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Lisa Barone writes:

[Looks around, makes sure it's safe to reveal secret squirrel SEO information.]

Okay, kids, it's July 3rd. That means it has officially been a month since the Give It Up session that occurred at SMX Advanced 2008. The embar read more »
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Gab Goldenberg releases a brilliant Wordpress Plugin to maximize the effect of your internal anchor text.

"So: You can rank like Wikipedia, without being Wikipedia. Ok, that’s maybe a slight exaggeration, but the tool should help you improve your read more »
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"In addition to being smart, gorgeous, ridiculously talented, and pig kissing yummy, Lisa Barone is also one year older."

Happy Birthday! read more »
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Lisa Barone writes "Oh my poor disgraced Ask.com bag. I wish I could rescue you from the back of my closet but I still can't bring myself to look at you.

I didn't intend to blog about the recent phone call I had with Ask CEO Jim Safka and the PR read more »
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A reference sheet for those doing email marketing campaigns. It's primarily aimed at newsletters, but can also be applied to sales messages, transactional emails, or even discussion lists. read more »
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Lisa Barone writes, "... don't be so quick to let go of the traditional search engine optimization techniques in favor of the big Web 2.0 buzzwords. White hat SEO is evolving and is all the advanced SEO you need to rank well in the search engines an read more »
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Whether it’s part of a local blog network or just a guy in Seattle writing about his neighborhood, hyperlocal blogs have arrived and proven they can attract and grow an audience of interested readers. As blogging continues to spread out to a mainstr read more »
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Lisa Barone writes "Li Evans had a stellar post over at SEM Clubhouse entitled What Is Social Media's Purpose? Honestly, It's Not About Links. Li's post was inspired by some of the social media advice that was presented at last week's SES Toronto th read more »
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As Danny puts it, Yahoo's leadership has done a piss-poor job making people believe there's hope, he's stepped up and given it a swing. As SS Yahoo appears to be sinking, Danny gives us the counter view on the company's future. read more »
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MysteryGuest gives us a guest post over at SEOMoz talking about Sexism and Social Media. Good conversation starter :) read more »
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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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Ok, it’s the middle of the night and I’m sitting in a rock hard airport chair, but my mind is on the takeaways that I have from the SMX Social Media conference. Much of this I knew, but it was heavily re-enforced.

The bigest benefit, as with most read more »
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A fantastic post by Lisa Barone responding to Graywolf's resent post " Are you more entertaining than a sock puppet?"
I think her response post is not only on point, but encouraging in the process. Everyone should read it. read more »
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Lisa Barone asks: "Is the new connected employee, the one that reaches out to industry contacts via Facebook and stays in the loop during the day via Twitter, a resource for the business they work for or a time-sucking liability?" read more »
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Bruceclay.com -

Refrain from personal attacks. At all costs. There are no exceptions.

Refrain from responding to personal attacks. At all costs. There are no exceptions.

It’s the best piece of blogging advice I’ve ever received. It’s als read more »
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Each High School has different types of people playing different roles..Which role do you play? You might not wanna skip this one..you're probably one of those listed. He's got you sized. *-) read more »
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Danny Sullivan writes about how saving traditional media from dying off in the online world means realizing how the two compliment each other. read more »
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oK... Now (the)Lisa is digging into the fray. I might just have to jump in with a rant myself in the comming days... so many rants, so little time... *sigh*

Bruceclay.com - As you might imagine, I disagree with Jill. Taking a look around, I think read more »
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"The emails from people looking to bring a blogger on board asking for a list of requirements still come in. I suppose with my 10+ years of blogging experience (...) I do have some pearls of wisdom worth sharing." read more »
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Lisa Barone writes, "It’s really my hope that in the next 3-5 years we’ll stop thinking about local search engine optimization, video optimization, audio optimizations and all the optimizations individually. SEO and all the practices and techniques read more »
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A personal, and oh so painfully true, story from the SearchBash party during SES NY 2008. read more »
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I am a pretty active Twitter user and chances are many of you are as well. And do you know what the most annoying part of Twitter is? No, it’s not certain people spamming the hell out of my front page with her their UFC rants. It’s the tweets that a read more »
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Gonzo SEO explains why his blogroll carries names like Shana Albert, TheMadHat, Brian Chappell, Copyblogger, Matt McGee and others he calls "Gonzo SEOs" read more »
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Lisa barone writes, "Barry Schwartz twittered this morning that he had news that would make me sad but wouldn’t elaborate. Then, a few hours ago the story went live on Search Engine Land: IAC Cuts 8% of Ask.com & Kills Search Engine. That bullet was read more »
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Does Vanessa Fox really believe that? Read this post to find out... read more »
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