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I have noticed that Amway, Quixstar for those in the US, is making a huge marketing push. It appears that they are spending a ton of dough on TV commercials in an attempt to distance themselves from their reputaton as a pyramid scheme. It seems to m read more »
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While SERPs give project managers nice, clean numbers to report to their CEO, there's more to SEO than just ranking. William Flaiz examines the true value of keywords and some common misconceptions surrounding them. read more »
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A new research paper from Yahoo and Cornell University -with search legend Jon Kleinberg as one of the coauthors- provides a fascinating look at how a search query such as "red sox" or "hurricane deal" can be centered around a physical location; inc read more »
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During this past week’s Diggnation podcast, Kevin Rose offered up some insight into the Digg algorithm which may or may not be the most eye-opening of revelations. It’s something that I figured out pretty quickly and that is that there is an element read more »
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The SEO community has been foaming at the mouth lately over whether or not we need standards for the industry. Standards won't signal maturity, but will rather lead to homogenization of industry strategy. Ethical and educative issues should be addre read more »
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Li Evans has a great wrap-up of her SES panel + audience Q&A. Final panelist: William Flaiz, VP SEO & Web Analytics AvenueA/Razorfish and Search Engine Watch Expert: covers Wikipedia, Flickr, Photobucket, Social Profiles, YouTube, Squidoo and more. read more »
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From Search Engine Watch, William Flaiz discusses precautions and pitfalls of doing SEO work for pharmaceutical companies. read more »
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From iMedia Connection, Joshua Palau discusses the complex case of the People vs. Google in the link building landscape. read more »
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From Search Engine Watch, William Flaiz talks about navigating the pitfalls of SEO for international clients. read more »
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Standard emails and ditto link proposals, automating processes and publishing dozens of push button pages can improve your link building process, right? Wrong. read more »
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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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