SimonHeseltine

Avatar Went Hot: July 2, 2008 - 9:48 am
Posted By: storyspinner 3 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semclubhouse.com)
Category: Water Cooler
KeyRelevance adds yet another top notch Search Professional to their growing staff of search professionals. They've snagged Matt McGee of the Small Business Search Marketing Blog! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 1, 2008 - 10:04 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 4 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://thelinkspiel.blogspot.com)
Category: Link Building
Debra Mastaler writes, "While it's tough to control what people say, you can work to protect your reputation by registering your known brand/name with as many social media/forums/discussion sites as you can, especially the popular ones in your niche read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 18, 2008 - 7:06 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 18 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: Usability
Stoney degeyter writes, "There are advantages and disadvantages to using both absolute and relative links. Here I will explore the differences between the two, outline some pros and cons and also provide some additional information on how you can cr read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 18, 2008 - 1:49 am
Posted By: chris2930 18 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.pingpongpie.com)
Category: Google
A list of who Matt Cutts follows on Twitter and what each person does. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: SimonHeseltine 18 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.scottmonty.com)
Category: Other Social Media
"Next month, I'll be joining Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), to head the social media efforts there. Now I'll have the opportunity to work with another talented team of communications executives at Ford, as well as Maggie Fox and the Social Media Gro read more »
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Avatar Posted By: jennosborne 24 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.oldschoolseo.com)
Category: Blogging
“Those dang ping services”. When you want them to find you, they don’t and when you want them to not find you, there they are telling everyone that you aren’t ready for business.

Anthony from Old School SEO writes a great post on how to deal wit read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 6, 2008 - 2:25 pm
Posted By: Susan 29 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: SEM Industry
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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Avatar Went Hot: May 30, 2008 - 9:02 am
Posted By: martinbowling 37 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com)
Category: Social Media
Sometimes as global audiences we get inundated with "causes" that we ignore those "Donate" buttons because we see them over and over again. Unfortunately for Non-Profits, the offline blindness they have to overcome has now really become the same is read more »
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Avatar Posted By: oldschool 37 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://photoshop.aws.sitepoint.com)
Category: Water Cooler
For all of you web/graphic designers (or wannabe designers) out there, SitePoint is giving away a free copy of "The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques" - the ultimate Photoshop compendium for web designers. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: robgarner 37 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: Blogging
Interesting question - who owns your posted comments? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: iamafurling 37 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.marketingpilgrim.com)
Category: Search Marketing
An entry in the Marketing Pilgrim scholarship contest by Nathan Linnell, this is a great analogy for PPC, SEO and their sometimes forgotten friend Analytics. I will use this analogy (slightly shortened) to explain the different parts of SEM to clien read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 29, 2008 - 4:05 pm
Posted By: Lyndon 37 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.darkseoprogramming.com)
Category: Blogging
A list of blackhats who take no prisoner. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 29, 2008 - 2:28 pm
Posted By: kvclark 38 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.onwardsearch.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Where can you earn the most money in search marketing? Reilly O'Donnell analyzes data from Indeed to show you the top cities to earn big salaries as a search marketer. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 28, 2008 - 12:31 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 38 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.mattmcgee.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Being a moderator at Sphinn is pretty time-consuming, but it's also fun! I've killed thousands of submissions and accounts from users spammers trying to game the site for exposure, a free and followed link, or whatever else they're trying to accompl read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 19, 2008 - 6:55 am
Posted By: DanThies 50 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seofaststart.com)
Category: SEO
If you haven't read the 2007 edition, because you've been waiting for this, now is the time, and yes it's still free. If you've already read the 2007 edition, don't get too excited, because not very much has changed.

Sorry if you were expecting s read more »
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Avatar Posted By: DavidWallace 50 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semgeek.com)
Category: Google
The Google Grants Non-Profit Program, which has been around since 2003, deserves another round of recognition because it's extremely generous of Google, especially in our current economic conditions to continue to provide registered 501(c)(3) Nonpro read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 16, 2008 - 5:52 pm
Posted By: martinbowling 50 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semne.org)
Category: Search Marketing
As the what is crossing the line with linkbait debate heats up jill whalen weighs in with "Is making stuff up really part of our job description? What about obtaining links at any cost?

Maybe I’m just not cut out to be a marketer. Certainly not i read more »
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Avatar Posted By: MattMcGee 50 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: Networking
Jennifer Laycock fires back at a recent article that claims social networking is "superficial" and "populated with people who have nothing better to do with their time." Go Jenn! read more »
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Avatar Posted By: DavidWallace 50 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://endlessplain.com)
Category: Blogging
Nan Dawkins writes, "I was shocked when I saw the stats from the recent BlogHer study: 36.2 million women are active in the Blogosphere each week! And almost half of female Gen X Bloggers are publishing and posting about parenting. What’s more shoc read more »
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Avatar Posted By: kevgibbo 50 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.seoptimise.com)
Category: Google SEO
Examples of why Wikipedia's domination of Google SERPs is getting ridiculous and how can Google act to control this? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 15, 2008 - 4:14 pm
Posted By: cre8pc 51 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com)
Category: Networking
With fears of negative comments, blog posts or being flamed in a community, understanding the difference between a passionate (but upset) customer and a troll can mean a huge difference in time spent on resources to defend accusations and opportunit read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 15, 2008 - 11:50 am
Posted By: planetc1 51 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchrank.com)
Category: Search Marketing
Dave Wallace writes... I am so weary of non-SEO types who have some measure of influence spouting off their opinion of what SEO is, what it isn't, whether it is growing or declining and the like. It is no different then when celebrities use their cl read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 15, 2008 - 6:19 am
Posted By: gunjanpandya 51 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: SEO
"Here are eight common mistakes companies make in selecting keywords for their campaigns." read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 16, 2008 - 8:57 am
Posted By: onreact 51 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.pushon.co.uk)
Category: Water Cooler
Don't let Calacanis and Shoemoney have all the fun, do some SEO Bullshit Bingo yourself! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 16, 2008 - 12:39 pm
Posted By: kevinheisler 52 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.searchenginewatch.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Great news for the industry: bogglesmymind takes over as Associate Editor of Search Engine Watch forums. Chris Boggs will be working with Aussiewebmaster to take forums to the next level. read more »
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