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It seems Google used their real dataset for PageRank for the Google Directory export, forgetting that they are telling their millions of users lies on their toolbar with manual penalties, which until now had no visible proof. read more »
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I think these guys should spend more time drinking on Saturdays rather than conducting serious interviews divulging useful information about Stumbleupon.
This interview is important to reinforce why you shouldn't continually stumble the same sites. read more »
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DoshDosh answers his fist Friday Advice Column Question on his Blog. "What should you know before you start Blogging?" read more »
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Ruud dives into how search works, with a review of the usefulness of meta keywords and how off page factors act as meta data. read more »
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Designing content whether it be an article, landing page or a website you want to evoke a certain image. If you are selling then hopefully your image has a lot to do with trust. What makes one design more trustworthy than another? read more »
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Brendan interviews Tim Nash on social media communities like Digg and Stumbleupon. Also talks about Tim's new membership site: "I’ve been planning on setting up a membership site for a while now aiming it at the intermediate to advanced SEO/SMO user read more »
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The user experience, both on and off-line, sometimes blend together. This is usually overlooked by web site designers who haven’t had the experiences or training to understand the ramifications of every element they put on a page.

Sometimes the read more »
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You don't need to kiss A** to become a leader read more »
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A great post detailing 25 things an SEM/SEMM can do to tie up loose ends during a 2 hour window when their spouse has a "must see TV night".

What a great concept. Thanks for the chuckle! read more »
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Tamar illustrates why Digg shouts aren't private..... even if you keep them hidden!! Wow!! read more »
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Tips for what might be the most powerful networking tool out there... I must sort out my profile. read more »
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Conclusive proof, social media marketing can get you interviewed by the hottest chicks in town... the SEO Chicks read more »
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Greg Sterling recently posted his 2008 predictions for local search and Andrew Shotland thought it'd only be right that he take on the 2008 predictions for local search engine optimization, particularly because Greg’s post never even mentioned the s read more »
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My big issue with hyping social media is that most things that are popular on social media sites do not actually build credibility, and that you are going to have marginal success building your brand if you start by focusing on these broad third par read more »
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Google’s AdWords Conversion Optimizer released generally, & they’ve lowered barriers to entry: now works with campaigns that average at least 200 conversions per month - down from 300. Also, some advertisers have reportedly experienced good results read more »
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You really don't want to make me mad ;) read more »
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I have seen a few of these at other sites, but Aaron at TheMadHat.com has put together another nice list of questions for SEO professionals. If you are hiring as SEO pro, this may help you and if you are looking for a job, you should at least quiz read more »
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A little bit of humor, secret messages and conspiracy theories can make the daily data slog less painful. read more »
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Great post detailing 6 reasons to hire people that are better than you if you wish to grow as a company. He uses the example of Darren Rowse hiring Skellie ... and now in many respects she's viewed as the better writer.

So true! What a great piec read more »
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The key is to see where things are going within your subject matter arena before others do, and to integrate that insight with your objectives. You want to create content that not only attracts attention, but also helps you achieve the goals that pr read more »
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How annoying is it when you make a post and 5 other posts rank above yours in the search engines all that have your content wrapped around huge Adsense units. So what can you do? I came up with this idea a while back to put a link back to my site in read more »
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Wendy Piersall puts together a great little primer on blog ad networks. From explaining the benefits of joining one to outlining more than a dozen essential questions to ask before signing a deal, this post is a must-read or anyone looking to moneti read more »
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Lisa McNeill writes how to not be so scared of the whole Social Media Marketing thing.... its really not that scary. How to beat Social Media Marketing Cold Feet. read more »
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Modern day crawlers are very intelligent, yet very naive. They can't handle everything the web throws at them with 100% accuracy. Some issues are created by technical problems, and some by webmasters using techniques in unpredictable ways. But they read more »
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Vanessa Fox gives us a first class Zero to Hero review of the birth and growth of Google's Webmaster Central blog. The ex-Googler shares the secret of the kirklandwc.com domain... read more »
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