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Neil Patel makes a great guest post in Search Engine Land about which social media sites you have to target. There are so many. Choose the one that suits your blog most. read more »
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If you read one thing today - read this... read more »
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Rand says he used to respect Scoble's opinion but after watching Scoble's bizzare video he will have a tough time respecting his opinions on future topics. read more »
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From the thought provoking article, "I say it over and over. Stop projecting your own beliefs onto Google, and start listening. Google is practically shouting at you, telling you how to rank well."

I personally find it interesting how people expo read more »
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You wanted to get out of the rat race, and in reality what happened is that you started a new rat race. Only this one can be scary as f-ing hell, since you don’t have an employer to hate who will keep putting money in your bank every single month. read more »
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This is not a success story. This is a warning for all! read more »
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The types of link buys that Google has a distaste for are the links that are exchanged directly for cash. Modify your way of thinking just a little and there are a wide array of easy to buy high value links awaiting your purchase. The key to having read more »
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This is actually 2 stories by Robin good about how his sites were apparently kicked out of Google for selling text links

The second article is here
http://www.masternewmedia.org/online_marketing/text-link-ads-issues/text-link-ads-and-Google-ethi read more »
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Has anyone else here heard about this (apart from Danny Sullivan that is)? read more »
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John Honeck shows us a comprehensive preview of warnings Google really wants to incorporate but detains in the pipeline for unknown reasons. Enjoy :) read more »
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Even if you subscribe to most SEM blogs, there are still other places to gain insight from. Read posts from Ammon Johns, a recognized Internet marketer, at Cre8asite Forums, his website and other places and improve your marketing strategies overnigh read more »
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Take a minute and do a Google search for your company name, your domain name, and your personal name. What do those results on the first page or two in Google look like? Hopefully everything is positive. Here's what to do if it's not. read more »
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Yes, sad. He found it lying there, dead, on it's back, with those little feet up in the air.

He has this issue, Birds Fly Into His Office Window way too often. But He believes this is the first dead one he saw outside of his office.

So sad. read more »
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Don't let the title fool you - I'm not against buying links. In fact I buy them quite often for clients. However I am frustrated time and time again when searching for good links. I find a great site in which there is an opportunity to buy a paid li read more »
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Still wondering why you submit an article on Digg or Reddit and it goes nowhere? The key, as with most things in life, is who you know. But as with links, clients or affiliates: you want quality over quantity. You want people who are active and have read more »
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I hear so many weak opinions on reciprocal linking, people getting their panties in a twist as they fear ruining a one way link by linking back will cause black hooded men to crash through the windows and kidnap you for medical experiments.

Eric read more »
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I was one of those people who looked down on buying links for a long time. It just seemed wrong - and surely the brain trust at Google would clamp down at some point. I just couldn’t believe that buying your way to the top of the organic results cou read more »
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I may not read 400 SEO blogs every day, but I read at least 50-100 one day per week and these are the things that can make it a pain in the rear experience. Listen up! read more »
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Does Google sell high PageRank links? Even if not acting as a text link broker Google offers paid links indirectly through various programs. 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.

It started as a challenge to put something higher than Rand Fishkin - even Rand voted for that! And then we wen 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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Chuck Norris sends TChirts.com a Cease and Desist letter. Tchirts replies with no fear. Take a break and read this hilarious article! 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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I know I will take some heat for this one, especially as many will view this as some sort of personal attack against the SEO Community's Golden Boy. I feel, however, that since many people won't even recognize a spin job when they see one, that some read more »
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Eric has some good points here that are worth sharing. 14 years of building links and promoting websites - when the Link Moses talks it's good to listen. read more »
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