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A great guy and a great interview. read more »
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Aaron tells the story of how a SEMPO tutor apparently used his position at Search Engine Watch to undermine Aaron's book. Ouch! read more »
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SEO and Social Networking can be your happy place. It doesn't have to be your job. read more »
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Last week I touched on the creative process and how I create linkbait graphics for articles and content. Today I am going to take a look at a particular site and see what the approach to creating graphics or using photography is for them. read more »
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... The initial desire to blog came from a want to do something because I enjoyed it. The need comes from the feeling of having to do it because I enjoy it so much. Or am I just kidding myself with that last line? ... read more »
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Techcrunch reports: "A patent application lodged by Google in July 2007 but recently made public seeks to patent a method where by robots (computers) can read and understand text in images and video.

The extension of the application would be that read more »
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bloggers can use stumbleupon to get the attention of other bloggers read more »
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Haven't read it in depth yet, but here's some info from her blog post:

The ebook is 35 pages long and these are the major sections:

* Chapter 1: Getting and Installing WordPress
* Chapter 2: Basic WordPress Administration. 10
* C read more »
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Gene Marks says SEO only works for larger companies that have "oodles of money" to spend and that it does little for small businesses. Marks indirectly says blogs should only be written by people in media or technology markets and who have the time read more »
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Rob Watts offers 8 general SEM tips that will help your website succeed online. read more »
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See why Darren's wife would make a great Internet Marketer read more »
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"It seems obvious that privacy is going to be a major point of contention in the near-term future. It's only going to get hotter as major online services compile huge amounts of data about us, as Open Data advocates push for that data to be freed up read more »
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Kalena's blog traffic jumped from 480 visitors to 25, 321 visitors in 1 day thanks to the power of Social Media! (The Ninja Network...lol) read more »
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Citizen journalists are now covered... This “Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007” is now law!

Perhaps the presence of citizen journalism is merely too difficult to ignore any longer? read more »
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Real picture taking robots, coming to stores and museums near you? Plus, how well can Google really understand text within images? Possible very well. read more »
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In this post, I’ll be discussing the kind of content which does more than get links, comments and votes. It leaves a mark on everyone who engages with it. It changes, in some small way (or some big way), the way they act. Here’s how you can create i read more »
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In which I explain the concept of "blog bets" and offer 3 bloggers who believe that the Patriots will win the Super Bowl the opportunity to "blog bet" me. read more »
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Forget Scoble getting booted from Freakbook. The real story is how quickly Mahalo scraped together the news and started ranking. John Andrews has the scoop. read more »
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Cre8asiteforums has launched two new forums and invites new and old members to visit, teach and network. They are called "Nonprofits on the Web" and "Cre8tive Tomorrow".

These forums are the start of several new projects taking place this year a read more »
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A jet owned by the founders of Google is taking flight on Thursday on a scientific mission to view a meteor shower. The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to produce more than 100 visible meteors per hour during its peak. read more »
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Shaun takes another look at visualising link equity, with hot links and hot pages. read more »
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These Nielsen numbers show which verticals are spending the most on sponsored search, including a category for Image/Text Links. read more »
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If we assume that the average user on a social media site is ‘fairly intelligent’ (though it’s true that not all users are equally savvy and in the end some users will rise above others to be stronger contributers) then it makes sense to give a ‘top read more »
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A lazy SEO can write an ecommerce product description in minutes; a thorough SEO professional will need at least 15 minutes, maybe more, but the difference in quality and results is so tremendous that the small time difference hardly seems a waste—m read more »
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Sphinn time-stamps things when you START a submission rather than when you finish. But sometimes I get interrupted during the submit (or I forget that last bloody "confirm" click) and my submits end up starting halfway down the "what's new" page.
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