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streko "i hate your seo writes:" "So much debate over blackhat crap again post SMX “give it up” session. I just figured I would help everyone out and make some ways to tell if you should consider yourself a “blackhat seo”. read more »
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Scott Hendison offers his opinion as to whether the SMX Advanced "Give It Up" speakers strayed into black hat territory. Excellent review of the session. read more »
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Stoney deGeyter asks the question, "When I only have about 65 characters to work with in a title tag (that which is visible on the search engine results pages), should I use any of that valuable real estate to display my company name?" read more »
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I could not help myself but click this ad when it showed up in my Gmail account. However, it raises a number of questions on how it even got there... read more »
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Just look at this guy's Wikipedia page. "Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Search engine optimization. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate read more »
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"I do not like doing much traditional SEO client work, and see the business model as having limited longterm value for most SEO consultants. The best consultants could usually make more promoting their own sites and brands than they would working fo read more »
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Creating great content for your social network starts with preparation. Get to know the community and the types of content they like before spending your time and energy on content development. Once you know the people and what content plays well, y read more »
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Nice rant from Donna about the escalating costs of SEO conferences read more »
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When life hands you lemons, don't just make lemonade! Think bigger than that! Roll out a nationwide chain of lemonade stands and cash out with an IPO. SEO Jessica Bowman was one of the first in the Yahoo! Brains to drain, but look who's laughing all read more »
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Michael Gray writes, "Last night I was using Google Maps to get directions and noticed a new feature, a camera icon located next to each of the steps on Google Maps. When I clicked on the icon I saw a picture of my house!" He goes on to write, "... read more »
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David Mihm looks why InfoUSA, SuperPages, Acxiom, Localeze, Yelp and InsiderPages are so important in local search. read more »
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Adobe has today announced a new plugin that will allow Google and Yahoo to start indexing Flash content and help them make sense of the millions of Flash documents out there. read more »
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Dear SEO Bloggers, I’ve been reading SEO blogs for quite some time and while I appreciate the input you offer up on a regular basis, I’ve noticed a very disturbing trend. It seems that more and more of your posts state your opinions or theories, as read more »
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Shana puts out an awesome post talking us through her avatar changes. read more »
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Search Engine Land - So what am I trying to accomplish with this article? Honestly, I would really like the search industry to re-evaluate what they consider to be advanced SEO skills. I do not believe that advanced SEO skills are necessarily "black read more »
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This is mostly my personal criteria, but I (glen alsopp) wanted to share the things I look for when doing an SEO health check for others, and hopefully you can find this a useful resource and be able to improve your own search engine traffic by goin read more »
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John Carcutt wins the Search Engine Journal blogging contest, and donates $10,00 in prizes... "One of my best friends growing up recently moved to a remote area of Mexico to build and operate an orphanage. I plan on donating a majority of the prizes read more »
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Sometimes the fault lies not with the SEO, but with the fact that nobody followed their guidance. read more »
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There are many examples of genuine disdain being expressed for SEO on LinkedIn. Why? Interesting read through (right now) 21 responses on why there is distrust or people have commentary on SEO practices via LinkedIn Answers. What do you think? read more »
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Danny says, "About two seconds after Google Trends For Websites came out, people started noticing that one company's websites oddly had no data available -- Google's own. Google will tell you all about the traffic to competitors like Yahoo and Micro read more »
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Here is a checklist of valuable questions and details to look for in a web analytics package related to your search engine marketing efforts, regardless of website size or company budget. read more »
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"I used to hear this question from prospective clients around 3 years ago whilst heading up the SEO department at a London based marketing agency. The question was usually asked by SMEs, in the belief that either Google recommended the agencies in t read more »
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Lisa Barone writes "Li Evans had a stellar post over at SEM Clubhouse entitled What Is Social Media's Purpose? Honestly, It's Not About Links. Li's post was inspired by some of the social media advice that was presented at last week's SES Toronto th read more »
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Rob Snell tells his incredible story of how he was asked to testify in a congressional hearing on the impact of the Internet on small business. read more »
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Guest post from James Duthie - at TheVanBlog this time out - seems he's becomming quite a Gypsy himself!

SNIP - Riddle me this… If I asked you to imagine a picture of a stereotypical SEO what would they look like…? Glasses, buck teeth, bald, badl read more »
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