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From the ocean of posts about linkbait it would be easy to think this particular technique is the solution to marketing any site. The reality is, however, very different. Especially on commercial websites. read more »
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There are times when your website might experience short periods of very high traffic. This could be the result of TV exposure, or your linkbait just hit the front page of Digg. The worst thing that can happen at this point is that your site can’t c read more »
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When it comes to web marketing ROI email marketing, to a subscribed list, is the daddy. A quality email list partnered with a targeted, well written email can out perform SEO, PPC and just about any other marketing activity every time. read more »
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Mixx, Digg, Facebook, Reddit, Myspace and Twitter all have way too much downtime. How do they deal with it? read more »
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Digg has sold out. Their idealistic mission statement has taken a backseat to other priorities - be it money, power, ego, or whatever. We ’ve seen this happen over and over again. Somebody has a great new idea or invention or creative style. It star read more »
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Guess which celebrity launched a new social networking website? read more »
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The most common complaints so far are downtime, inaccurate and incomplete search results, and the fact that images displayed with search results are often not related whatsoever. Here are a few of the biggest gaffes I’ve seen so far. read more »
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The first step in reaching out to bloggers is locating your target audience. The best way to do this is to create a list of the types of bloggers you would like to contact, and use the search engines below to locate them. This article includes step read more »
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The task of converting from a top-down, message-controlled model to a bottom-up people-powered movement in the digital space will fall to individual organizations. The new data provided by Pew should be encouraging though, as it indicates that the read more »
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Social technographics is a classification of groups of people based on how they use social technologies online. A social technographics profile is a set of information about a groups online habits. read more »
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Oh, sweet. You know when you look for some company homepage to get their support email address or something, and then the page will start with a super great 3D animation that will take a minute to load... before you can actually find the info you wa read more »
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This post looks at the issue of whether a blogger should create content specifically to target social media users. read more »
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Brian Carter writes "Previously a fashion choice made only by engineers and MIT students, graph paper shirts are now all the rage in the hot, young, explosive search marketing industry. Coincidence? I think not." read more »
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Robots from Vanessa over at Jane and Robot. Huge and awesome. read more »
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Rishil writes "As I have often stated, I work with many small clients, especially in the medical field. There are few problems associated with this market, none of them unique, but they're a pain to deal with for the revenue that you make on taking read more »
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Joost de Valk gives us his final guide to WordPress SEO. read more »
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At SEJ Ann given tips on How to organize your link list for effective link building. read more »
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Last week I attended my first search conference. I gleaned a lot of valuable info and met many interesting people. Throughout the conference I compiled a mental checklist for my next conference. My hope is that my experience and the corresponding ch read more »
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In this post Steven Snell looks at 5 ways that bloggers can quickly gain tremendous exposure without social media, and without paying for any advertising. Just like social media, these methods won’t be for everyone either, but you may find something read more »
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Great post on what to do when inheriting a poorly managed Adwords account.

"If you've inherited a "dog" account, it could be a long, long time (like maybe forever) before minimum bids on a poor account get down to sustainable levels. It's as if G read more »
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QuadsZilla joins the fray over white hat/black hat and SMX Advanced. read more »
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TopRank's Dana Larson shares a list of the TopRank's favorite online marketing tips , which - as a team - makes them stronger than each individual. read more »
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Brian Carter discusses some great tactics for rescuing your SEM campaign from failure. read more »
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Love him or hate him.... MM does make some damn fine posts and I agree with much of this!!

- SEO Theory and Analysis Blog - Do people really think that sneaky redirects and buying links are advanced search engine optimization? What utter crap and read more »
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he he... Maki worked the word 'Plurk' into the title.....

DoshDosh - You can keep on thinking of ways to leverage a new social channel like Plurk, but don’t forget: In the end, people market people. If these lifestreaming/microblogging sites hel read more »
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