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Did you know there's only 261 shopping days left before Christmas? That might seem like a crazy thing to worry about in April but you know what they say, the early bird gets the link. Using the holidays to attract links is fun, good for trend watchi read more »
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The New York Times tonight added Mixx bookmarking buttons on its site, which is an important milestone for the company. read more »
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interesting take on the new "search domain.com" box showing up in the search results for certain queries.

I think this is pretty "beta" at this point in time, but it does raise the question - should "keyword" searches be treated differently than read more »
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Michael Gray's spin on the agenda of the upcoming SES NY. read more »
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Entering the already competitive and crowded market for travel search, InsideTrip is betting it's bringing enough value to the market to gain consumer awareness and usage. The site offers a metasearch engine for airfares. But it also has compiled pu read more »
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Yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks. Or just freshen up the trick. Not exactly earth-shattering, but John Ellis provides a valuable lesson and reminder to web editors and SEOs to clean up the crappy links internally first, and to do so around t read more »
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Link columnist Justilien Gaspard of SearchEngineWatch.com offers up an example of a link building plan for the restaurant & coffee equipment industry. read more »
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It could be the "Year of Social Media," considering the explosion of sites like Facebook, Digg and Twitter. Or it could be the "Year of Blended Search," considering the changes made by Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask.com.

For many, it might be read more »
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A good analysis of the benefits of paid search. read more »
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Tsk, tsk.. even Google maps doesn't really have a lot of details on that location - or much in the carribbean to start with - barry, you should have used a different example. Microsoft's Virtual Earth does a much better job of mapping Virgin Gorda. read more »
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Seeking to outsource SEO link development? Justilien offers top 5 reasons you need to rethink your link building strategy. read more »
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Tad chef serves up a generous helping of why to abandon Digg for Mixx. And shows a handy Digg block code. read more »
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This week I had the pleasure of speaking at SMX Travel @PhoCusWright in Orlando. My session consisted of reviewing sites for best practices on search engine optimization.

I have included some of the common issues I noticed in this session. read more »
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Marty with an excellent write up on the practices of major brands in the travel sector:-
"British Airways manages “keyword impact” by optimizing towards top converting keywords. The leverage individual campaigns by recognizing that tail-end terms a read more »
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Danny Sullivan shares some timely photos of Elisabeth Osmeloski today as she said her vows with Matthew Ostrander at Sorrel River Ranch outside Moab, Utah.

Elis, best wishes from all of us! read more »
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Todd is such a good friend. He's written a whole post just for Vanessa Fox and how she could use our assistance. read more »
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Aaron Wall is keynoting an SEO event for his honeymoon! That is true dedication to this industry! read more »
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SEW article by Justilien Gaspard on the use of public relations to build links as part of a campaign to improve local search rankings. read more »
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Elisabeth looks at a strategy many companies are finding hard to use read more »
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