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Travel Search Geniuses: Brilliant at Basics
Avatar Went Hot: November 14, 2007 - 5:20 pm
Posted By: AndyBeard 181 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.aimclearblog.com) my network
Category: SEO
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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Is Your URL Digg Compatible?
Avatar Posted By: dedmond29 181 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.pronetadvertising.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Imagine that Muhammad Saleem (or any other top 100 Digg user) thinks your article is worth submitting to Digg. They're all ready to submit and your URL is not compatible! Don't be that website owner. Verify your URL's works with social media websit read more »
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Wendy Is On The Warpath... The Smart Way
Avatar Went Hot: November 13, 2007 - 9:55 am
Posted By: AndyBeard 181 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.emomsathome.com) my network
Category: Other Online Marketing
After her rant, Wendy is on the warpath, but showing how smart she really is.

"How can I diversify my own traffic sources to lower Google’s percentage of referral traffic from 28% down to less than 10%?"
"How can I lead by example and teach my r read more »
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Ten Reasons to Use Wordpress
Avatar Posted By: ffnstuff 181 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://krispyblogs.com) my network
Category: Blogging
Ten great reasons to use wordpress read more »
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Conversational Marketing Versus Market Conversations
Avatar Went Hot: November 12, 2007 - 2:51 pm
Posted By: Lyndon 181 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.briansolis.com) my network
Category: Social Media
from the page, "The much discussed and highly revered Cluetrain Manifesto is proving to be more relevant than ever. As Social Media becomes more pervasive in marketing, it’s imperative that we become gatekeepers to prevent opportunistic marketers fr read more »
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40 Excellent Resources for Online Publishers - Part 1
Avatar Posted By: LarsChr 181 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://lars-christian.com) my network
Category: News Sites
A reference point of valuable sources of information and marketing for publishers. Includes ten niche-specific social media sites. read more »
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17 Creative Link Building Ideas : Please Add Your Own
Avatar Went Hot: November 12, 2007 - 6:38 pm
Posted By: Wiep 181 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: Link Building
Miles Price provides more Link Building ideas as a follow up on his previous post (and asks for input for even more techniques).

How about some suggestions in the comments over here as well? read more »
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Survival Guide to Being an SEO - 10 Tips to Making it in the SEO Community
Avatar Went Hot: November 12, 2007 - 1:46 pm
Posted By: lorenbaker 181 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: SEO
Great article by Miles on making it in the SEO community and sticking out from the crowd, which can bring in better leads, referrals and clients. Along with a major list of blogs and forums to read and contibute to. read more »
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25 Headline Formulas That Have Plagued and Blessed Web 2.0
Avatar Went Hot: November 14, 2007 - 6:09 am
Posted By: jeffquipp 181 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.skelliewag.org) my network
Category: Blogging
A great piece by Skellie looking at various headline formulas for blog postings. Good food for success! read more »
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Explaining what the “Social Graph” is to your Executives
Avatar Went Hot: November 12, 2007 - 9:37 am
Posted By: Wiep 182 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.web-strategist.com) my network
Category: Other Social Media
Many are talking about the Social Graph at the technical level, leaving many business folks with many questions. The following, using clear business language (void of tech speak), will explain what is the Social Graph, why it matters, and what you s read more »
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The Truth Behind Why Google Checks Bounce
Avatar Went Hot: November 12, 2007 - 5:33 am
Posted By: aimClear 182 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com) my network
Category: Google AdSense
SearchEngineRoundTable TWICE reported Google AdSense publishers' checks bounced. How can one of the world's richest companies checks SEEM so rubbery? Read the SEORoundTable Post for info about your AdSense checks. read more »
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10 Ways to Make your Website More Popular
Avatar Went Hot: November 12, 2007 - 1:09 am
Posted By: kevgibbo 182 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.seoptimise.com) my network
Category: Other Search Marketing
Some great tips from Patrick Altoft about how to get the best from your website. read more »
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With Blogging, Size Matters....If You Want Traffic
Avatar Went Hot: November 13, 2007 - 7:51 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 182 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seo2.0.onreact.com) my network
Category: Blogging
f your blog isn’t getting as many visitors as you’d like, you need a quick lesson in how people read on the Web - they don’t, they scan.With millions of posts to choose from, people are looking for the one that jumps out and hits them on the head; t read more »
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Google Adsense unavailable!
Avatar Posted By: sujoy247 183 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://techkeyla.blogspot.com) my network
Category: Google AdSense
Yes, this happened when I was checking my adsense account on 10th Nov, at 1:30 pm MST. read more »
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Google Adsense Is Down
Avatar Posted By: seoz87 183 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seomization.blogspot.com) my network
Category: Google
Once Again Google Adsense Is Down! read more »
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Goorex - Ribbed For Their Pleasure
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 184 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.twentysteps.com) my network
Category: Water Cooler
But whose responsibility is it, and could using such protection cause infertility or a lack of satisfaction for either party? read more »
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When Link Bait Goes Wrong : How to Prepare for a Good Linking
Avatar Went Hot: November 9, 2007 - 10:23 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 184 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: Link Building
Sometimes a well written article or blog post, or a ‘giveaway’ can result in tens of thousands of visitors in a day, along with organic links from their blogs or social news sites and forums. But what happens when your link bait is too good? read more »
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Natural Language Search on Steroids: TrueKnowledge
Avatar Went Hot: November 11, 2007 - 9:53 am
Posted By: nowsourcing 185 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.readwriteweb.com) my network
Category: Searching
TrueKnowledge, currently in beta, appears to have a slick looking natural language search with an extensive knowledgebase. Kind of like ask.com smart answers, but much more complex.

Be sure to watch the video. read more »
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Google Sitelinks On A PR4 1 Year Old Domain
Avatar Went Hot: November 9, 2007 - 4:11 am
Posted By: AndyBeard 185 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://andybeard.eu) my network
Category: Google SEO
Something fun to discuss as to the possible reasons why, and a strange bug that might be someone hijacking my sitelinks. read more »
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Families of Chinese Dissidents BLAST Yahoo
Avatar Went Hot: November 10, 2007 - 9:44 am
Posted By: aimClear 185 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://online.wsj.com) my network
Category: Yahoo Other
WALL STREET JOURNAL, WASHINGTON-Yahoo stock TUMBLED as 2 Chinese dissidents' families hoped congressional hearings into Yahoo's role in the men's imprisonment spurs their release. read more »
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Recent Press Coverage About Facebook Ads
Avatar Went Hot: November 9, 2007 - 10:13 am
Posted By: bhartzer 185 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.10e20.com) my network
Category: Social Media
This week Facebook launched their 3 part ad program. The night it launched Chris spoke to a reporter from the Associated Press who wanted his thoughts on the new program. The article ran in many, many different places. Read Chris' thoughts regarding read more »
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Alert: Google is Shrinking
Avatar Went Hot: November 8, 2007 - 6:24 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 185 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbusinesssem.com) my network
Category: Google
CitySearch used to have 13 million (yes, million) pages indexed. Today, it has less than 800k. Several other sites show similar trends, suggesting Google's index is getting smaller. Question: Are you seeing similar drops on sites you monitor? read more »
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What my Preschooler can Teach you about Online Success
Avatar Posted By: deezin 185 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.socialdesire.com) my network
Category: Networking
A fun article about online success and how it relates to the way a preschooler thinks. Very good article. read more »
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Firefox Extension to Help You Read Content on the Web
Avatar Went Hot: November 11, 2007 - 7:04 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 185 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ideashower.com) my network
Category: Water Cooler
This Firefox extension allows you to save pages of interest to read later. It eliminates cluttering of bookmarks with sites that are merely of a one-time interest. (I do a lot of reading on the net and found this to be pretty useful. Just installed read more »
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Facebook Unveils 3 Part Ad System
Avatar Went Hot: November 8, 2007 - 2:07 pm
Posted By: beanstalk 185 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.metamend.com) my network
Category: Social Media
Jim Hedger covers Facebook's new ad platform. read more »
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