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Internet marketing is supposed to be enjoyable and allow you more time do the things you enjoy. However, if you are finding yourself almost enslaved to your desktop and working more hours per day for yourself than would be legal at a "proper job", t read more »
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As John Andrews writes, bait and switch is the practice of offering something attractive to draw an audience of consumers, to which you then sell an alternative. Has Google just done this to us with Chrome/Chromium? read more »
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Hey, any list that gives me a namecheck is gonna get a Sphinn. There's a few names that should probably be up there that aren't, so drop a comment if there's a search Brit you think deserves a plug.. read more »
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The world of internet marketing can be a minefield of personalities, but there are certain characters you will see over and over again. These characters range from a little naive to downright dishonest… see how many of these 11 you recognise. read more »
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There are many reasons the Digg Community may perceive you negatively, or worse yet, consider you a filthy social media spammer. If you take part in the majority of these activities you probably aren’t seen as a positive social media maven as you ma read more »
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A list of scripts that actually work with the current version of Digg. read more »
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"Today we are having our first Google Toolbar PageRank update of 2008. At least there are dozens and dozens of reports that PageRank scores on the 72.14.25.x data center has been updated." read more »
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Offline ad agencies still don't understand the importance of a URL in ads, so why don't you take advantage of this fact? I've posted one of the many ways that I use a company's advertising for my own affiliate profit. read more »
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The Restaurant engages in a bit of black hat optimisation, which I hope made all white hat SEOs laugh out loud. read more »
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Great post by Skellie - how to find new readers for your blog. read more »
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Just noticed that Jennifer Laycock has finally opened Bento Yum's doors to Google after her experiment of launching a business online and preventing search engines from indexing it. When did this happen? read more »
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If Google's allinanchor command still works, then their algorithm isn't nearly as complex as they make it out to be. Don't believe me? Check the data and try it out for yourself. read more »
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Google has been making a lot of noise this year about stopping the trade in text links but today they seem to have finally made a real stand. A search for "text link ads" displays no Adwords adverts today and the same is true for "text links" and al read more »
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Getting onto the front page of these social bookmarking sites may not deliver the server crashing traffic of Digg, Reddit, or StumbleUpon, but they can still be an excellent source of targeted traffic to your site.

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Report from the Brighton boys. from the page, "nowadays, the creative of your ad is so much more important than your bid, as the Quality Score is now in charge of linking the two together. (Good ad = high CTR = lower min CPC)." read more »
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Amazon profile pages are now being indexed... read more »
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"Hey, look! After dropping to a Google Toolbar PageRank 4 earlier in the month when Google cracked down on paid links, Search Engine Journal has returned to a PageRank 7." read more »
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Distributing articles for the purpose of building links to a site or for that site’s SEO can be a great way to link build and build your site’s authority status. But a good amount of SEO writers tend to take the easy way out of distributing their co read more »
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"Google is getting closer and closer to offering a full blown operating system (if it hasn’t already) with its suite of desktop and office services, the Google bundling in the gPC (maybe Google PC) and Google’s Android Open Handset Alliance for mobi read more »
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If you missplaced your notes from last week's excellent SMX or was gutted that the expo wasn't over 3 or 4 days in order to attend every track then this offers a refresh from the major speakers.

Excellent stuff. read more »
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Here is what Matt Cutts posted today on his blog:
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Thanks for weighing in, everyone. I especially appreciate the well-thought-out comments. Lots of people say that they don’t mind snark, but a lot of commen read more »
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I think we’ve all been guilty of the onslaught of social media information these past few months. A quick look on Sphinn even shows you how popular the subject has been within the majority of online marketing blog’s. read more »
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First thoughts from SMX London 2007 read more »
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from the page "Is linkbait being devalued? Is it going the way of the reciprocal link?" read more »
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Full coverage of SMX London for those with short attention spam... read more »
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