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For the latest PageRank update, much of the discussion has been the loss of PR by some high-profile sites and there has also been a fair amount of speculation as to the cause of this PageRank loss for these popular (and in many cases, highly regarde read more »
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Social bookmarking sites are propagating like fungus between a marathon runners toes. A lot of them have dofollow links, so what do you have to remember when using this technique? read more »
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If you want real link data from Yahoo Site Explorer, it appears you now need to be logged into Site Explorer and authenticate your site.

They show different results based on that criteria now... read more »
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This blog has almost 4000 subscribers via RSS and email and a few thousand visitors a day. And over these last 12 months I’ve learned a thing or 17 about blogging. Some of these 17 lessons may be of use for you even if you are not a blogger. You can read more »
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I certainly hope this is true... We've been waiting a while for the next update! From the story: "Google seems to have updated its backlink tracking tool in the Google Webmaster Tools suite according to a conversation going on in DigitalPoint forum read more »
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A rebuttal to a recent article from Michael Gray.

Posits that free tools and more information are a good thing for both the SEO industry and the clients it serves. read more »
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Graywolf is Mad! And for good reason - quick read and well worth it!

"You don’t want the SEO equivalent of a check engine light. There’s reason site clinics are so popular at search engine conferences, people need to expert advice on how to fix read more »
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from the page, "By doing this to all the big fish you are trying to reach, you will gain some decent accounts. Keep in mind that this won’t work if you just talk out of your ass, if you actually know what you are doing you will be able to raise some read more »
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Thesis: All the shiny new chrome some of the search engines are using to "pimp" their engines is not likely to work.

Personally, I agree. read more »
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Don't be a sheep, think about why good SEO is good for your website read more »
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Last week my pre-blog was outed by Andy Beard on StumbleUpon and I got a torrent of traffic. Here's how I worked this event to get to the top of Sphinn, complete with a bullet-pointed how to list. read more »
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Building up a social media profile isn't easy. There are a ton of sites and ways of going about it. It can be overwhelming. But here's a 10-minute daily guide for growing and maintaining your social media profile that might help. read more »
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Neil gives an overview of what the new Digg changes mean for SEOs.  As he states 'We all want to get on the homepage of Digg because it can bring in thousands of links, but the recent changes made it both easier and harder to get stories promot read more »
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Interesting look at why Facebook still feels like a site targeted at the younger (non-professional) crowd and simple things they can do to fix it. LinkedIn is going to have a battle on their hands... read more »
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One of the easiest ways to find out how well your blog is reaching people is to look at the level of comments. Are people interacting on your site? Are they actively participating with you and your content or are they just consuming (reading) and mo read more »
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Yahoo owned MyBlogLog is now requiring users to sign in with their Yahoo! account. Not everyone wants to make the transition or is finding it easy to do so. Bye, bye MBL! read more »
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While Technorati shows an increase in blog posts about Digg, it’s weird to see that only one negative post made it to the front page. And it wasn’t even a really negative post. So what happened to all those other Digg criticizing posts, read more »
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More than 90 percent of journalists turn to the Internet and search engines as their primary news source, and corporate influencers are now relying upon news releases as their primary source of information. It's for these reasons that you'll want to read more »
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Interesting article that describes how NYT gave up short-term revenue motivated primarily by the ability to drive more traffic via search (SEO). read more »
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Tim does some in depth analysis on how the Stumbleupon algorithm works. This is actually the simplified version, I have heard that his data collection covered 20 different parameters.

The end result, what I believe is a realistic formula for how read more »
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My wife... told me that she never clicked on URLs in organic search results that were "really long or complicated" I thought she was crazy. I mean if you only clicked on the shorter URLs, you miss out on all these other great results that are deep read more »
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Hint: bloggers can only write about something when they are aware that it exists. Maki reminds us that a few mentions from popular blogs can lead to extremely targeted traffic (and yeah - great links!)... read more »
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Step 1: Learn from Google PageRank and introduce ProfessionalRank™

Step 2: Learn More from Google, Distribute ProfessionalRank Across Connections

Step 3: Learn Yet More from Google, Provide Professional Search read more »
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Good Guys or Bad? Rose (ppcThinkBlog) asks "Do We Live in The Kingdom of Google?" She fans conspiracy flames and, right or wrong, this clever lady really knows how to piss 'em off. read more »
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Awesome follow-up article to the "Google as Casino" post Lyndon Sphunn. From the page: "1. Google is the house and the house makes the rules. The only choice you have is whether you want to play or not, you can't really change their rules.

2. The read more »
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