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CNN is now the first official broadcast network (not just news related) to start using Twitter and heavily promoting it on air. read more »
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Barry's headline is an apt description of this oddly engaging Microsoft ad. If you haven't seen it, the Search Engine Land piece has the link to YouTube. read more »
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Top SEO blogs: ranked based on 9 different factors read more »
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Barry writes: "Philipp Lenssen's The World According to Cuil blog post inspired me to take snapshots of how Cuil, the new search engine, matches up the names of our industry, to pictures." This is actually VERY funny! :) read more »
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Many companies still don't take advantage of SEO. There are many, however, that issue press releases on a regular basis. What they don't understand is that press releases can be part of your SEO efforts, and can be used to gain presence in the edito read more »
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Never has the opinion of the individual been as powerful as it is today. One negative blog post or product review can spread online in a flash and change the direction of a company. Reputation management isn't just for big companies and brands -- it read more »
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This post covers Rand's SMX Advanced "Give it Up" presentation in detail. It has some extremely juicy link research queries, local ranking tips, and buzz tracking information. Excellent, nay essential, stuff! read more »
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It took me a whole presentation to get to the good stuff. Andrew extracts the best for the rest of you guys. read more »
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Can any start-up search engine "be the next Google?" Many have wondered this, and today's launch of Cuil (pronounced "cool') may provide the best test case since Google itself overtook more established search engines. Cuil provides what appears to b read more »
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In The Trenches is a weekly spotlight of tips, tricks, and news about the tools search engine marketing professionals use to give them a leg up on the competition. Today: News from the search engines, today's in-depth look, The Ultimate Guide to Sea read more »
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Straight from the horses' (in this case spiders') mouth. Usually any bit of information from Google can be used, be it that it actually gives ideas for new things to try or things to stay away from read more »
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My latest interview is with Neil Patel. Neil talks about efficient ways to blog, trends in SEO and monetizing on your blog. read more »
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Jordan hits it spot on: "When conducting keyword research think again before immediately being drawn to phrases with the highest search volume. Consider KEI, the commercial intent, and which part of the buying cycle that keyphrase belongs to." read more »
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Andrew Shotland's fabulous post detailing an immensely scalable way to evaluate your best keywords based on analytics data. A must-read for Keyword Researchers. read more »
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Lisa gives some perspective on the SEO start-up process. So, does it match yours? I know ours is a little different.

Lisa Barone - In many instances, the search engine optimization process officially starts with the site review. It's when your op read more »
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There's a right and wrong way to include SEO in your internet marketing mix. Throwing it in as an afterthought after your shiny new site launches is the wrong way. Here's the perfect SEO workflow. read more »
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Google’s primary data center crashed yesterday. What’s to blame? Linkbait. read more »
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Taking tactics straight from the battlefield, a detailed look at how to defeat larger and well funded opponents. Signatories of the Geneva Convention look away now. read more »
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John Carcutt - "Real SEOs used to go to forums all the time. As a matter of fact, I bet most Real SEOs learned the craft on those very forums. Now, Real SEOs post all of that hard earned knowledge on their own sites or friends blogs. Why give away t read more »
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IBM has been encouraging social networking among its employees with in-house versions of Web 2.0 hits such as Facebook and Twitter. read more »
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Dave Wallace writes... I am so weary of non-SEO types who have some measure of influence spouting off their opinion of what SEO is, what it isn't, whether it is growing or declining and the like. It is no different then when celebrities use their cl read more »
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Jeff Quipp writes, "Ever wanted to become a power Digger? Come on now … sure you have. Here’s how to start." read more »
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Ian vehemently disagrees with Jeremy Shoemaker and Marketing Pilgrim that SEO is singing its swan song. What do you think? Is SEO a burly bully boy or is sand getting kicked in its face? Sound-off on the Conversation Marketing blog.



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It's not the same as being there, but Brent has his slides of the presentation available on his site. Shame we don't get to see the full presentation. read more »
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Gab Goldenberg shares two creative and effective link building tips: consider geography and keyword misspellings when researching link prospects. read more »
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