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| Online Marketing Banter | Perhaps looking to avoid the fallout from the money.co.uk linkbait scandal, rumours are rife that Lyndon h read more »
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So you say you want to be a part of the answer not the problem? Have you considered a Green Web Host? The lady Able has a great round up of Hosts that are environmentally minded...

Great read... and worth promoting methinks ;0) read more »
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The title says it all - 28 bloggers have provided feedback on how they build relationships with other bloggers. read more »
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Brian Wallace writes "Today, I gave a social media presentation for the American Marketing Association, Louisville’s monthly seminar. There was a great backdrop at the University Club, part of the University of Louisville where attendance was in upw read more »
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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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Alex Iskold writes "For a few years now people have been talking about semantic search. Any technology that stands a chance to dethrone Google is of great interest to all of us, particularly one that takes advantage of long-awaited and much-hyped se read more »
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Tom Schmitz asks Ian, Michael, Steve and Will "What social media marketing methods and tools do you use for SEO?" read more »
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A pretty good list of ideas for FriendFeed - all it's missing is to see my friends Sphinn submissions ;0) read more »
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Web Analytics Optimization is important too! Web Analytics are very valuable but it’s so easy for them to become useless if your not tracking what you want. Maybe your a small company and you get all excited that you have 100 visits in a day, but r read more »
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Dave Synder writes "I had an epiphany while working on a site yesteray, and as most lessons come from life, I thought I might as well turn it into a blog post.

The reality of SEM is that creating PPC accounts that yield a high ROI can often be mo read more »
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- Search Engine Watch - There are certain traits to look for in a job applicant that can indicate whether the candidate will be a successful and productive member of your link marketing team. If you've decided to expand your team, or perhaps hire yo read more »
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Loren Baker writes "Michael Dorausch has won the free pass to the SOLD OUT SMX Advanced in Seattle on June 3rd and 4th!" read more »
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Potentially NSFW Pic on the post, just a warning.

Reports pour in that Google plans to clean up the web of fakes which are publicized to gain attention and links. Google “Head of Spam” Matt Cutts has been cited as saying that

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Dan Zarrella writes "I’d like to debunk a myth that has gone on, rampant and unchallenged in marketing circles, especially viral and social marketing, for some time now, but first I feel a few caveats are in order." read more »
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| Andy Beard | There are Adwords bids, but nowhere near the competition I would have expected if firms are really making a huge amount of money in reputation management. Maybe they all have as much work as they can handle, or they gain enough visibi read more »
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Loren Baker Recently I was contacted by a site owner who wanted to know why their site is not ranking highly on Google for certain terms, despite years of building relevant and valuable links, and wanted some tips on building better links. read more »
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Mack Collier writes "Don't you? Have you ever heard a client say they wanted a viral video? Have you ever told someone to make you a viral video? There's just one problem; you can't make a viral video." read more »
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You should consider many factors when getting involved in Social Media Marketing, such as the quality of your content, your domain name, and who is submitting your content. But there is almost always one thing I find myself looking at before any of read more »
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Lisa Barone writes "I received quite a treat this morning when I was listening to the DailySearchCast and heard Danny mention that those funny Belgians are back in the spotlight and causing trouble for Google. You may remember that I've been rather read more »
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Thomas M. Schmitz writes "This week Portent Interactive is excited to welcome our newest member of the team, copywriter Amanda Halm. Hi Amanda!

Jade asked me to write some SEO copywriting pointers that I just finished. Since these sound so propr read more »
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Eric Enge writes, "One of the reasons people focus on buying links is that they want to be able to select the anchor text that they need to drive their rankings. It makes for a pretty simple relationship. You offer the publisher of another site mone read more »
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An interesting look at how interactive the web is and what it means for marketers. From the post:

"It is my contention that web interactivity is continuing to grow for most every function except marketing. It is my further contention that marketi read more »
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More Q&A from Stoney deGeyter from the recent webinar on the topic of Website Architecture.

Example question: How can we ensure that our SEO rankings remain high as we move through a full-site redesign from a static HTML site to a CMS framework? read more »
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Previously I've covered what I dubbed Search 3.0, how search engines have evolved toward blending vertical or specialized results into "regular" web listings. Today, the step beyond that: Search 4.0, how personal, social and human-edited data can be 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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Search Marketing Expo

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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
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SMX London - November 4 & 5, 2008