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Saw this and immediately thought of us. Funny stuff, even if I don't quite agree 100%! read more »
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I posted the browser stats from Google Analytics of SELand, SERoundtable and my personal blog, CartoonBarry.com at Search Engine Land. Chrome looked pretty impressive.

I encourage you to share your stats as well. So go to Google Analytics, cha read more »
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Lisa Barone: One of our fine Bruce Clay Account Managers forwarded me an article he stumbled across today and it was like a gift from God. How did he know I needed a good laugh today? Our AMs are always so helpful!

The article is from FindLaw and read more »
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Jennifer Laycock writes, "The ALT attribute is one of those bits of code that's been abused since day one. People can't remember it's name, they stuff it full of keywords or they ignore it entirely. So with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek, I th read more »
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This list is for repetitive web design practices that drive site visitors crazy because we keep driving them crazy. read more »
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Rebecca kelley: Sigh. After much badgering, cajoling, nudging, and subtle threatening from my coworkers, colleagues, friends, and Jane (yes, Jane gets her own category--she badgered me a lot), I finally joined the Twitter. Much like Jane did when sh read more »
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"For almost a year, Keyword Spy have been email spamming both my personal email address and Sphinn (on a weekly basis), regurgitating announcements about its launch and features." read more »
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Stoney deGeyter writes, "This checklist covers various aspects of the domain and site URL structure, how they should be used and how to ensure proper site and browser functionality." 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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You see, the media has only one focus - large, metropolitan areas - because the threat of mass extinction is just irresistible I guess. So, if you don’t live in New Orleans, but you are in the same hurricane path as the city is, then you will be ign read more »
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SEO is bursting with personal brands. Brands that have been so ingrained into the industry that we don't always even realize there's a company behind these folks. Obviously this goes on in other industries as well, but I really think we SEOs take it read more »
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Matt Cutts answers the biggest question on all our minds about the new Google browser, Google Chrome. When exactly, does Google Chrome talk to Google.com? His answer: not to worry. read more »
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The ultimate checklist to make sure your website is going to be suck-free read more »
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Search & Social's first blog post!

"What are some things you should focus on as you continue to grow your knowledge set?

First place your current current knowledge status, and for God’s sake be honest with yourself. If you are a new to the gam read more »
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Recently a SEO working for a lead generation network sent me a letter in the mail alerting me that I could improve my website by linking to their site. They mention some of the large brands they send leads to and state that the link to their site fr read more »
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Three years ago Todd Malicoat published a blog post titled Balancing the Link Equation, which offered conditional tips about how to improve the link profile of a website. I think of that post nearly every time someone asks for SEO advice because the read more »
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How to File a Google Reconsideration Request read more »
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An interesting question is what someone should look for in a potential link developer and how to go about finding them. Rae lists (and pretty much answers) several must-ask questions for link development job interviews. read more »
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It's merging of the search minds as everyone's favorite Pat Sexton joins Jim Boykin and the team at We Build Pages in the role of Search Marketing Manager.

Jim says:

"Pat's skillset brings a lot to We Build Pages in terms of rounding out our read more »
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Effective 9/1/2008, John Andrews will be working for Google. He explains why in his post. read more »
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Ann Smarty writes, "Being automatically updated once a page is changed opens up a wealth of (probably missed) opportunities. There are two handy ways I personally use to keep track of changes introduced to any webpage" 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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A WebmasterWorld forum member decided to experiment with his title tags and made some slight adjustments. Consequently, he noticed a 65% decrease in traffic. read more »
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How frequently do you write blog posts knowing that they’ve got a very limited shelf life, or post a news post knowing it’ll be out of date in a months time?
All the time right? Then why not make the links garnered by those posts work for for you? read more »
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I listed several things I've done to my Wordpress theme to make the site better looking and more functional for users - including a new hack from Joost (with permission) to get some awesome functionality for guest posters. read more »
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