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Kim Krause Berg writes, "It's our job, as online marketers and site developers, to make our jobs look easy. I think many of us do a great job at entertaining our spectators and maybe even some clients. We can't be softies. We have to know our playbo read more »
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Here is Joost's guide 'how to provide usable WP-SERPs', titled
"Make WordPress' search function suck Less". This tutorial will make your readers happy - at least if you invest the time to tweak your blog accordingly. read more »
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"I have been using Propeller for quite some time now, and have always felt propeller to be a great source for quality traffic and weighted link from a search engine optimization stand point. I did however always feel there was a lot of functionality read more »
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It's the largest list of SEO plugins for Wordpress. Many worthwhile Wordpress SEO plugin had been reviewed and many undervalued plugins have been highlighted. read more »
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The analysis is in, and you can send all the validators home. W3C HTML Validation shows little to no impact on search rankings on Google, Yahoo, Ask or MSN Live. read more »
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Insightful interview with Aaron Wall of SEOBook which discusses SEO, the industry, SEO tactics, whether or not SEO scales and ongoing SEO challenges. read more »
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Collective Thoughts announces new blogger Brendan Picha of Squareoak, and also trying out a new format where the CT team shares a thought for the week as well. read more »
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So last night the Problogger community was in an uproar. Problogger was hit with an auto-ban at Stumble Upon. None of his posts could get through and anyone who tried received a message stating that that Problogger had either been banned for abusing read more »
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In his latest Search Engine Watch article, William Flaiz talks about local search and how mobile connectivity has truly skyrocketed its business importance. read more »
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Suprising numbers from hitwise on Cuil.com's stats. Funny thing is that 25.7% came from Google! read more »
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Here’s how to get your mom, friends, and colleagues on Twitter. read more »
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Danny Dover at SEOmoz shares his advice on writing great blog posts. It's one of the most comprehensive and well thought-out blogging guides I've ever seen. read more »
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If you’re selling crap, if your website sucks or your customer service is non-existent, then you are likely making your marketing efforts much harder than need be. This is never more true than when talking about social media marketing. read more »
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Proof positive that there are indeed women among the most successful search marketers in the industry. Perhaps they're just too busy working with a growing clientele to toot their own horns. read more »
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I just discovered a new search engine called MediaWombat. It’s got a weird name and I would never have thought that it’s a search engine and a really cool one to boot. Now that you know that it is in fact a search engine, you might have already gues read more »
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It looks like this is it - according to Matt Cutts’ Google Blog, he announced yesterday that the Google Toolbar Pageranks are being updated. It’s been a while since the last PageRank update - right around the end of April, 2008 - but it has been an read more »
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As many top social news users spend more and more time on reddit, the traffic seems to be following them. 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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A great article about Microsoft Browserank, a pagerank alternative from Microsoft.

Although I am not in alignment that Google doesn't use any user behavior data as the article implies. read more »
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On Digg, having something to say is only half the battle, knowing how to say it is the other half. This guides you to dissect the jargon, people and memes used in comments on a daily basis. Each section is broken down in detail to help you boost you read more »
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Here is a detailed explanation of the Keyword Analysis process & Documentation. A must read. read more »
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Google continues testing to change its search interface and it seems to be more like Digg with comments too. read more »
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The growth of the social web, increases in search engines understanding sentiments and opinions in reviews and user created content, and greater scrutiny of misleading business practices urge businesses to become more socially responsible.

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The 21 techniques are ways that you can make your blog or website more sticky. They come from ProBlogger's experience of blogging over the last 5 years. As a result of basing this on personal experience he shows you quite a few examples of what he's read more »
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The link building challenge of big brands isn’t in obtaining new links, but in using the strength of these links optimally. Converting link juice isn’t very hard, but certainly worth the effort. read more »
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