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How in the world do people find the time to Blog, Sphinn, Stumble,etc. and still work and run businesses? Or is that their business? Is it profitable? I need to know!

The pressure to be Sphinnable is starting to get to me... But I'm startin read more »
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Submitting your link bait using a very weak account on social voting or news sites will not allow you get the prominence you deserve. Re-submission or re-insertion of link baits and valuable content into the social community gives your website a sec read more »
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With more than two million registered users, StumbleUpon has rapidly become a major player in the social networking craze that has swept through the computers of millions of web users, worldwide. read more »
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Typically, prospective SEO clients send consultants a RFP with questions about staff, expertise and process to make sure the SEO firm is qualified. But what about qualifying the SEO client? The most successful search engine optimization engagements read more »
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Debra Mastaler's latest column on link building, where she talks about seven habits that can help you to become a highly effective link builder. read more »
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When I saw a few contests pop up on Sphinn I thought, "nooooo, make it stop". And it did.

But then, some bloke called David Airey has put on a contest which I have supplied one of the prizes for and I just had to Sphinn it as the way its set up i read more »
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Many of the big time directories have just been penalized by Google including my own Biz-Dir (over half of the pages have been delisted), directories hit include:

Aviva
Alive
Big Web Links
ewebpages
Directory Dump
Elegant Directory

All of read more »
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Social Media Daily is available for download starting… Now!

It’s just $197 up front and $97 each month thereafter. Nah…. It’s FREE! read more »
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If you notice someone leveraging a social site to rank for a word that you are actively seeking you can poach the work that they have done to rank that page and sneak in right underneath them utilizing Google’s indented rank feature. read more »
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I got a chance to fire off 10 questions at Michael Gray (aka Graywolf) about all kinds of SEO & PPC stuff. I forced him to postpone his family vacation because this interview is that important. read more »
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Shimon Sandler provides a quick reference guide that should help you optimize your site. read more »
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In the search industry and want a bit of geo targeting love? Get yourself added to the list.
I may add a Google maps mash up later. read more »
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Google is apparently still falling for invisible links embedded in hit counter code. read more »
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Danny Sullivan speaks with Eric Enge about Search Engine Land, SMX, Sphinn. Eric and Danny also talk about Google's dominant position in the market and what other players need to do to challenge it. read more »
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Some domains go to waste!

Cool.com PARKED
Hot.com Lame log/ 1-pager
Pro.com 403 ERROR!
Cash.com PARKED
Gamble.com PARKED
MY.com - a hosting co?

Read about the rest of them! read more »
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This is a basic Wordpress plugin that makes it easier for visitors to link to your posts. It adds a small button that, when clicked, grabs a small snippet of your post, including the title, and a bit of the first paragraph like a del.icio.us bookmar read more »
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Interview on how to build links with master SEO expert, Fantomaster. read more »
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SERPs Finder is much more accurate because it does its searching in realtime and it also digs deeper, crawling through the first 1000 results on a query. If it does find a result it loads up your browser and drops you on the page where your URL was read more »
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Seattle SEO John Andrews challenges Sphinn members to prove their mettle as marketers, by pushing Sphinn over 400 for the first time.

Sites like Digg show hundreds and sometimes thousands of votes because their members participate and exercise t read more »
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Why not get a notification when your PageRank changes? read more »
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Another weekly installment of "10 Questions"! This week we got Rae Hoffman in the hot seat kicking and screaming. Or just kinda hanging out.. read more »
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It is possible to increase the amount of money you earn from your blog or website without increasing the amount of traffic you currently receive. This article will provide some useful details on the various methods and principles you can immediately read more »
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Writing mind-blowing content isn't enough. You also need to create mind-luring headlines. Learn how to do that from this ultimate guide on title writing and get traffic and links. read more »
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Still mourning the loss of the Supplemental Results label? Bruce Clay SEO Analyst Mike Terry explains how to get Google to reveal which results are supplemental. read more »
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If the site you are redirecting has anything shady going on with it, or if you are a well known SEO, make sure you do not discuss the redirect publicly or register your sites with Google Webmaster Central, otherwise Google might kill the redirect ou read more »
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