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Is purchasing multiple keyword-targeted domains an ethical practice? Kurt Krejny considers the risk vs. reward of this tactic, what his current findings of it are, and what could happen in the future to sites that do this. read more »
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Do Search Engines trust SEMs? read more »
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I recorded the whole thing, hope sound quality is okay. Also, exported the full Q&A session as text, tons of details. Enjoy! read more »
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"I invited 20 experts active in the Local Search Marketing community to participate in this study, with the goal of identifying the factors that would be most helpful for ranking well in the Google and Yahoo Local Search algorithms, as well as techn read more »
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DazzlingDonna (Donna Fontenot) has put together a list of bloggers who routinely write about search-related topics. read more »
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Brent Payne, SEO Manager of Chicago Tribune does a nifty job of deciphering the responses Matt Cutts gives during an interview with Eric Enge. Does Brent "nail it"? Only one man knows for sure... read more »
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So you've got a new website, great you're now a step ahead of those without one but a small hop, skip and a jump behind those who have been online for a while. What can you do to catch up with those who already have plenty of traffic, links to their read more »
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Rand lets off about paid links:
"This perfectly explains why you have to discount perturbances like paid links. Make it about the business, and the business owners and operators in the room will respect you. Make it about the lack of morality among read more »
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Coming back from our SMX Advanced conference last week, I found myself doing some soul searching. How was it that some people could wonder if advanced SEO means spamming search engines? And have I been contributing to this confusion? For the record read more »
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Information on some great tools for getting an edge on your AdWords competitors. read more »
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Brian Clark writes... Have you noticed all the skepticism lately about social media marketing?

I invited one of those skeptics to vent here on Copyblogger last week. Bob Hoffman is the CEO of a traditional advertising agency, and he raised some v 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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Jennifer Laycock writes "I've read a lot of posts lately tearing down the public relations industry for what a poor job they do when pitching bloggers. I've also read (and written) quite a few posts about what a terrible job companies do relating to 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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Hate negative results on SERPs? This piece is loaded with online reputation management (ORM) insights for your client or business website. It covers vital steps, expectations, useful tips and sites to target. read more »
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The ins and outs of Facebook read more »
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Adam Audette offers the six guiding principles that he uses to run his company, and unlike similar posts, educates and guides without becoming preachy or didactic. read more »
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Dan Zarrella writes "I’d like to debunk a myth that has gone on, rampant and unchallenged in marketing circles, especially viral and social marketing, for some time now, but first I feel a few caveats are in order." read more »
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Great illustration of the interaction and interdependence (is that a word?) between the various factions of search marketing, with a touch of humor thrown in as well. Would be great for getting corporate honchos to understand the necessity of each read more »
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If you do your homework well, you will soon see your readers and fans promote your content for you. Why is it so essential to always keep track of who promotes you and where you are promoted? read more »
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The SEM Daily page lists some of the top resources (18 of them for now) for paid search/sem and their most recent blog posts. Similar to AllTop.com while leaning towards a PPC focus with a healthy dose of SEO mixed in. More resources will be added read more »
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A new WordPress theme from Fathom SEO lets anybody create an "About Us" page for the social media era. read more »
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The effect of Digg style sites on link building, SEO, and driving traffic has helped fuel the social media marketing movement. But did you know there is much more to social media marketing than just listings on Digg, Netscape and StumbleUpon? read more »
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A thorough look at the millions of links and search engine rankings gained through the DigitalPoint Coop.

And what Google is doing about it... read more »
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Ann Smarty writes, "The best things about niche link building is that it is (1) highly effective, (2) looks natural, and (3) lets you find targeted audience and like-minded people who will then cite you and link back to your site." read more »
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