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Has anyone else seen this? I know I've only been gone for a week on vacation, but I thought maybe I missed a rollout of this from Google. After returning to the office and playing the catch up game, I noticed in Google that when I came to a search read more »
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Skellie over at Daily Blog Tips does a fantastic job assembling 9 tips you can use to develop long-term success with you blog. We sometimes lose focus with our blogging, much less our long-term strategy for progress. This post will get you back on read more »
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The social web...

"They rank in Google above you, as a side effect, some of them do not even have PageRank but they not only outrank you but their traffic is ten or hundred times bigger than yours. They even link their own competition as you call read more »
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Arnold Zafra over at Search Engine Journal informs us that Live Search has released their webmaster tools to the public in beta. Now that it's available, is it meeting everyone's expectations? Does it hold a torch next to Google's Webmaster Tools read more »
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Mark Walsh at MediaPost Publications gives us an inside scoop on how Facebook's new "under the radar" presence in NY hasn't been the warmest (legally speaking). read more »
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I constantly hear from bloggers & editors "Why aren't my articles appearing in search?" For starters, you may want to make sure that you're headlines are written for search. To understand how your audience will find you in search (young grasshopper) read more »
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Plugged-in bloggers evangelize publishing full feeds. Bill Hartzer (Phreak-of-a-blog-scientist)explains full feed link building benefits (many of us miss) in plain English. read more »
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These are Chris Bennett's ruff notes from the Presentation on Reputation Management last week at the E-Tourism Summit.

"Proactive Rep Management a Good Offense is the Best Defense" read more »
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Wow, Andrew Girdwood mined Search Engine Land's SearchCap and broke it all down for us. How much link love do you have? Where are you ranked? There are 2963 links from 467 sources! read more »
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Forum member "Deverill" rants about dealing with a marketing firm's "SEO expert". read more »
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A great piece by Skellie looking at various headline formulas for blog postings. Good food for success! read more »
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Internet marketing and social media is undoubtedly a hot topic at the moment. But is it a good idea to start a new blog in that area, or would a smaller niche be better? This article looks at the pros and cons for both... read more »
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Google Talk and AIM will interoperate in the near future. Here are some screenshots from a newer version of Gmail, still in testing (Gmail is one of the interfaces that can be used to access Google Talk) read more »
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Did you know that you can get your blog (and your RSS feed) listed in USATODAY.com for a month without paying any of the advertising charges? Here's how! read more »
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This week Facebook announced a new advertising platform, Facebook Ads, designed to promote advertiser interaction within the Facebook community. read more »
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Tell me why your goal isn't a 10% conversion rate…

The e-commerce sites best at turning visitors into customers. read more »
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User Generated Service Directory:

SEOmoz is providing a way for search marketers and web professionals of "all stripes" to connect with businesses seeking services and candidates... read more »
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An interesting and funny take on the future of the world with Social Media and what it will do to the world! read more »
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Facebook launches killer application - easy to use - fast and efficient. Demographic targeting. Early indications are conversions are there. More soon. read more »
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A look at five not-so-well-known books that can help us understand current marketing trends and perhaps even provide a glimpse into what the future of marketing looks like. read more »
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This is going to be handy when you get into arguments! read more »
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Why can't every article on social networking be like this, sigh! If you like your online reading to consist of no more than a 300 word blog capsule post, this is not for you. A nice overview on the history and definition of social networks. read more »
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Arnold Zafra at Search Engine Journal outlines the announcement of OpenSocial; common API's that will set the standard for the development of social applications. Founding members include Friendster, hi5, LinkedIn, Six Apart, & Orkut.

Poor Face read more »
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"This whole thing was triggered by a strange example that was discovered quite by chance: once I’ve been checking Google output for a rather unusual search: art power." read more »
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