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Gab Goldenberg answers another age old seo question about getting a site with a splash page to rank well! read more »
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I discovered that some of the new vanity URLs seem to resolve several ways. Duplicate content ahead! read more »
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I chose to attend primarily because I was looking for a higher level of educational material as well as to do some networking within the community. How did it measure up? read more »
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Less than an even a decade ago Google was simply a search engine. A player in the growing Internet that consumers and the public were excited to use and would eagerly embrace in their everyday lives. In the years following their cult like launch how read more »
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In another blog post that proves how great an addition she is to the SEOmoz team, Jen demonstrates the difference between URL rewrites and 301 redirects. read more »
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It's about time! Now you can see all queries that resulted in a click read more »
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TMP Directional Marketing is presenting a free webinar Tomorrow. This webinar will cover how to make local search marketing do more for your business and your clients. Registration if free! read more »
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Andrew Goodman follows up with part two of his response to Guy Kawasaki's keynote address at Search Engine Strategies New York about using "Twitter As A Tool For Social Media." Kawasaki's address resulted in a firestorm within the social media commu read more »
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Great list of 23 Google Analytics tips and tweaks; lots of actionable and useful hacks and implementations here. read more »
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It sucks having all of our eggs in one basket, that’s what! The general public has no idea just how dependent the web as a whole is on Google services and today was a great example of just how much sites rely on Google. read more »
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An interesting study in which Brian Carter tries to find statistical correlation between local search ranking factors and actual rankings. Search factors analyzed include: number of reviews, instances of the keyword in the title, photos/videos, use read more »
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The oft-discussed Seven Deadly Sins apply to Social Media as well and are worth exploring. Here’s a quick lesson to keep you from the sure perils of committing these deadly sins and making sure you get the most out of your social media campaign. read more »
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An easy way to take advantage of reviews and learn how they effect ranking in Yahoo! Local and Google Local. read more »
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Eloi has captured data every hour for the past two weeks in order to compile a good, up to date, illustrated, informative analysis of Sphinn traffic and posting times. They should help understand how Sphinn is used, and when to post in order to give read more »
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Tips and tricks to effectively boost your adwords campaigns. read more »
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Google's highly advanced, infallible new method of determining paid links. (Cartoon) read more »
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Could be a nice influx in work for our industry! "Effective in 2008, Intel will require companies that take part in the co-op program to spend a minimum of 35 percent of the money that Intel provides them on online marketing. Among the companies in read more »
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They claim to have released the first comprehensive study of worldwide search activity, based on data from its qSearch 2.0 service. "comScore qSearch 2.0 offers the first panoramic worldwide view of online search activity, providing granular, in-dep read more »
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Just thought everyone would like some laughs. I found this article today and it definitely gave me a chuckle. It was even more amusing when I found out the basis of his attack - self promotion. I found the link to his site http://www.terrybrock.c read more »
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For most people, that's all you need. A website that's good enough. Not that breaks new ground, establishes a new identity, discovers new ways for people to interact online. Just a good enough website that didn't kill you to launch. read more »
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I have come across several different profiles recently where the link to their blog takes me to a 404 page. What is the issue causing this?

When putting the URL of your blog in your Sphinn profile, you must put http:// before your address in t read more »
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Microsoft, which runs Live Search and is the parent company of aQuantive, which owns Avenue A Razorfish, is now partnering with another search marketing firm, The Search Agency, to offer SEO and Paid Search Marketing services to small businesses. I read more »
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From the post: "There’s been lots of talk lately on the subject of SEO bloggers backing up statements with facts. I absolutely don’t want to discuss the specific events ore the people involved that prompted the discussion, and that& read more »
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The Economist Group is using the power of the blogosphere to build 'buzz' for its political stories before they are published. Having identified a group of influential US political bloggers, the media company gives content to these individuals in or read more »
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Google in all it's infinite wisdom has assessed a keyword penalty against Tim Nash.  Affecting his personal Blog, so that he may no longer rank for his own name.  Doesn't Google have better things to do? read more »
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