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Three men defrauded eBay in a “cookie stuffing” scheme that made it appear the men’s companies should be paid commissions, eBay claims in Federal Court. It sued Shawn Hogan and Digital Point Solutions, Todd Dunning and Kessler’s Flying Circus, and B read more »
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Three years ago Todd Malicoat published a blog post titled Balancing the Link Equation, which offered conditional tips about how to improve the link profile of a website. I think of that post nearly every time someone asks for SEO advice because the read more »
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"It’s been said many times, including by me, that one of the flaws of social media marketing is that the resulting traffic is short-lived. That short-term nature of social media traffic is one of the biggest reasons that social media marketing is of read more »
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I [Garrett Pierson] had the wonderful honor of spending some time with Lee Odden of Top Rank. He gave great insight on the changing SEO Industry and the up and coming Social Media industry. Also Within the interview that you can listen to above or r read more »
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James Duthie tries to answer the question... Is social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? read more »
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David Mihm discusses why it is advantageous to be an early adapter of technology as opposed to a herd follower. read more »
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Ann Smarty is probes the ethics of saying to the zillions of "Friend", "favors", "begs" and when/how to say "no".

Do we? read more »
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First time Youmoz poster Rob shares a tip from inside the gov't on getting gov't analytics data! Get yours while it's hot :D!! read more »
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Where can you find topics in one place that will go with you in the car, bathroom or office and doesn’t need electronics to access? read more »
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After the past year of experiments with online marketing video, some winning formats have emerged. One may surprise you — the long-form webinar. by Denise de Murcie read more »
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What do hot dogs, tanning and sex on the beach have to do with ecommerce? gotta read the list read more »
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Great review of basic SEO conversion tactics. The conversion of a visitor to a client is everything. I like the quote "A site that ranks well and doesn't capture customers/visitors is like an umbrella on a sunny day." Exactly right especially if the read more »
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At times what’s best for the user doesn’t always seem to be what’s best for the search engine and vice versa so compromises have to be made. I’ve gone over here some of the most common flash points between usability and SEO best practice I see. read more »
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It is fun to watch Tamar Weinberg and John Andrews write about social media. Largely because they are both firm in their beliefs, and they believe polar opposites. Tamar's piece covering the definition of social media marketers is uplifting and pain read more »
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"No, Seth, it doesn’t take 10 years to become a success."

I follow Seth, I have his books, but I don't agree with everything "anyone" says, SEOblackhat.com echoes my thought. read more »
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The first five videos for Search Camp Philly are out, all filmed last Sunday in Philadephia. read more »
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Enhanced Speed, Search & Design with No Dots read more »
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"A business owner hires an expert web developer to create her website. The developer mentions he also “does SEO,” and is the site owner interested? The site owner jumps at the chance to have a “web expert” optimize her site, imagining her site perch read more »
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Melanie tackles the present issue that faces SEO. Shes not the first to adress it, and possibly on the last. However she looks into aspects that are worth noting.

Note - this is on wolf-howl (Michael Gray's blog)and Mel is the first guest blogge read more »
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When talking about usability, most people will refer to "simple things" like making sure your phone number is in the top right corner of your Web pages so the visitor can easily convert for you.

Stuff like that is important (the point of driving read more »
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Has the tide shifted? Is Yahoo creeping into position 3, while Microsoft's adCenter is climbing to position two in the search ad space? Some advertisers say yes. read more »
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"However, the news that Google may soon be able to index this content changes nothing. It's still up to you to convince your clients to avoid Flash. As pretty as it may be in small doses, a Web site entirely in Flash still presents a poor user exper read more »
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Barry Schwartz bids adieu to our favorite SEO 1.0 tool. read more »
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When navigation schemes are mapped out in accordance with IA there is less chance for cliffhangers. I love these. It’s when you get going on a site and you’re rolling along until suddenly you’re taken to a page that drops you off into the Unknown In read more »
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I can't believe that google have come out and said they are use people's IP and Cookie data for search relevancy read more »
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