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Multiple sources at both Yahoo and Microsoft are saying that official talks are back on between the two companies. The talks are about a full buyout again, not a sweetened search-only deal. read more »
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While SERPs give project managers nice, clean numbers to report to their CEO, there's more to SEO than just ranking. William Flaiz examines the true value of keywords and some common misconceptions surrounding them. read more »
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Huge site? No problem! Avenue A | Razorfish VP William Flaiz explains how to tackle SEO for the big boys. read more »
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Li Evans put together a list of questions for Jason Calacanis, the guy who owns mahalo.com and said some SEO is Bull$hit. read more »
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During this past week’s Diggnation podcast, Kevin Rose offered up some insight into the Digg algorithm which may or may not be the most eye-opening of revelations. It’s something that I figured out pretty quickly and that is that there is an element read more »
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The SEO community has been foaming at the mouth lately over whether or not we need standards for the industry. Standards won't signal maturity, but will rather lead to homogenization of industry strategy. Ethical and educative issues should be addre read more »
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This is the third article in the four-part series, "Powerful guide to master Your WordPress". We are taking a look at 77+ quality and usefull WordPress Plug-ins, which have been very handy and saves us lots of time and effort to run our blog the way read more »
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Google Webmaster Tools has a new tool that would certainly be useful to site owners in making their site Googlebot friendly – the Robots.txt generator. Basically, what this translator does is to automatically generate robot.txt file. With a few clic read more »
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"Using these metrics, you can increase your videos' view counts and improve your popularity on the site," the blog post explains. "With this information, you can concentrate on creating compelling new content that appeals to your target audiences, a read more »
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Li Evans has a great wrap-up of her SES panel + audience Q&A. Final panelist: William Flaiz, VP SEO & Web Analytics AvenueA/Razorfish and Search Engine Watch Expert: covers Wikipedia, Flickr, Photobucket, Social Profiles, YouTube, Squidoo and more. read more »
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The mind of the senior-level SEO/AADD "sufferer" works a lot like a search engine. Search engines work hard every day to become more "human-like." If you're an SEO, do you have Adult ADD? read more »
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From Search Engine Watch, William Flaiz discusses precautions and pitfalls of doing SEO work for pharmaceutical companies. read more »
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Joshua Palau discusses Wikipedia, Google Knol, and Google's apparent hatred of the the free encyclopedia. read more »
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From Search Engine Watch, William Flaiz talks about navigating the pitfalls of SEO for international clients. read more »
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Microsoft is paying $1.2 billion to acquire a Norwegian company that specializes in search services for businesses, a move that will see it snap up an impressive roster of blue-chip clients and build up its high-end enterprise range. read more »
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What would be the maximum amount you would pay for these AJAX domains?

whatisajax.com
ajaxwebpages.com
ajaxwebpage.com
ajaxprofessional.com
ajaxforbeginners.com
ajaxclass.com
advancedajax.com read more »
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There are an unlimited number of ways to obtain high-quality backlinks. You’ve probably heard about many of them, including social bookmarking, linkbait, guest posting, directory submissions, press releases etc. Thankfully, we won’t be talking about read more »
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Omniture acquires Offermatica, a leading on-demand A/B testing and multivariate testing company. read more »
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Good article by the VP of SEM at Avenue A Razorfish on the challenges of managing a diverse group of people. Article also includes William Flaiz's work history. read more »
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