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An interesting look at the rates of Digging of the Top Diggers. Given the hoopla about Diggers being banned lately, it would appear that Digg has only scratched the surface of their problems. read more »
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A good list of high level seo tips. I'm not sure its the ultimate list, but I do think its somewhat realistic in that it helps to portray SEO as marketing and not a magic black box.

I really liked the fact that he mentioned passion for the topic read more »
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A while ago I discussed how you could manually evaluate your competition by comparing the key phrase inachor: and intitle: results. Today I’ll add a few online tools that can also be very helpful in measuring your SERPs competition. read more »
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Google Trends now tracks and shows data on individual web sites, and can compare groups of web sites together. read more »
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When I teach Social Media classes to small businesses, I can always count on someone in the audience to ask a question that goes a little something like this: "I've got limited time to invest in social media, but there seem to be a million sites out read more »
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Yes, there's more to free analytics than Google Analytics. :-) "Believe it or not, you don't actually have to have a big budget to do great web analytics work. Most people know about the wonders of free Google Analytics, but thought I would take the read more »
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Lately, there's been a lot of buzz about a new Twitter competitor called Plurk.
In my opinion this new micro-blogging platform has taken the conversation to a whole new level.
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While many people see YouTube as a fun and mindless distraction, the fact is that it's really quite useful. The video site is full of educational tools for just about anyone, webmasters included. These 100 videos for webmasters include clips with su read more »
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With social media it is imperative to be very meticulous about how you tread and interact in social communities. There are unwritten laws of the land in terms of participation, voting, noise, comments, shouting, sharing, and more. I want to talk abo read more »
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Headline Bonanza: a handy tip sheet of 52 ways to kick start your own brilliant headline. read more »
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A pretty good list from Lee..... I do love my analytics toys :0)

Snip - Regardless of the purpose, I’ve assembled a list below of the various tools we use, or have tested to report onsite blog metrics. Pick the service or tool you like the most f read more »
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A little while back someone said to me that blogging is a “man’s game”, and with people like John Chow, Darren Rowse and many other guys sitting in the upper echelons of blogging celebrity, at first I had to agree with her. I told her that the sex o read more »
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If you are not doing video marketing now then you are not capturing 60% of your market base! read more »
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Linda Bustos explores how eBay is your best friend when doing negative keyword research to protect your broad match spend. Illustrated and EXCELLENT. read more »
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"..the chief executive of the Penthouse Media Group remains so bullish on the sex-related entertainment industry that he is investing $500 million in a group of social networking sites." read more »
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Blogging Bits offers this piece of advice to stop Blogging Procrastination for good...

Write a post everyday right after turning on the computer, even before checking your email and stats. Do it for a couple of months and You won’t even remember read more »
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A simple 13-point usability checklist for webmasters. Ever good website must be able to answer ‘yes’ to each of these points. How does your site measure up? read more »
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Looking for the most popular and best wordpress plugins used by professional bloggers? After problogging on WordPress for over 2 years, and after developing some wordpress plugins himself, the author presents you his top favorite 50 Best WordPress P read more »
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I recently released a video post which explained some of my reasoning for stopping to use AdSense as a means to make money from ProBlogger. In this post I’ll explore some of the reasons why bloggers should consider using AdSense as a way to make mon read more »
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You can find all these in the official Firefox Add-ons directory or the WordPress Plugins directory. But, often times I have found useful plugins through someone else’s recommendation. read more »
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Inside Facebook writes: "...most marketers lack a comprehensive understanding of the vast array of explicit and implicit marketing channels Facebook offers - most of which are viral. My goal here is to provide an introduction to what’s possible on F read more »
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This e-book goes on to tell you how to "win" at Digg and notes that "like all games, Digg’s system can be cheated." It also compares YouTube to chess: "there are an infinite number of ways to win in YouTube but it only occurs under certain condition read more »
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When starting a new website there are a number of decisions that you will make that can have a huge impact on the long-term success of the site. Here are 8 decisions that can cripple your chances of building an effective website. read more »
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If you’re breaking into a new niche then it may be worth taking a moment to reflect on the image you are trying to portray. Who is your target audience? What kind of language resonates with them? What graphical style is likely to appeal to this audi read more »
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Jon Mendez shares a great guide to using Facebook Flyers Pro, and says: "...black-hat affiliates were setting up hundreds of accounts to get past the daily spend limits and that a number of them were pocketing over $15k per week in commissions the f read more »
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