks, I've had a few run-ins with plagiarism in various forms and thought I'd take the opportunity to have a little rant about it. My hope is that by discussing it, people will become more educated about the issue and perhaps it w read more »
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"Should we be encouraging more open and honest feedback? Would you be happy about feedback about your business being made available to the public? How would you like to see the con men ousted from our industry?"

Interesting article suggesting the read more »
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Whenever I take part in a Site Review session at some conference, one of my fellow panelists will inevitably tell a webmaster something like, "You don’t have an XML sitemap. Create one and submit it to the search engines as soon as you can." But I b read more »
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A fun post comparing SEX and SEO ... the differences and the similarities. It can't be all work! read more »
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Google offers a wide variety of products aimed at small business owners, and many of them are free — or very low-cost. But does that make these products and services a good idea? I’ve written before about Google products a small business should use. read more »
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And would you agree that Onsite Search Engine Optimization will soon be History? Please share your thoughts! read more »
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Great post on what to do when inheriting a poorly managed Adwords account.

"If you've inherited a "dog" account, it could be a long, long time (like maybe forever) before minimum bids on a poor account get down to sustainable levels. It's as if G read more »
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QuadsZilla joins the fray over white hat/black hat and SMX Advanced. read more »
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Pictorial evidence of what could potentially be the darker side of social media giant Digg's founder, Kevin Rose. read more »
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This is a topic that I haven't visited in a long time. Since I started blogging, there really isn't much concern for deciding on which is better: relative url vs absolute.

For those who don't know what this is, basically its cross linking intern read more »
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Karon Thackston shares the story of a client who begged for content rewrites when their rankings slipped and then makes a good case for why the client needed to leave the content alone. read more »
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John Carcutt - "Real SEOs used to go to forums all the time. As a matter of fact, I bet most Real SEOs learned the craft on those very forums. Now, Real SEOs post all of that hard earned knowledge on their own sites or friends blogs. Why give away t read more »
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A little while ago I read the following thread over at SEOmoz:
"Results of Google Experimentation - Only the First Anchor Text Counts"
This made me panic a bit, because it would have meant that the footer link I had on this blog was not helping my read more »
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hmmm... kind of scary. Thoughts? Wouldn't some one like Google merely become an ISP and offer unlimited access to the web? Is this a conspiracy theory? Madness?

One man's conspiracy is another's entertainment - truth?? bah humbug

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An excellent article showing how while we might know who's who in our industry, the internet at large doesn't and how that familiarity can harm one's Digg submission. This is a must read for anyone that hasn't played much on Digg. Bookmark it and read more »
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Great semi-rant - and a lyrical title too!!

SNIP - The message has been so loud and clear that even those that were initially skeptical have jumped on the Twitter bandwagon. And yet despite my efforts to convince myself that I should use Twitter read more »
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What levels will we actually stoop to to get the traffic/links we need? Do we stop to think of the backlash when caught out? What happens to our client's reputation? read more »
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Jennifer Laycock and Search Engine Guide announce the next "Small Business Marketing Unleashed" conference later this year in Columbus, Ohio. Expanded content, limited attendance, and a strong lineup of speakers (myself notwithstanding). read more »
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Why does Google celebrate obscure artists and architects with special logos, but they won't do one for Memorial Day? Makes no sense to me. Barry shows some of the other special logos today at various search engines and forums. read more »
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I realize it's hard not to go glassy-eyed when designers and web developers start spouting phrases like "aspect ratio" and "backwards compatibility," but listen up, marketing folks! Browser and screen resolutions matter because there's money to be m read more »
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Stoney deGeyter from SearchEngineGuide.com answers reader questions about website architecture. read more »
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