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A practical list of steps to take when redesigning your website by the local search optimization guru. read more »
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Here is the interview we promised with one of Digg top users read more »
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Recently, the PR firm of a very famous and lavishly wealthy public figure called me. One of his projects had gotten a lot of bad press. They asked how much it would cost to remove the negative information from Google. read more »
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a link builder had the 'nerve' (for lack of a better word), to post a public link exchange offer in not just a Google Group but in the the official "Google Webmaster Help" group, for all Googler's to see. read more »
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According to Google Insights the interest in SEO has been growing at a steep rate, particularly compared to the average business-related search. read more »
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Where I've asked many of my SEO friends to share with me an example of SEO Fraud, an SEO Scam, or something other example of shady behavior that they've encountered.

Contributors include Matt Cutts, Aaron Wall, Rand Fishkin, Chris Winfield, Van read more »
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Andrew Shotland's fabulous post detailing an immensely scalable way to evaluate your best keywords based on analytics data. A must-read for Keyword Researchers. read more »
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A great rant from Li towards the social media spammers... Does SMM = Social Spamming? Or is it about building relationships?

Search Marketing Gurus - Along with that, I was just flabbergasted at a submission on Sphinn about gaming Twitter for " read more »
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Everett Sizemore the Tony Soprano of link building describes the concept of laundering your link juice read more »
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Some quick ideas on why you might want to optimize your site for phone number searches. read more »
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The impact of an old media paper article far exceeds that of an Internet article. There is something about old media that we retain for a long time which is not true of new media, and this may explain why people like Tom Friedman are still not blogg read more »
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Brett Borders writes "When negative or unflattering information about you or your company appears in the search engines, it's easy to panic. But before you rush to make a slew of new pages and profiles, you should be aware there is a more effective read more »
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When use of the phrase "linkbait" first started to achieve critical mass, some dismissed it as nothing more than a fad that would be dead in a year. Some truly understood linkbait and tried to explain it while some of those who grasped it ran with i read more »
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Manish Pandey talks about 5 crucial learnings he's had on the road to becoming a successful digger.

Good read! read more »
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A while ago I posted a widely discussed article on indirect promotion on how to grow your site power by building links to pages linking to it. XMCP posted a great piece on how to make the most of your social media profile in terms of link juice. A f read more »
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AboutUs.Org was one of the great free Wiki resources for webmasters looking to create a page about their websites, and get a little bit of link love flowing to start things off. It appears, as of this week, that AboutUs.org is now automatically addi read more »
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Online reputation management services require a very personalized touch. A good provider must have intelligence, intuition, patience, stealth, and strong communications skills … plus successful, non-theoretical experience with public relations, SEO read more »
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This post by SEOmoz attorney Sarah Bird looks at many of the legal issues that affiliates and e-commerce sellers can run into, and it offers excellent advice on defending yourself against fraud and attacks. read more »
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The cheap dollar opens up new opportunities for US business to start selling overseas. Perhaps an affiliate program might be just the way to start this up. read more »
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Always be on the lookout for something fishy. As SEO gets more competitive, cloaking will be more and more sophisticated. A strange search result; an odd referral keyword; off-topic adsense ads; being banned… these are all things that may tip you of read more »
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In this post, I want to talk about the most often overlooked aspect of what is required to write content with strong potential on Digg (and the same principle applies to StumbleUpon, Reddit, or any other social media service you can imagine). read more »
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Social Media is currently being touted as the answer to life, the universe, and everything online, but there is a lot more to it than just hitching a ride. read more »
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