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The community of North Oaks, Minnesota, has requested that all street-level images of their community be removed from Google Maps. North Oaks has 100% privately-held roads and land, and uninvited users of the roads are considered trespassers. Becaus read more »
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A search for Dmoz now brings up PhilC's article in the no.1 position. Things have been going down hill since they set up the 301 to the www. Has Google really had enough with directories? Or have Aol seriously messed something up? read more »
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I know, I know... but regardless of whether you are a mozzlett (or not), all I ask is that you read this with an open mind, and just *look* at the facts presented. I promise, a PHD in Historical Rand is not required for this one. :) read more »
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Since the 1990s, usability experts and site visitors have been chanting the same web design mantra: Make your site easy-to-use, professional... easy-to-use, professional... read more »
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Hey Danny listen up, Greg has a great point! read more »
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Less than a week after Minnesota's bridge diaster -- and less than 24 hours after several exits on I35W and I94 were re-opened for traffic -- Google Maps has updated so that searchers will not receive directions via the now defunct bridge.

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Often contact pages, directions pages, and other mundane "everyday" pages are overlooked when it comes to optimizing a site. Yet, those pages may present opportunities for organic and Universal Search results that can't be matched by other pages on read more »
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Great article by SearchEngineWatch about training new search engine optimizers. Most of us need to be reminded of a lot of the traits that make up a good SEO - and this article does just that. read more »
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Why is Yahoo! Site Explorer now adding this parameter to searches: “fr2=seo-rd-se”?

UPDATE: Since ThreadWatcher.com seems to be down for good, I'll go ahead and recreate my findings here.
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Google Webmaster Tools just launched Sitemap warnings. This is pretty cool because it breaks down problems with your Sitemap into two parts: warnings and errors. Before, every problem was classified as an error. Now, the only problems that are liste read more »
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I often get asked to review a web site and give quick feedback on the site’s SEO. The issue: Is the site doing well, or in desperate need of SEO help? To answer those questions, I’ve developed a speedy system to go through a site and take a quick SE read more »
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I have searched the internet and could find nothing quite so sphinn-worthy as a blog post about my cats. read more »
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