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Back in 2007 the folks from 97th Floor released a promising Firefox add-on to help facilitate cross-submissions between social bookmarking sites. Unfortunately, development on this add-on stopped in October 2007 and it wasn't long before the add-on read more »
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A discussion on how to make your linkbait successful without having to hit the front page of Digg, Reddit or any other social network. read more »
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Many search engine optimizers are still stuck in the past. They practice SEO 1.0 or less. These SEOs fail to adapt to the new Web 2.0 media environment and attempt to apply rules of the older web to the new situation. read more »
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Tuesday's Tips in Online Marketing is back with another video. This week Li Evans is featuring tips on how to optimize Press Releases for the web. Got a press release? Want to just slap that thing on a web page after you've emailed it out to over read more »
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Should help a lot of people :) read more »
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Ann Smarty asks the question, "I for one do backlink research almost daily. Why is that so essential in SEO to know how to properly analyze backlinks?" Ann examines ways to explore the site’s backlinks using link: operator in Yahoo." read more »
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Manish Pandey talks about 5 crucial learnings he's had on the road to becoming a successful digger.

Good read! read more »
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SEORipOff.com - a complaint site where companies who have been ‘ripped off’ by an SEO firm can blast the company they contracted. So what are your views on SEORipOff.com and how do you feel niche service review or complaints sites fit in the busines read more »
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Looks like the domaining market is still hot to trot. read more »
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Here is an in depth look at three backlink checkers which do much more than just report on Yahoo Backlinks, they help categorize and organize backlinks based on anchor text, site age, whois info and much much more. read more »
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Submitting your RSS feeds and blog URLs to as many sources as is possible will optimize your sites visibility. Obviously this is equal to promotion / advertising that is either free or at low cost advantage. read more »
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Lee Odden Guest Post: Contributors: Brian Solis, Neil Patel, Chris Winfield, Mike Moran, Rohit Bhargava, Jeremiah Owyang, Muhammad Saleem, Jason Falls, Other sources: Steve Rubel, Robert Scoble, Charlene Li, Andy Hagans, Pete Cashmore, Chris Brogan, read more »
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Kirsten has a great post revealing some findings and insights of her interviews/discussions with other Moms in the social media space. It also gives some insights on coping with work/life basis.

Is it just me, or do 4 of the 5 moms have 3 kids? read more »
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We’re starting a new ongoing series here on Search Engine Journal of SearchToons, farside style cartoons depicting events in search engines and the search industry. Today’s, the controversial Calacanis and the Mahalo work ethic, inspired by Jason’s read more »
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My name is Loren Baker and I’m a link builder. I admit it, I’m a link building SEO and I’ve been building links for clients for 10 years. I’m also the owner and editor of Search Engine Journal and I’ve decided to be a bit more transparent about my l read more »
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This post will hopefully give you plenty of ideas for making some improvements to your blog. We all have room for improvement but sometimes it’s just a matter of knowing different ways of doing things. This is a rather extensive list, but I’m sure t read more »
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Forbes is out with the latest billionaires lists, with Google executives being well represented. Plus Yahoo's President, Susan Decker saw a 63-percent increase in her salary with a 29-percent bonus increase from last year. read more »
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Monitoring Google rankings you with your most important SEO campaign challenges. By tracking your targeted keyword search engine results, you will:

* learn new emerging SEO techniques;
* keep track of your well established competitors;
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“Old-school” marketing and PR folks miss that Oprah, Wall Street Journal & local paper, are NOT the only Biz Buzz key-influencers. Hybrid viral-social/traditional campaigns are the new PR anarchy! (SEMMY?) read more »
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Is this the sign of a new partnership between Yahoo and NewsCorp’s Fox Interactive, the parent company of MySpace, in an effort to build a stronger brand between the two and fight the Microsoft takeover? read more »
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I love this article because Ann forces us to look beyond the normal keyword and on-site elements of SEO -- and then place a strong emphasis on the competitive balance between your brand others.

With strong screen shots and examples, she walks you read more »
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Your search marketing efforts build the incoming links and link juice which help lend authority and ranking to your site. Sometimes there is nothing wrong with sharing that property with the right people, and letting the ‘wrong people’ go thirsty. read more »
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Links to try Google Experimental are being littered in the footer of many search result pages today read more »
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The Mad Hat vents his spleen on the recent bust up between John Andrews and Rand Fishkin over the notorious SEL Wired post. read more »
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Rand writes a great post about 12 ways to keep certain content hidden from the search engines, and reasons you might want to do so. I've never considered some of these, but they make perfect sense.

Great piece! read more »
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