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Great post by Donna Fontenot that covers both prevention of and recovery from hacker intrusion, for blogs and other non-blog sites alike. read more »
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According to comScore, U.S. Internet users watched 11.5 billion online videos in March, 2008. These statistics make video an attractive means for advertisers to reach their audience. So far, however, online video sites are finding that users want to 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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Did you know with the Feed Footer WordPress Plugin you can advertise up to ten different products in your RSS feeds? read more »
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We noticed several phishing attempts from some Google impostors. After contacting our Google representatives this morning, they confirmed that those emails were not authentic. If you receive ANY emails from “Google AdWords” or any a similar source, read more »
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"On Tuesday instead of working I went to SES Hamburg (a leading search engine conference, sidenote for the uninitiated) for some fun" Now was it more than that?
[Take note, this is a revised version of my submission.] read more »
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Barry Schwartz writes "Many of you already saw the article from the Wall Street Journal named Web Domains Could Expand Broadly Under New Plan.

If not, in short it says, the company that manages the domain names, ICANN, said they will be offering read more »
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People who post smiley photos on social networking sites attract happy friends. That's the conclusion of a US study looking at the spread of happiness and depression across social networks. read more »
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I have noticed that Amway, Quixstar for those in the US, is making a huge marketing push. It appears that they are spending a ton of dough on TV commercials in an attempt to distance themselves from their reputaton as a pyramid scheme. It seems to m read more »
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We’ve put together a list of 30+ must-have Firefox 3 extensions that we know you’ll enjoy, whether you’ve upgraded to Firefox 3 and are looking for something new to add to your browser, or have yet to make the upgrade and are looking for a reason. read more »
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Website bore me. There, I said it. This includes the many bloated social networks that pop up on an hourly basis. I’m a minimalist. Even my sentences are short. I just want my web applications that do exactly what I need them to do — nothing more, n read more »
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Wiep - The most important factors of a successful campaign, however, are planning and dedication. If you can manage to think one step ahead, you’ll manage to stay ahead of your competition as well. And sure, you might have success with something tha read more »
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Stone deGeyter writes "There are a lot of little things that can junk up your code, but, for the most part, the search engines don't really care. It doesn't matter to them if your HTML validates or if you keep your code "clean" or not. When it comes read more »
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This is part three of a GREAT series on Plurk - this edition is one cliques, but I suggest reading Part I and II as well - I have been using cliques increasingly and they have a value... Check your Privates!! (lol) read more »
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Rand Fishkin writes "It's been a big month for false positives and getting caught with spam, and I've never been one to break up a theme. Short post, but an important one that every dev team should be aware of." read more »
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SERPGuard is launched in beta today. The system is built in Ruby on Rails using the new Safe Browsing API that Google has helpfully made available. We built this application as part of our in-house client suite but decided to release it publicly. Ho read more »
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Natural link building is one of the most important - and most difficult aspects of SEO, so any good techniques or advice are great to read about. read more »
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For any web service there’s bound to be at least a couple dozen Greasemonkey scripts that really enhance its performance or contribute to ease of use, and FriendFeed is no exception. Having been tipped about one nifty script, I’ve dug a bit deeper a read more »
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Another inbox addon called Xoopit came onto the scene. This one is for your Gmail inbox and provides a way to find files, photos, videos...and people, although that feature is not as obvious. Both of these applications are extending the possibilitie read more »
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5 massive websites that appear to have some kind of PR penalty. Shows it's not just small blogs that feel the wrath of Google. read more »
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Whether you’re an employee or a consultant, it sometimes falls to you to drag an organization into the 21st century—and that often means convincing a company to adopt social media. Someone might even be asking you about some new web tool their son o read more »
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Steven Bradley (aka VanGogh) Holy optimization Batman! Are search geeks no longer relevant in the world of SEO? Nothing of the sort my caped companion in ranking. Search geeks are still highly relevant and likely will be as long as search engines ex read more »
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I invite you all to hop on over to Donna's blog, grab a piece of cake and chat it up in the comments - it's a party after all.

MODS - this is a dupe... please nuke it ;0) read more »
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Google SEO for small businesses wanting to keep things local. Something I will definitely be working on for my day job website! read more »
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It’s a simple concept, but one that is often overlooked. Having success with a specific social media site, or with social media in general, will make it more likely that you’ll have success again in the future. read more »
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