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Unless you have a good understanding of some basic technical concepts, it sometimes may be hard for you to figure out if your internal links are capable of passing pagerank. read more »
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How to optimize for multiple word order search phrases. From the post:

Determine Relative Traffic Levels
Make the Higher Traffic Phrase Priority One
Optimize on the Page (& Site) for the Different Phrase Ordering
Link Building with Alternate A read more »
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In order to get conversions, you need to make sure the business you are promoting is being found by legitimate prospects. Ensure your site provides what visitors are looking for by following these five musically-themed guidelines: read more »
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Yahoo was granted a patent this week which describes how anchor text in links may be used to increase the relevancy ranking of a page pointed to by that anchor text.

It provides some details about how anchor text might be used by a search engine read more »
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When launching a product, or a new version of a product, should you go small or big? Many people believe strongly in the iterative method, but is that always the right way to launch? read more »
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Maki writes... Back in August 2007, usability guru Jakob Nielsen wrote about banner blindness and indicated that plain text, faces and cleavage (or other private body parts) were the three design elements most effective at attracting eyeballs. While read more »
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Where I demonstrate how widely and deeply Twitter has permeated so many different facets of people's lives.

Sphinn users that are included in this story: @leeodden, @dannysullivan, @mattmcgee, @lyndoman, @audette & @onreact_com. read more »
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If we look into hotlinking from an SEO perspective, are there any benefits in getting your images hotlinked by another website? Would hotlinking be worth as much as regular links?

Please share your thoughts! read more »
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Scalability is about expanding without increasing the workload on any individual, or as Wikipedia puts it “handling growth gracefully”. Blogging is harder to scale than many businesses because it requires fresh content to be churned out, without tha read more »
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If you're using Digg as a linkbaiting tool then you're perceived as a villain. Everyone from Digg itself, to the community, to other self-proclaimed social media experts thinks you're the bad guy. Even though good linkbait provides value to the comm read more »
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Once you actually get the chance to look through the actual tools that you’ll need to run an affiliate site, however, you’ll see that it’s fairly straightforward. This article has listed 75+ free online tools you’ll need to get your own affiliate si read more »
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Ever wonder why some of your competitors frequently seem to get mentions on radio, in newspaper articles, magazine articles, and even occasionally on television (news or local programming)? Here’s a little strategy I’ve been working on for about 6 m read more »
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Tips for using Twitter to grow your blog and enhance readership via TwitterFeed - some must-read advice by Loren Baker. read more »
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Take the Poll: 1) Yes, Digg built success around the discernment of young, horny 20 somethings, and won't neglect it's foundation. 2)No, Digg will mature to the point where good content almost always gets rewarded 3) WTF? Digg is cool the way it is, read more »
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Chris Garrett interviews Sugarrae about her experience as a monetizer (affiliate marketer) and extracts some priceless info. read more »
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A powerful catalyst for viral marketing, social news websites are an excellent way to disseminate ideas and attract attention, traffic and links. These social media channels which will give you a platform to showcase your content and website to a la read more »
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Websites are often created to accommodate the needs and desires of the crowd. People will visit these sites or use them to get both information or entertainment.

When generating income online, view websites as virtual real estate: like physical b read more »
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