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Rand Fishkin provides arguments against linking out to other sites as well as arguments for linking out to other sites. read more »
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Obviously Michael Arrington isn't really selling drugs, but if you read this, you would definitely consider looking into getting some of this stuff.

Horrible job on giving facts about the side effects too. read more »
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Very useful list of FireFox SEO plugins from Ann Smarty on SEJ. 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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A great little guest post on SD from Mark Hayward - I noticed the words 'Hell' and $hit in my reader... knew it had to be a guest post...lol read more »
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A good list of high level seo tips. I'm not sure its the ultimate list, but I do think its somewhat realistic in that it helps to portray SEO as marketing and not a magic black box.

I really liked the fact that he mentioned passion for the topic read more »
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Small Fuel Marketing Blog explains the importance of branding by showing the success story of "The Marlboro Man" in the 80's. The Marlboro Man even appealed to the non-smokers. read more »
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Gyutae Park writes "I want to give a little background information on my various SEO experiences and then outline what I think is an ideal career path for aspiring newbies to become SEO rockstars." read more »
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The Sphinn team are happy to announce the launch of our very own blog! The blog will be used for announcements and discussions regarding Sphinn, keeping the frontpage clean from clutter. We'll also be launching a Sphinn Weekly post, giving a round-u read more »
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URL design? Is there any design involved at all in deciding how your Internet address and directory structure will look like? Yes, there is, or at least there should be! Nonetheless I see the same mistakes daily all over the place as if URLs wouldn’ read more »
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Tim Nash provides a great overview of link worth in this must read post.

From the Page: A link is a link is link, a common mantra but not all links are equal, indeed inbound links from the same page are not always equal. Most Search Engines reco read more »
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Shimon reveals some data which should help you gauge your CTR's based on the average in your vertical. read more »
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Why does Google celebrate obscure artists and architects with special logos, but they won't do one for Memorial Day? Makes no sense to me. Barry shows some of the other special logos today at various search engines and forums. read more »
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As with any business, customer retention is far more valuable than customer acquisition. Companies that succeed in the long run are the ones that invest heavily in keeping their customers satisfied, rather than only spending money to acquire new one read more »
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Don't let the Jobs fanatics tell you different - MSN actually make some pretty good ads (and let's be honest, who doesn't want to punch the smug idiot playing Mac?) read more »
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Greg, I am hoping to get some details about this at the I/O event, nice coverage. I think there is a bit more to the story of these gadgets, which I think will serve as a enrtyway to the new iGoogle and the spread of the "updates" gadgets.
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Email marketing offers a great opportunity to connect with current customer as well as potential prospects. Compare for example traditional website visitors to subscribers of an opt-in mailing list. Site visitors include those who land on the site b read more »
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Sphinn is made up search engine marketers. Search engine marketers are search engine marketers, They know PPC, they know SEO, they know how to get links to sites. Search engine marketers, the majority of Sphinn users, are not social networking exper read more »
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The most important thing you can do when talking to an SEO client (be it your boss in your company, or a different company you consult for) is to learn how to explain SEO in the simplest terms possible. read more »
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Subdomains or Subfolders? What’s better for a blog/forum/etc: a subdomain (eg. http://jobs.searchenginejournal.com/) or subfolder (eg. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/)?

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Superb, in-depth look into the value of a top Google ranking from Aaron Wall. Must read! read more »
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Shimon Sandler does an excellent job providing further detail to the strategy, creative, and optimization tactics used in a Reputation Management campaign. read more »
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Keyword research is the base for any good SEO campaign and a large amount of your success will be truly dependent on how well you did your keyword research. Of course, this will be built into your overall SEO Strategy, but it should be the very *FIR read more »
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Stoney hits the nail squarely on the head. From the page: Google says that you shouldn't make changes to your site solely for search engines. However, they are more than happy—neigh, they demand—that you make changes that fill in for their own algor read more »
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