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Google SEO guru Matt Cutts said something interesting yesterday, but so far it seems pretty quiet on the blog front, so maybe it went unnoticed or maybe no one cares. However, for me it spoke to something I have always secretly suspected (and drawn read more »
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Part two of Reilly O'Donnell's analysis of where to find SEO talent. Reilly acts on Rand Fishkin's suggestion and compares the results of the February 2008 SEOmoz SEO survey with the data from the SEMPO members list. read more »
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A SMX Local Mobile Presentation:

And I'm [Brian Carter] presenting it here to you in a variety of ways, since I know some of you like video, some like slideshows, some just like blog posts... for the blog post only, keep scrolling down. Best way read more »
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Some analogies perhaps oversimplify the SEO process, but are good for helping get the basic concepts across.

How do you describe SEO to people who are not deep into the field? read more »
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While there is no end to the SEO advice that permeates the web marketing world, it can often be very difficult to sort out exactly how one should research and where one should turn to learn about SEO. read more »
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After Paul did a great job explaining how search queries can help in link building, I decided to expand offering the list of such link building queries and also some tips on how to search effectively read more »
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Agencies are facing a growing number of challenges differentiating themselves from their competitors given the number of search marketing agencies in the market today. Ken Clark suggests agencies begin employing the Net Promoter Score (NPS) as a way read more »
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"Social media and SEO are now inextricably linked. You couldn't separate 'em if you tried." - Ian Lurie. read more »
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Like Avinash Kaushik says about web analytics, "The goal is not to collect more data – it’s about extracting insight from this data.”

The Get Elastic Blog provides 7 tips to remember when using the keyword tool, how you can apply keyword research read more »
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Great link building notification tool for Wordpress complete with instructional video. read more »
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If you have been on Reddit much over the last few days, you might have noticed the share feature has returned. Click on the “share” button under any submission and fill in the blanks to send your favorite stories to anyone through email. read more »
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Knowing that the search marketing industry is currently talent constrained, I wanted to take a look at where the search marketing talent was located. To get a feel for this I chose to use SEMPO's member roster as a baseline to assess where search m read more »
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The wet dream of all webmasters is to get to the frontpage of Digg or Reddit. After reading how Cracked.com did it on Digg (hit the frontpage) I decided to write a follow up for StumbleUpon. That’s how it works: read more »
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Why am I not surprised (screenshots and video evidence included!) read more »
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So you've landed an interview for that SEO job you've always wanted? Use this checklist (available as PDF) to ensure you are ready to go! read more »
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As an SEO recruiter with many years of experience, I simply have to ask: if you have not jumped on the LinkedIn bandwagon yet, what are you waiting for? read more »
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Interesting analysis of how the recruitment industry in particular can benefit from a greater understanding and utilisation of "Web 2.0" technology and strategies. read more »
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So, you have an active account on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Sphinn, Digg, YouTube, and all of the other social media tools and forums. You have a blog that you submit content to on a regular basis (hopefully more often than I do to my personal b read more »
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A common misconception is that your job search starts once you decide you want to make a career change. In reality, there are simple things you should do on a regular basis to position yourself to be successful in your job search whenever that time read more »
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Could Stumbleupon’s human-filtered search results be the beginning of the next evolution of search engines that could see the all-powerful Google algorithim be made redundant?

I think Nowsourcing is on to something here. read more »
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John Carcutt - "Real SEOs used to go to forums all the time. As a matter of fact, I bet most Real SEOs learned the craft on those very forums. Now, Real SEOs post all of that hard earned knowledge on their own sites or friends blogs. Why give away t read more »
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Yikes! "I received an email this weekend from Yahoo saying that they were updating their Terms & Conditions for their search marketing accounts. In summary, Yahoo is going to optimize your PPC account without prior knowledge of or approval by adve read more »
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Dave Synder writes "I had an epiphany while working on a site yesteray, and as most lessons come from life, I thought I might as well turn it into a blog post.

The reality of SEM is that creating PPC accounts that yield a high ROI can often be mo read more »
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This is my attempt at a post about what the future of the SEO and Google will be. I'll be the first to admit that some of the stuff I say is (IMO) pretty out there as far as predictions go, but I'd love to get some feedback from the sphinn community read more »
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Where can you earn the most money in search marketing? Reilly O'Donnell analyzes data from Indeed to show you the top cities to earn big salaries as a search marketer. read more »
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