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"More and more conventional link building methods, like directory submission are of less and less value, Google does not even recommend high quality paid directories any more. In fact soon we’ll see a situation where all artificial ways of link buil read more »
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Sales are down for many businesses due to the slow economy. Business owners and CEOs are looking for that one thing that can pull them through the hard times and keep them afloat. When times get tough, many turn to SEO, hoping that it will be the ti read more »
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Some direct evidence countering the suggestions Google Webmaster Central blog made yesterday. read more »
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Lee - Social media and search marketing: Are they two peas in a pod, complimentary or two very distinct channels?

I think the answer is all of the above, depending on the situation. The growth in attention to social media as a marketing, communi read more »
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Blogging is as varied in its applications as using the telephone or taking a picture. The tool doesn’t predict the output. You might be using your blog to post recipes, or to inform the local community about information you find elsewhere on the web read more »
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Dr. Pete looks at some innovations and shifts in local and mobile search:

"As search marketers, it's hard not to be a little worried by these recent changes - as a group, these advancements are undeniably game-changers and represent a significant read more »
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As twitter folds under the mighty pressure of Matt Cutts Google by removing the ability to get link juice from your profile link,Did Twitter stop the bots ..NO read more »
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Rae Hoffman writes, "As you may have heard, Twitter recently decided to “nofollow” links left of the “bio” section of user profiles. The “web” link has always been a nofollow link, but the bio links passed popularity until Dave Naylor exposed it, wh read more »
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There’s a heated discussion on Twitter today following the move to take away link juice from bio links on profiles. What do you think, is this unfairly punishing active users? read more »
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During my trip to San Jose for SES I [David Snyder] was privy to such a moment in history. A moment where a legend, a mythical creature was born. Our industry from this time will forever know the name, SEO Champion.

Below find an Oral History of read more »
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Does Google Changes Rules On Nofollow? Does nofollow still pases anchor text link juice and PR? Read here for full details. read more »
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Great list from Tad about some very useful new web tools made available in 2008. read more »
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Wow - Patrick knocks another one out of the park. A simple but elegant idea for getting lots of traffic from your competitors. Look how the URL is bolded in the title - really nice idea. read more »
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Everyone loves list posts because they have the potential to go viral, are great link bait, and give a lot of information.

The article lists the top 100 SEO blog posts that are lists. read more »
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An intriguing discovery by a programmer who sheds some light on Google's mysterious information gathering techniques. read more »
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A very detailed and in-depth look at Sphinn from Edward Lewis of seoconsultants.com read more »
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Danny Sullivan writes, "You have no privacy on YouTube. So effectively declared a US judge yesterday. And now somebody in the US government better stop grandstanding about search and privacy protection and actually get some laws enacted now. Yesterd read more »
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It is greatly ironic that algorithms, the quintessential example of all that is not human, would be so fundamental to social media. Last week I wrote a post about how Google gathers user data. This week I continue by exposing how popular social medi read more »
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Michael Gray writes "Today Google released an new feature that gives away traffic stats and keywords for most websites on the internet. However what everyone failed to notice is that Google laid everyone else bare, naked and exposed but kept their o read more »
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There's a right and wrong way to include SEO in your internet marketing mix. Throwing it in as an afterthought after your shiny new site launches is the wrong way. Here's the perfect SEO workflow. read more »
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Google's AdWords seminars continue to get relatively positive feedback from most attendees and Google is now getting more aggressive with a lot more seminars being presented within the next few months – ranging from beginner to advanced courses. read more »
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Some useful ways you can use Twitter ... when it is working! read more »
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Paul does it once again equating certain industry figures to action heros ... who would each be? Michael Gray, Dan Thies, Hamlet Batista, Joost de Valk, Lee Odden, and more.

Very comical! read more »
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This morning I was handing off a project to a developer and found myself ranting about the common mistakes developers make when coding HTML. These boneheaded mistakes can cause search engines to choke when it comes to indexing your websites. And its read more »
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Sometimes one of the hardest things to do for any website is build links to deep content.These are the links that generally will help the site perform best overall in the search engines. This is because while it may take hundreds or thousands of lin read more »
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