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Retail sites often have a large number of products that change regularly, and frequently the client can't tell you with any accuracy when changes occur. Because of this, keeping your keywords and creatives up-to-date can be challenging. Thankfully read more »
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10 free NLP tools that I've used for a while and that you might find a good use for yourself :) read more »
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Results from an experiment showing exactly which on-page factors matter to Google and Yahoo. Shows which parts of your site you should be focussing on - ALT tags, TITLE tags, page titles, META data, etc. read more »
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Google Insights data showing how far behind Christmas is this year compared to last year. We're almost 15% down in the UK, and 19% down in the USA! read more »
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Expanding your keywords to match exactly what your users are searching for can result in higher positions and lower spends across a huge range of terms. This tutorial shows you how to expand your keywords and how best to build up your campaigns. read more »
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Redirects come in many flavours, but most SEOs know that a 301 is the one you want to use 99% of the time. This tutorial explains what a 301 redirect is, and shows how to identify whether a page is using a 301, 302, META or JavaScript redirect. read more »
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Google's new Webmaster Tools report that allows you to see the source of 404 errors is only the tip of the iceberg. This article describes how leveraging your 404 errors can boost your SEO even further. read more »
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Daily caps in Adwords can help manage your accounts effectively, but if you don't bid intelligently you could be missing significant volumes of traffic and conversions. This tutorial shows how to determine if your are getting everything you can fro read more »
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Attending any search conferences? Make sure to pop this song on your iPod during SMX, SES or Pubcon.

You can even let anyone (willing or not) enjoy this song by making it your ringtone. Awesome!

From now on SEO has its own theme song! read more »
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One of the most common questions webmasters ask when they release a new site is “how do I get to number one on Google?”, but what many find is that they are not even listed at all. This tutorial will take you through a number of key checks that you read more »
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This is a topic that I haven't visited in a long time. Since I started blogging, there really isn't much concern for deciding on which is better: relative url vs absolute.

For those who don't know what this is, basically its cross linking intern read more »
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Reddit.com just launched their highly anticipated redesign. There are quite a few new features, including the option for hard core Reddit fans to turn the view back to the compressed link format. Check it out. read more »
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HTTP header response codes are a complex, technical topic, but a bad implementation can have a hugely negative impact on your site's natural rankings without any visible signs. This tutorial describes in simple language how they work, and how you c read more »
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Tutorial showing how to carry out a PPC keyword expansion project, including planning your campaigns, keyword research and keyword generation. read more »
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Not only is this an entertaining video, but the reasoning behind creating this off-topic link bait is interesting as well. It's a link building topic that should be explored even more, and this is a great way to kick off some discussion.

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Before I break down Yahoo!’s post, let me first share a dirty little secret. Today is the first time I’ve ever read about the Smart Start guide. How in the world did I miss this thing? It was released in January! While I don’t agree with everything read more »
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Tired of PPC? Try new PPC! Here is a good list of 14 alternate sources of paid search traffic that you might not be aware of. read more »
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How can a site with 24 million links from an automated link network be allowed to rank number one for "loans", "credit cards" and "mortgages" 6 months after Matt Cutts was aware of it? read more »
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There's more to RipOff Report than meets the eye and Sarah Bird, Esquire, the in-house counsel over at SEOmoz does an outstanding job detailing how RipOff Report "violates Google’s Terms of Service, and yet manages to stay on top of the Google searc read more »
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