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Avatar Went Hot: November 4, 2008 - 2:44 pm
Posted By: AnnieCushing 28 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Link Building
With the potential power of directories for SEO currently in hot debate, I thought that it was the right time to unleash this list. (For the record; yes they are still powerful!) read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: October 8, 2008 - 10:55 am
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 56 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Link Building
As previously mentioned in part 1 of this series, it’s extremely important to be able to evaluate the power of a directory for link building. Especially when you consider that the power of a directory listing is much more complicated than just looki read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 17, 2008 - 8:46 am
Posted By: Maing 78 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: SEO
Personalization of search results is very important to the future success of any search engine, and its an effort well underway with many of the big 3 search engines as we speak. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: martinbowling 139 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.longhornkate.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Kate Morris and Lisa Barone write "Idea so stolen from On365’s 21 Signs a Geek Girl Likes You. This is coming from a couple of the apparently few single SEOs. As I’ve said before, almost all SEOs are married! I realized this while stalking people be read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 16, 2008 - 8:49 am
Posted By: TheNanny612 140 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Link Building
Paul at Search Engine People continues with the 2nd part of Link Building basics.... in this post he explains how to find .edu and .gov backlinks as well as dofollow blogs that you can comment on. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: ViperChill 154 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Google SEO
OK, I’ve had it with link building; I’m done. Tossing in the towel. Waiving the white flag, no fight left in this link ninja. Google, you win! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 11, 2008 - 10:11 pm
Posted By: jeffquipp 175 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.paigefiller.com)
Category: Other Social Media
A great post discussing 10 unusual truths about social media. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 12, 2008 - 4:23 am
Posted By: Catfish 176 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.allthingssem.com)
Category: Google SEO
This is a pretty funny image of Matt Cutts. I think the first diagram is actually funnier. Pick one ball and follow it for a while.

**Note: This is a humorous post and does not contain any real SEO value other than giving Matt Cutts a hard t read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 15, 2008 - 2:34 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 202 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Social Media
Jeff Quipp writes, "Have you ever had a client come to you in a state of desperation, begging for help to remove a blog post that ranks for their business name, and portrays them in less than a positive light?" Jeff goes on to list 50+ social sites read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 7, 2008 - 6:18 am
Posted By: dailymoolah 211 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: SEO
SEO is becoming a bigger piece of the marketing pie. Jenn Osborne writes "Those who have been in the industry since the late 90’s have seen huge changes in SEO. The industry has really matured. But in the grand scheme of things, if you were to plot read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 1, 2008 - 8:09 am
Posted By: ShaneEubanks 216 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: SEO
Need a cheat sheet that covers most of the SEO tasks that go into your web development projects? This guide covers just about all of the basics...and then some. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: JulieJoyce 216 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seo-chicks.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Dazzlin' Donna explains how new SEOs evolve, in her typically witty manner. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 23, 2008 - 2:14 pm
Posted By: planetc1 223 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Social Media
Jeff Quipp writes... If its in fact true that “actions speak louder than words”, and “problems are merely opportunities in disguise”, we should be able to read a lot into the personality and philosophy or various social communities by looking at how read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 11, 2008 - 8:48 pm
Posted By: jeffquipp 235 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Google SEO
Wow ... this is a big announcement. Previously, Google was not able to get past simple forms, but now it can. Great development. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 8, 2008 - 3:36 pm
Posted By: jeffquipp 238 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://piggybankpie.com)
Category: Blogging
A great post by Patrick about ways to make sure your blog is in ideal condition to perform its duty before you guest post somewhere else ... since you'll be driving people back to your own blog.

Very interesting! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 8, 2008 - 7:40 am
Posted By: lorenbaker 238 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Link Building
BOTW snagged over 30 ex-DMOZ original editors as their newest group of employees, affectionately dubbed "The Nerd Herd" read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 8, 2008 - 2:08 pm
Posted By: evilgreenmonkey 238 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
I'm pleased to announce that we've now taken on 2 new Sphinn moderators, helping us to manage the staggering growth of our site.

Brent Csutoras and Jeff Quipp have kindly volunteered to take up this challenge, and I hope that you all join me in w read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 5, 2008 - 7:28 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 242 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.cornwallseo.com)
Category: Other Social Media
So I previously made fun of Twitter, but there was something about it which kept my attention. One thing which kept me connected was the fact that my peers were spending time there and a conversation existed. Not knowing what the conversation was ab read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 6, 2008 - 3:40 pm
Posted By: bwelford 242 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://valleywag.com)
Category: Google Other
The competition is getting ugly. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: slwagg 243 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Social Media
Full Disclosure Confession: I don’t get the whole social networking phenomenon. Perhaps it is because I am a gentleman of a certain age. MySpace is mine and I have no real desire to share it with anyone beyond my other half… and my dog. I leave the read more »
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Avatar Posted By: yeepage 243 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Google Other
The auditorium is packed with spectators there to cheer on their favorite contender! In one corner, weighing in as the largest search provider the world has ever seen, with creative genius that seems to never falter, and a “the sky is the limit” de read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 2, 2008 - 5:10 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 244 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchrank.com)
Category: Other Searching
If you haven't heard of human powered search engine, Stumpedia, you might want to give it a whirl. It is essentially a human-powered search engine with a social aspect to it. Stumpedia allows content producers to submit and profit from their work an read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 4, 2008 - 3:05 am
Posted By: TimDineen 245 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: In House SEM
Interesting post by Lisa Barone regarding hiring SEOs for In-House positions. She lists the most important attributes an applicant should have with details.

Highlights:
Technical Acumen
Analytical Mindset
Mad Research Skills
A Think Outside T read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 2, 2008 - 8:45 am
Posted By: jennosborne 245 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.yellowhousehosting.com)
Category: Other Search Marketing
This month in SEO - Steven Bradley (a.k.a. vangogh)'s absolutely awesome round-up of must read blog posts from last month. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 31, 2008 - 2:22 pm
Posted By: jeffquipp 246 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.socialmediamom.com)
Category: Social Media
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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