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Barry's post from 2005 still rings incredibly true. Let's assemble a thread of proposed ethical standards for this community so it doesn't implode. read more »
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Interesting look at PPC that uses others trademarks read more »
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Should a local business setup a Merchant Circle account to network locally with other businesses? How can it effect search results and promote your primary site? Read on to find out. read more »
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What happens when you do everything right and Google is just broken. read more »
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Lisa Williams most excellent guest post at the SEMpdx blog where she talks about trying to get her Google de-indexed client back into Google's good graces. read more »
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There was a recent study on popfail which showed the last 500 stories to hit the front page of Digg. An impressive 1/3 of the 500 were controlled by 10 users. Of those 10 users many are recognized in the SEO industry. read more »
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It’s intriguing that most of discussions are outward focused. They’re about Google and “do no evil”. About whether any company should enter the China market. About how far “they” should be allowed to go, what “they” should owe us, how “they” should read more »
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The incredibly popular NewsDay.com was at a PageRank of five recently, and Google specifically confirmed that NewsDay received this PageRank penalty due to "selling links that pass PageRank." But when I look at the Google Toolbar now at www.newsday. read more »
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Jonathan Morrow of Copyblogger writes, "Have you ever felt like your blog is invisible? Well, I have some good news. Not only can I tell you how to stop being invisible, but I can give you some proven tips and tactics that will have the blogosphere read more »
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Ann Smarty discusses sites that offer anyone anonymously to post a rant on other people or companies - be it a former boyfriend or a place of work. For some reason these services keep popping up quickly and that’s a complex question if that’s for go read more »
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David Wallace's excellent post where he argues that only that being an active participant in online communities (the right way) gives you the right and privilege to submit your own stuff to them. People who only join communities for self-promotion read more »
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Enter the SEO sharpshooter specialist, focused on attaining organic prominence as quickly as possible under pressure. The objective is to push the nasty content as far down the SERPs as possible and, if necessary, debunk the credibility of the damni read more »
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How do we price search marketing services? How do we teach our potential clients to seek bids for search marketing services? Read this article only if you're willing to put a little skin in the game... read more »
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streko "i hate your seo writes:" "So much debate over blackhat crap again post SMX “give it up” session. I just figured I would help everyone out and make some ways to tell if you should consider yourself a “blackhat seo”. read more »
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Loyal Sphinn users understand the benefits of using this nifty social media tool, but the marketing newbie could be missing out on a community that is friendly, knows there stuff, and worth joining. read more »
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Scott Hendison offers his opinion as to whether the SMX Advanced "Give It Up" speakers strayed into black hat territory. Excellent review of the session. read more »
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Just look at this guy's Wikipedia page. "Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Search engine optimization. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate read more »
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Here’s a perfect example of how to shoot yourself in the foot on Digg read more »
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Reciprocal linking is one of the most disputable SEO questions. The problem is that it is two-fold in nature. First, reciprocal links are natural being the essence of the Internet like linking overall. (So undoubtedly, we can’t do without them.) Sec read more »
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"I do not like doing much traditional SEO client work, and see the business model as having limited longterm value for most SEO consultants. The best consultants could usually make more promoting their own sites and brands than they would working fo read more »
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A sphinn plugin that actually aligns with your text and appears on both the homepage and your actual posts page. read more »
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Jeff of Search Engine People about himself, prophecy, social media, search conferences, early computers in the eighties etc. read more »
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Genius idea and an awesome post from wiep - very funny but really interesting as well. read more »
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Give It Up! - No more secrets time. In this session, our panel of noted SEOs all share some of their favorite and largely overlooked SEO tips. Then we turn to the audience for more sharing. Attendees vow not to blog what's discussed for the now trad read more »
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Is Plurk really a player in the big game with the likes of MySpace, Facebook and Twitter? Who are these Plurkers and should you bother with yet another social profile? read more »
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