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Guide to understand how search engines rank your web site. Use it to understand what your competition is doing... then beat them. read more »
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Enter the SEO sharpshooter specialist, focused on attaining organic prominence as quickly as possible under pressure. The objective is to push the nasty content as far down the SERPs as possible and, if necessary, debunk the credibility of the damni read more »
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Last weekend I read Chris Lang’s Wickedly Evil Social Marketing Tactics book. If you are new to Social Marketing or willing to improve your presence at Social Marketing sites, than you will learn a lot from this ebook. read more »
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Some interesting forward thinking from the folks at Yahoo as translated by the one and only Bill Slawski

SEO by the Sea - With an increase in recent years of social sites that contain lists of sites or songs or videos, search engines may be cons read more »
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Where we set forth the Internet's "Power 15" for brand influence. If your brand rocks on these 15 sites, your sales should rock as well. By contrast, bad news on these sites can really hurt your business. read more »
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It ALMOST seems like a standard in the industry…the mysterious link builder…hiding behind closed doors…where do they get all those quality links? How can I get some of those much sought after links for my client? The answer to this old-age question read more »
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Yes, it seems recently that using keywords in their exact order can actually work against you. read more »
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I am constantly searching high profile search phrases to see how and why certain sites rank so highly. Often I am surprised the things sites do with unnatural linking that still work wonders.

I thought hidden hit counter links were rendered usel read more »
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The Link Spiel: That old saying "it's not what you say, it's how you say it" is spot on in this situation. If you send out the old "swap with me for PageRank" type letter you'll find lower results than if you offer an incentive to act and develop yo read more »
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Affiliate Marketing is fast gaining popularity as fast as it is generating money. This concept was started by the adult entertainment industry and was later on adopted by recording companies to sell records online. read more »
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Search Engine Optimization is all about optimizing your blog to position it higher in the Search Engine Results and thus increase overall visibility. It’s one of the most, if not the most, important aspect of blogging.

Here's 15 of the most under read more »
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From Copyblogger: Your copy might focus on benefits instead of features, have the right balance of emotion to logic, and maybe you’ve even snagged the reader’s attention with an arresting headline. But after your reader clicks through, does your cop read more »
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Google breakdance anybody? read more »
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Dr. Pete Meyers, a well-known usability expert and Twitter addict, has decided to ring in 08-08-08 by celebrating "Twitter and [his] international friends by spending 24 straight hours on Twitter."

So no matter what time zone you're in, help @dr_ read more »
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"I can promise you that even in highly competitive markets, with a little creativity, there is still a lot of low hanging fruit of opportunity in this area." read more »
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Mixing up Korea with the United Kingdom? Google having to run AdWords instead of organic geo-targeting. Double serving? Spyware via Google. The worst SERP we've seen in a while! read more »
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Matt uses Napoleon as an example for effective marketing, tapping people's emotions. read more »
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SEO rapper hits it again... read more »
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If you're using adCenter Analytics, or know someone who is please point them to this post - we're gearing up for an beta refresh and would like some input from our customers.... read more »
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Does your content creation and management plan consist of merely a fire-and-forget-it perspective? Then you may be missing out on ways to not only strengthen existing rankings but bolstering new ones. You may be making costly mistakes without even k read more »
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Matt Foster puts in his two cents about Jason Gambert's Wikipedia hoax. read more »
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Rebuttal to Louis Gray's post that links are declining in traffic importance plus some stats on link opportunities for top blog sites read more »
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Ann Smarty writes, "Sometimes you don’t know what exactly you are looking for. That’s when wildcard search may come in handy. Wildcard search can be used as placeholder for any sequence of characters or words. It is a seldom discussed search operato read more »
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Patrick Altoft writes, "Most people spend way too much time trying to use Digg to send traffic to their websites. The time and effort it takes to understand and befriend the Digg community and get your content onto the front page is disproportional read more »
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A little bit of a debate, if you find a useful technical article, is it ethical to click (only once) on the adsense link as a thank you to the content creator? read more »
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Search Marketing Expo

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SMX Local & Mobile - San Francisco, CA (July 24-25) See the agenda, and register now!
SMX Sao Paolo - Brazil - (Aug. 7-8)
SMX China - September 23 & 24, 2008
SMX Stockholm - September 23 & 24, 2008
SMX East - NYC - (Oct. 6-8) Registration is now open.
SMX London - November 4 & 5, 2008