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Avatar Went Hot: October 8, 2008 - 1:49 am
Posted By: delrond 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.goodwebpractices.com)
Category: Water Cooler
These outstanding web failures did not require a $700 billion government bail out but they did manage to burn a hole in someone's pocket! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 6, 2008 - 8:26 am
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 7 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchandsocial.com)
Category: Link Building
Have you ever received an email from someone requesting a link exchange touting that they have a valuable link to offer you? Ever purchased a link from a broker at a particular cost based on metrics over negotiation? How do they usually declare that read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 4, 2008 - 10:53 pm
Posted By: gyutae 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.winningtheweb.com)
Category: SEO
In my opinion, good (and I emphasize "good" here) SEO software helps to automate repetitive tasks and is beneficial for the community in spreading SEO awareness and teaching best practices. Here’s what some of the top SEO’s and members of Sphinn ha read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 3, 2008 - 12:18 pm
Posted By: storyspinner 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.streko.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Streko's got a hilarious survival guide - if you're going to SMX, you'll have to read this!

Remember, don't ask crazy people for directions! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 6, 2008 - 2:52 am
Posted By: Ruud 9 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: Google Other
Google has removed the suggestion to add your site to relevant directories such as ODP or Yahoo.

Google's JohnMu explained it's just something people don't *have* to do.

Rustybrick/Barry: "I have seen this before - or similar statements. In my read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 3, 2008 - 6:30 am
Posted By: gyutae 10 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.winningtheweb.com)
Category: SEO
Well the fact of the matter is that “do-it-all” SEO software and SEO consultants can easily exist in harmony. Automated tools can make SEO’s more efficient but nothing can ever compare to the customized work of a highly-qualified SEO professional. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 4, 2008 - 2:15 pm
Posted By: theGypsy 10 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: SEM Industry
SEL - Someone’s trying to trademark the term SEO, which has roiled the SEO community. The someone is named Jason Gambert and he has persistently filed with the Patent and Trademark Office, claiming to have coined the term “SEO” (for Search Engine Op read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 10 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seobythesea.com)
Category: Microsoft Searching
Bill Slawski - Some sets of search results do include news, images, maps, and other results that go beyond just a list of web pages that may contain the keywords used in a search.

But, how interested would you be in entering the address of a web read more »
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Avatar Posted By: footinmouthdisease 13 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.musingsforadarkenedroom.com)
Category: SEO
This post is centered around an office decision to block Plurk...which raises a discussion about the usefulness of social media tools and their role in the workplace. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 24 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://onlinemarketingbanter.com)
Category: Blogging
Ol JD does some musing and reflecting after the 'James Duthie World Tour' came to a close.... and really, who knew writing a SPhinn post would be popular around here? Shocker huh? ha haha hah ha...sigh... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: theGypsy 24 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.huomah.com)
Category: Social Media
Really just using the post to start a discussion - do you think this is a serious effort? Or just a play by some agancy types to get some attention?

Branding has never been easy to manage - are 'engagement metrics' truly figured out for valuatio read more »
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Avatar Posted By: vangogh 26 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.problogger.net)
Category: Online Marketing
Once your content has been created, what can you do to give it a push and help promote it? While specifically written as a how to promote a blog post, the ideas can be used to promote any content on your site. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 9, 2008 - 12:48 pm
Posted By: streko 33 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://worstseoblogever.wordpress.com)
Category: Social Media
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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Avatar Went Hot: September 10, 2008 - 12:59 pm
Posted By: ZakNicola 34 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.rankedhard.com)
Category: Social Media
While the funny image makes for some great link bait, the message below is the heart of the issue. I would hate to see this post only get looked at, and not read. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 9, 2008 - 6:22 am
Posted By: JoshuaSciarrino 34 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoptimise.com)
Category: Google AdWords
This is how Richard, 'the newest guy at SEOptimise', passed the Google AdWords exam in ONE WEEK. Go get that badge!!! :) read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 3, 2008 - 1:14 am
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 40 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Searching
Now that Google Chrome is live, I [Danny Sullivan] spent some time looking at the search features within it, especially to see -- as I did recently with Internet Explorer 8 -- whether Google was going to try to stack the deck in its own favor. Like read more »
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Avatar Posted By: KateMorris 44 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: SEM
Danny Sullivan notes something very true, the times are changing, and presidential candidates are getting better at search marketing, but not in the most recent case. Danny explores how neither campaign is running ads for the new VP nominee. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: ZakNicola 46 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://doteduguru.com)
Category: Search Marketing
Guest post by Rachel Reuben the Director of Web Communication & Strategic Projects in the Office of Public Affairs at State University of New York at New Paltz. Rachel was kind enough to share her recent completed report. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 28, 2008 - 10:04 am
Posted By: toddmintz 47 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semportland.com)
Category: Networking
David Mihm discusses why it is advantageous to be an early adapter of technology as opposed to a herd follower. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: pbarnhart 55 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://googlesystem.blogspot.com)
Category: Other Searching
I've been using Tineye (tineye.com) this for awhile now on closed beta. This is a pretty amazing search tool for images. There have been several write-ups recently - this one is excellent. No doubt a lot of photographers and graphics designers wi read more »
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Avatar Posted By: anthonyverre 66 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://themilwaukeeseo.blogspot.com)
Category: SEO
The discovery phase of every SEO program is possibly the single most important aspect an SEO does to build successful organic optimization. Your keyword analysis is the central core to every program; it’s where the success starts and where the failu read more »
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Avatar Posted By: multiz 67 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.slightlyshadyseo.com)
Category: Google AdWords
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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Avatar Went Hot: August 5, 2008 - 2:33 pm
Posted By: vangogh 69 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.slightlyshadyseo.com)
Category: SEO
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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Avatar Went Hot: August 4, 2008 - 11:21 am
Posted By: Makakman 69 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.socialdesire.com)
Category: Social Media
Shana's first year on Stumbleupon including some great finds and 113 things she's learned from using StumbleUpon. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 4, 2008 - 11:31 am
Posted By: tomcritchlow 70 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.blogstorm.co.uk)
Category: Google SEO
Wow - Patrick knocks another one out of the park. A simple but elegant idea for getting lots of traffic from your competitors. Look how the URL is bolded in the title - really nice idea. read more »
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