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Let's take a moment to pause from our normal pontifications about A-Lists, aggregators, egoism, elitism, monetization, commercialization, capitalization, and such and talk about something bigger. This is something that would ultimately benefit the o read more »
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Patrick asks questions of Jen Cardello regarding blog usability and the traps and tips that can keep readers engaged on your site. read more »
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Google, the superbrand and top global brand is also listed on the Better Business Bureaus (BBB) list of businesses as having an "unsatisfactory record read more »
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Some Twitters have reported today they have noticed that Twitter has unfollowed all or most of their followers!

For example Andy Beal has lost 1800 followers :-)

http://twitter.com/andybeal/statuses/866569011

And look and see what other Twi read more »
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Looks like this is going to be another one of those that goes on and on... read more »
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Today I am adding a few tips on promoting your online profiles and organizing your reputation management campaign. read more »
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Lifehacker's bi-monthly "Getting To Done" column covers SEO on how and why it's important in the web publishing arena. read more »
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Stoney deGeyter makes some excellent points about online usability. read more »
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Sometimes the most relevant and most popular page on the Web isn’t the best response to a query submitted at a search engine. Sometimes the best page to return to a searcher is the one most appropriate to their informational need.

How well can a read more »
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There are a few different ways that misinformation occurs. The problem is that the internet amplifies each of these errors to dangerous proportions. read more »
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Though he writes that he dislikes writing about this topic, Barry was right to cover it. We have a collective problem of our own making... read more »
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There are so many free tools and software programs for SEO enthusiasts that it almost becomes overwhelming and difficult to grasp the “right” tools to use in your SEO efforts. Everyone has their own personal preferences which makes this predicament read more »
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What goes around comes around. read more »
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Rand Fishkin writes, "If your blog has any reasonable quantity of link equity and ranking ability, chances are that every blog post has the opportunity to earn you ongoing search traffic. The problem arises when you don't take advantage of this fact read more »
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Since the trends involving pretty much everything in our lives are moving towards being environmentally friendly and conserving our natural resources, I wondered if we could apply some of these green lessons to web design. read more »
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Stories of failure are more common than success stories when it comes to social media. But since this is a new platform, you can expect a lot of mistakes while people are "getting it". I've listed 6 common mistakes companies make when they enter soc read more »
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"Social media and SEO are now inextricably linked. You couldn't separate 'em if you tried." - Ian Lurie. read more »
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"So why do people buy SEO? What exchanges hands when a client buys SEO services? I believe two key values are bought, knowledge and experience, which together deliver value through speed and cost-effectiveness." read more »
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Ken Jones gives us a round up of his favourite search marketing articles of the week and some personal insight (and jokes) on each piece. read more »
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Donna Fontenot writes, "I’m done. I’ve had all I can take of the vicious, nasty, cr@p that has been going on in our little industry. Sure, SEOs have disagreed with one another from day one, usually on forums. That’s nothing new. Sometimes it got nas read more »
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A discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of letting employees use social media at work, and how to make it work in the benefit of employers. read more »
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Aaron Wall put together a nice tutorial on robots.txt including tools for creating and analyzing. read more »
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This is a guest post from kd kelly. kd kelly, aka dotlizard, who has learned a harsh lesson or two in her time on the internets, and wants to warn us about the dangers of social media as it relates to trusting relationships that end in lies, decepti read more »
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We all know your friend an mine Matt Cutts, over at the Google Web Spam team… but how exactly do they go about detecting and curtailing web spam? While there are a wide variety of tools at their disposal, historical factors are easily one of the mor read more »
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The search results that you see from Google in the US for a specific query may be different than the search results you see in France, or China, or Germany.

Indiana University researchers have developed an interesting tool that points out diffe 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
SMX Stockholm - September 23 & 24, 2008
SMX East - NYC - (Oct. 6-8) Registration is now open.
SMX London - November 4 & 5, 2008