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We asked Aaron Wall of SEO Book if he could answer some of our questions, and he graciously did so. Aaron runs SEO Book and is a world renowned SEO Expert and Blogger. In addition to running his own company and providing consulting services, he some read more »
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Figured I could share a little regarding my experience with some blackhat & EPN so far ... read more »
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Incrediblehelp explains why top sphinns are getting on his nerves, and the need for unique content that isn't just recycled SEM talk. read more »
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Sorry I ain’t been around much lately, baby. It’s been crazy busy you know. Just got a lot of shit going on and am spreading the Hack pretty thin. And I think we both know this time might be coming sooner or later, right? I mean, we had a good thing read more »
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Best of the Z List takes submissions of published posts. Editors review them. The premium material gets linked to in the newsletter, which is read, amongst others, by A List folks who've agreed to give you links/attention/social love when they like read more »
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A list of my top 5 loves and hates of being an SEO in todays market. read more »
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Alrighty. So when it all comes down to it for blackhat, one of the primary goals is simple. Not getting caught. Sounds simple, but it’s definitely not nowadays. The trick is to be able to trick a human. If you can trick the humans, you can trick the read more »
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Nickey Cakes has the best and most interesting/humorous rap up on the Affiliate Summit read more »
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Erik-Jan discusses B2B link building and concludes that different goals are required than in B2C link building. He also explains why B2B link building is easier AND more difficult than B2C link building. read more »
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Lately I’ve been toying more and more with the content network on Google Adwords. It has the ability to draw a much larger level of traffic than the typical search network in most situations.... read more »
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Do you know your Russian Spiders and UAs? Nick Wilsdon provides an easy to use list for those doing international SEO! read more »
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The ultimate guide to where people click. This data is the result of 36,389,567 searches and 19,434,540 clicks. The results make for interesting reading... read more »
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Uncle Peppers talks about how Sphinn has taken the fun out of being an SEO blogger. From regurgitated headlines to pointless topics, the SEO space has become completely clogged. This isn't the fault of Sphinn, but it just shows the severity of it al read more »
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Whenever there’s a big shift in the search results, you need to know what the search engines see, and what they could possibly be changing, to try and find the source of your troubles or success. read more »
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Looks like a company called eBoost is giving SEO a bad name and calling customers bad names that ask for results or a refund.

Play the fun little audio file then skip to msg #52 posted by the BoingBoing mod for all the gory details. read more »
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3 nice tips from Gabriel Goldenberg on how you can make use of Archive.org read more »
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As pessimistic as this is, I’m convinced 90% of human motivation is fear. The best landing pages I’ve had open up and discuss the benefits of the product briefly. Then everything after that is either dispelling fear around them making the purchase o read more »
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Nickycakes makes a great post about why RSS subscriptions are valuable, why people unsubscribe (they don't) and how to optimize and grow your subscribers. He also continues to constantly refer to himself in the 3rd person. read more »
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Many of these are PPC lessons, but can still be applied to anyone who’s selling anything. Regardless of the mediums through which the clicks were recieved. I may have stated these before, but I’ll make sure I don’t repeat anything unless it’s actual read more »
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Do SEO’s Really Need Clients? One question that has provoked a valid argument in my mind based on a question an acquaintance asked me a few days ago is, do SEO’s really need clients? read more »
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When link buying turns into genuine, valuable editorial content that people would be happy to find in a SERP, which content only indirectly affects the links you built... is link buying still problematic? read more »
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Gab of SEOROI explores how your sites pre-existing distribution and readership effect the impact of your content. read more »
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SEO is a relatively new industry that has taken off with growing Internet usage and the surging popularity of search engines like Google and Yahoo. Businesses are realizing the potential of online search as a means for effective lead generation, and read more »
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Last year, we looked at the impacts, if any, of negative SEO on websites, a discussion which arose from a Forbes article on the saboteurs of search. One year later, we're still discussing the consequences and seeing if negative SEO is still possible read more »
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Rand Fishkin's take on Google live chat session: "Rather than attack the content provided by the Googlers directly, I thought it would be more valuable to provide the answers from Google alongside the answers I would have given. Hopefully, in this f read more »
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