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I [Lisa Barone] hope you got Thanksgiving out of your system because I’m done being thankful. [kicks Qualitygal]

Four days out of work meant four days surfing the Internet and getting frustrated while I tried to perform simple tasks. Want to hear read more »
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The internet can be a scary place, especially for our children. What's the solution? Kim Krause Berg discusses the pros and cons of making "fake" personas illegal, and how to navigate social media sites safely. read more »
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"Last week I (Lisa) eavesdropped on a tweet that Lee Odden sent to Marty Weintraub. The tweet was about the recent ruling in the Myspace suicide case where a judge basically made it a felony to lie about your identity on the Internet." read more »
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I loved getting up in the morning and picking out my all-black outfit, slithering out the door unnoticed and popping up in front of my glowing computer screen. The soft glow was always so comforting, always calling, always calming. It got to be that read more »
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Find out how you can build Authority Links without having to pay for any of them. read more »
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Before you hire anyone to write SEO content for your Web site (or even attempt to write it yourself), you need to know what your goals are. How will your rankings be supported by the content you’re writing? What content needs do searchers have? What read more »
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Jim Boykin & We Build Pages has evolved.... no more link buying. Explains a bit about why Pat, Rhea, Lisa & Quality Girl are there....

"Buying links passed the tipping point long ago… you must get over it, and evolve, or be ready to face what mig read more »
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Lisa Barone writes "We’re all hoping to create strong, thriving communities around our brands. We want folks to want to interact with us. We want to be friendly and to encourage conversations. We want our site to feel warm and comforting and to smel read more »
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Lisa speaks on the power of blogging and giving people a voice. read more »
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No surprise that Twitter is often the channel doing the best job breaking interesting news and breaking Lisa Barone into giggles. read more »
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Barack Obama is the first "Social Media President" in history. He's the first one to understand and harness the power of sharing and communicating through social media platforms to not only get out his message, but to energize a group of Americans read more »
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"I’m sure you know exactly what the Google Webmaster Guidelines say about spam. If you’re just playing at this SEO thing, here’s the quick version: don’t trick the search engines with hidden text, hidden links, keyword stuffing, duplicate content, read more »
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"You’re not going to become an SEO expert by reading about it on the Internet or fawning over those who have come before you. You’re going to become an expert SEO by actually doing SEO and investing your time in conducting tests and following patter read more »
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While the rest of the SEO community was buzzing about SES San Jose and the crazy trapeze people they met at SearchBash, Jim Boykin was quietly planning an industry coup. The man literally went on a hiring spree and began tricking SEO types into trad read more »
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The short answer is that Jim made me QualityGal. After he offered me the job, I asked a quick “What’s my job title?” before he left the room. He didn’t know and said he’d think about it. On my first day, my name tag said “Qualitygirl.” The handle wa read more »
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We all know that speaking at a conference is a major honor and a major horror. Some of us want to do it, but most are scared to death of public speaking. This is Brandy Eddings' tale of the scary part of ScarySEO. read more »
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A lot of the techniques that are useful for picking up girls are also useful for getting links. Both enterprises are a delicate art which rely on equal parts luck, timing, product and skill. Here are a few of the ways in which getting links is a lot read more »
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Lisa Barone's recap of the recent Scary SEO unconference held in Florida at the end of last week.


Looks like everyone had a real good time, and came away not only with new friends and contacts, but more knowledge and useful information, too. So read more »
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Lisa Barone's first blog post at a new, but familiar to many, home.


If you haven't been following the plot... Lisa's over at We Build Pages now!

(...and learning the dodgy Ninja Dance too.) read more »
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Brian Carter writes on the funniest things that happened at the ScarySEO Mini-con.... like Rhea showing up in her She-Ra costume to speak at her ORM session....

Sounds like I missed an awesome conference. read more »
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David Mihm talks with BOTW's Greg Hartnett about BOTW Local -- and Greg shares some good insights based on the first few months it's been open, and thoughts on where it's going next. read more »
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Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and founder of Breadpig, recently appeared on Revision3’s Internet Superstar show, hosted by Martin Sargent. read more »
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Recently Sphinn moderators decided to close comments on the most active discussion going on because the moderator thought the comments were "going in circles."

My question is should Sphinn close comments on threads?

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The IMNY Charity Party during SMX East raised more than $13,000 for The Ronald McDonald House.... I'd say that was a super success. Thank you WeBuildPages and all the wonderful sponsors. read more »
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Search industry blogger, Lisa Barone, joins the We Build Pages team as Senior Writer. She'll be responsible for writing, setting the direction and tone for content creation, and will serve as a brand evangelist. read more »
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