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Some interesting forward thinking from the folks at Yahoo as translated by the one and only Bill Slawski

SEO by the Sea - With an increase in recent years of social sites that contain lists of sites or songs or videos, search engines may be cons read more »
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Where we set forth the Internet's "Power 15" for brand influence. If your brand rocks on these 15 sites, your sales should rock as well. By contrast, bad news on these sites can really hurt your business. read more »
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Yes, it seems recently that using keywords in their exact order can actually work against you. read more »
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Affiliate Marketing is fast gaining popularity as fast as it is generating money. This concept was started by the adult entertainment industry and was later on adopted by recording companies to sell records online. read more »
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From Copyblogger: Your copy might focus on benefits instead of features, have the right balance of emotion to logic, and maybe you’ve even snagged the reader’s attention with an arresting headline. But after your reader clicks through, does your cop read more »
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Dr. Pete Meyers, a well-known usability expert and Twitter addict, has decided to ring in 08-08-08 by celebrating "Twitter and [his] international friends by spending 24 straight hours on Twitter."

So no matter what time zone you're in, help @dr_ read more »
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Mixing up Korea with the United Kingdom? Google having to run AdWords instead of organic geo-targeting. Double serving? Spyware via Google. The worst SERP we've seen in a while! read more »
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SEO rapper hits it again... read more »
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Does your content creation and management plan consist of merely a fire-and-forget-it perspective? Then you may be missing out on ways to not only strengthen existing rankings but bolstering new ones. You may be making costly mistakes without even k read more »
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Rebuttal to Louis Gray's post that links are declining in traffic importance plus some stats on link opportunities for top blog sites read more »
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A little bit of a debate, if you find a useful technical article, is it ethical to click (only once) on the adsense link as a thank you to the content creator? read more »
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Latest Blogoscoped.com article includes some details of Google's workings behind the curtain..... read more »
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Dan Zarrella writes "I made some changes to my sidebar and I noticed that I’ve started to build up a decent number of posts on my weird take on history, sociology, psychology, memetics, viral marketing and social media (I like to call it protoviral) read more »
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Barry Schwartz is seeing quantitative data in the Google keyword tool. read more »
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What skill do you need to become a successful social media expert? Tamar asks several social media consultants, bloggers, marketers, search engine optimizers, and social media addicts about what they considered to be essential skills and characteris read more »
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Today AdWeek ran Scott's open letter to the CEO of WPP, Sir Martin Sorrell. Inspirational food for thought for all post-click marketing followers and fans:

"For most online marketing initiatives, you can now prove the quantitative value of gr read more »
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"Google Operating System reports that Google Maps is testing out walking directions in some locations. I was personally not able to replicate the walking directions, but Ionut has a screen capture as proof." read more »
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5 great utilities to keep an eye on your personal brand or your clients. read more »
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An informative article about meta-data..must read.. read more »
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Advertisers in the middle east start to consider social networks in their media buying strategy read more »
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Google has added a new feature to the external keyword tool, they have added approximate search volume numbers. For example, I conducted a search for SEO and the results returned showed columns for "Approx Search Volume: June" and "Approx Avg Search read more »
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I’m keenly aware that trying to steer some folks away from over relying on trade shows for leads almost means talking them into a complete redo of their very persona on a professional level. The success of too many marketers are gauged by how tricke read more »
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SEO article writing is one of the fastest and cheapest ways to generate traffic fore any kind of website. If you are struggling to find that targeted traffic that you need in order for your site to be a success, look no further that SEO article writ read more »
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Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is the backbone of internet marketing. There are other ways to get recognition and traffic for your site, but there is no substitute for ranking highly in the major search engines. SEO is much like investing for t read more »
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Increasing Feed Readers On Your Blog by The Greatest Internet Salesman read more »
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