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I deliberately refrained from displaying the feed count in order to determine how many people will subscribe even though there is a lack of input from other information consumers. I didn’t guest post, advertise or provide incentives because I wanted read more »
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XMCP/Shady hits it out the ballpark with a great look into the world of porn promotion and SEO, showing how they've become Google-independent, while still leveraging it for the long-tail. Some topics Shady covers:

Why Is the Pornography Marketin read more »
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While there are some social media authority blogs already out there for some time, I noticed that recently there seems to be a kind of explosion. So I want to share 11 new social media blogs that are really a must read in no particular order. read more »
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The donkey technique in use in a wrong way. read more »
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With certain linking strategies under fire and others frowned on by the search engines, I thought I'd focus on what links do count and share how and where I find them. The short answer to the question "what works" is: they all do. read more »
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Believe it or not Microsoft is now publishing Childrens books, starting with "Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?". Click on the link to read the book online, its a classic and a short read. read more »
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It turns out that Google’s iPhone gamble is paying off in a pretty noticeable way. Despite the phone’s relatively low market share, the New York Times reports that traffic to Google from iPhones has reached “impressive levels”. read more »
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Is your blog hitting the mark and satiating the needs of your visitors?, or are you putting them to sleep before they even reach your value proposition?

Find out what Jakob Nielson has to say about this quandary of "value proposition" and reader read more »
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Let’s say you are spending $10,000 on a specific keyword phrase per month, and it’s delivering a great ROI. Question is, should you divert some or all of that money to a SEO Campaign? read more »
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One of the things that happens once you start participating in a few social networks is that you start to form Friendship Pockets. The tighter your friendship pockets become, the more strength they collectively have. read more »
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The blogosphere is full of Google banners and links. I see gifs with "I heart Google", "I love Google" etc, and Matt Cutts is more cited than Bush. I will test to see if using such links and banners will affect the number of visitors. read more »
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First of all I would like to thank everyone who have participated in the first week of WordPress Web 2.0 Spot-Er contest! I think besides the actual announcement there were couple “lesson learned” that I simply have to share and while they will not read more »
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SEO Video tutorial to make you blog more search engine friendly and also some on-page optimization tips. read more »
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Google AdSense Has The Power To Lower Your Stock Price from paidContent reports IncrediMail, an email marketer based in Israel, has been banned by AdSense. The ban seemed to have caused their stock price to drop 45% in one day. IncrediMail did not s read more »
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Congratulations Matt! "With the inclusion of maps and local in Google, Ask.com, Live Search and Yahoo search results, local search marketing became even more and more important in 2007, especially for small to medium sized storefront businesses." read more »
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Search Engine Journal has announced the winner of the Best Search Industry News Blog of 2007! read more »
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It appears that several of the bigger players are abandoning ship in hopes that they aren’t dragged down with it. The promises made by BlogRush head John Reese have failed to materialize as more and more bloggers pull the widget from their sites in read more »
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A study that came out this week from the Pew Internet & American Life Project entitled “Online Identity Management and Search in the Age of Transparency” points to some very interesting trends. read more »
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The whores win it all! read more »
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At Google, employees are encouraged to go online and place bets on a prediction market — an exchange that tries to forecast events based on the money wagered on a particular outcome.

According to the report, “Using Prediction Markets to Track Inf read more »
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Now you can view all the naughty Tweets that come from Twitter in your RSS reader. read more »
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Analysts are predicting large growth in 2008 in the U.S. graphical ad market, and expect the biggest winner of the bunch to be Yahoo. JP Morgan forecasts an $8.6 billion industry in 2008, which is an increase of about 20% over 2007. The average CPM read more »
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Last week I touched on the creative process and how I create linkbait graphics for articles and content. Today I am going to take a look at a particular site and see what the approach to creating graphics or using photography is for them. read more »
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Haven't read it in depth yet, but here's some info from her blog post:

The ebook is 35 pages long and these are the major sections:

* Chapter 1: Getting and Installing WordPress
* Chapter 2: Basic WordPress Administration. 10
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We know how to join and create an account, but how can we tap into that audience in an organic way, without becoming a spammer? read more »
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