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Avatar Went Hot: June 13, 2008 - 6:59 am
Posted By: annie7 121 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Google Other
If you host your blog on Google’s Blogspot or use Blogger; you are giving Google the right to control and access your content and information. Even shut down your blog when they see fit to do so. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 21, 2008 - 11:43 am
Posted By: MarketingMinefield 144 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seo2.0.onreact.com)
Category: Social Media
1. Getting people to vote for me on other social media
2. Verifying information before posting
3. Getting acute problems resolved
4. Interviewing people and generating content for my blog
5. Being one of the first to know a story read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 21, 2008 - 9:37 am
Posted By: MarketingMinefield 144 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.problogger.net)
Category: Blogging
1. Creative and Playful
2. Innovative
3. Connectors
4. Community Enablers
5. Information Mavens read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 20, 2008 - 7:15 am
Posted By: lorenbaker 145 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: SEO
Most webmasters don’t see any difference between image alt text and title mostly keeping them the same. Here is some in depth information from Annie Smarty on the differences between an image Alt attribute and an image title and standard recommendat read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 20, 2008 - 6:36 am
Posted By: DaveDavis 145 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
As with any business, customer retention is far more valuable than customer acquisition. Companies that succeed in the long run are the ones that invest heavily in keeping their customers satisfied, rather than only spending money to acquire new one read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 16, 2008 - 1:43 am
Posted By: Wiep 149 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.winningtheweb.com)
Category: SEM Industry
As the web matures and Google improves its search results with the most relevant sites, it’s going to become increasingly difficult for small publishers to get ahead. Get going before it’s too late. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 14, 2008 - 2:08 am
Posted By: planetc1 150 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.doshdosh.com)
Category: Social Media
Maki writes... Darren Rowse recently wrote a series of posts about increasing your Twitter presence, in which he mainly talks about how to use Twitter by adding value in order to increase your Twitter following. While Darren made several good points read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 14, 2008 - 2:05 am
Posted By: kevinheisler 151 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchenginewatch.com)
Category: Social Media
Twitter and LinkedIn: for small business owners, they're two tastes of social media that taste great together. The question: Who gets Twitter in your LinkedIn network? And who got LinkedIn via Twitter? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 14, 2008 - 7:00 am
Posted By: lorenbaker 151 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: SEO
Keyword research block got you down? Here's 5 tools to help you brainstorm for new unique keywords in your and neighboring niches. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 13, 2008 - 7:08 pm
Posted By: neyne 151 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.wolf-howl.com)
Category: Blogging
Another must-read list of WP plugins from Graywolf read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 13, 2008 - 4:51 am
Posted By: MattMcGee 152 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.marketingpilgrim.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Your clients are enjoying more exposure and tangible results than they ever did before. If you don’t know how to properly sell this value to your clients, you could be losing money and not even know it. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 2, 2008 - 3:33 pm
Posted By: bledsoeut 162 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbusinesssem.com)
Category: Search Marketing
This is a great article about career moves and getting a solid start in the SEM arena. Anyone new to SEM or that has gone through/considered a career move should read this post in its entirety. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 3, 2008 - 3:30 pm
Posted By: fogofeternity 163 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Blogging
Excellent and insightful outline of the behavioural habits that are important for making a success of blogging. read more »
5 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 1, 2008 - 7:16 am
Posted By: Lyndon 164 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.jenniferslegg.com)
Category: Blogging
How many times have we hit publish on a blog and then realized we forgot to do something crucial, whether it is changing post slugs or a crucial spell check. Here is a quick checklist of what you should do before you hit publish. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 1, 2008 - 5:53 am
Posted By: Lyndon 164 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.distilled.co.uk)
Category: Web Analytics
The distilled chaps take a look at the Crazy Egg, web analytics system and conclude it's pretty hot stuff. read more »
5 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 2, 2008 - 5:48 am
Posted By: SpostareDuro 164 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://onlinemarketingbanter.com)
Category: Blogging
If you exhibit any of these behaviors, please… seek professional help:

Symptom 1 - Blogging while drunk
Symptom 2 - Sleep deprivation
Symptom 3 - Memory lapses
Symptom 4 - You start to resemble Rain man
Symptom 5 - You start to ditch your rea read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 1, 2008 - 8:09 am
Posted By: ShaneEubanks 164 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: SEO
Need a cheat sheet that covers most of the SEO tasks that go into your web development projects? This guide covers just about all of the basics...and then some. read more »
10 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 1, 2008 - 5:34 am
Posted By: vangogh 165 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.searchenginewatch.com)
Category: Social Media
Are there really opportunities for small business to succeed using social media?

Absolutely, if one factors the strengths and weaknesses of the media with the strengths, weaknesses, and goals of the company. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 30, 2008 - 7:33 pm
Posted By: annie7 165 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seobook.com)
Category: Google SEO
Google keeps strengthening their control over search and the web. They can easily use usage data to automatically flag websites for human review. Does Your Site Look Good to Google's Relevancy Algorithm? read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: April 29, 2008 - 9:17 am
Posted By: bhartzer 166 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Social Media
Interesting list of reasons why you need to start tracking activity on del.icio.us and how to do it. You can even see what people are saying about your site. read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: April 28, 2008 - 6:31 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 168 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com)
Category: Blogging
Li Evans writes, "Yesterday, as I was driving to Via Roma which is my usual Friday night hangout with friends, I was just thinking about the different aspects of blogging, and it really hit me that it's actually a lot like Karaoke. Of course in mos read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 7, 2008 - 1:31 pm
Posted By: SEOpranos 190 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seopranos.com)
Category: SEO
Finding a real good SEO expert to handle all of your website needs can often be a tough task. Having interviewed many, these are a solid list of 10 questions to make sure your potential SEO knows. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 25, 2008 - 2:20 pm
Posted By: planetc1 200 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.toprankblog.com)
Category: Social Media
Lee Odden writes: There are many reasons social media can be a productive marketing channel or platform. Rather than emplying it as a tactic du jour, the purpose should dictate strategy and the tactics used for reaching desired goals. A few common o read more »
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Avatar Posted By: marketposition 201 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Google AdWords
Barry Schwartz provides a highlight to Eric Goldman's comments on a case where one Adwords advertiser sued another over a trademarked term and won. How long does it take to get an Adwords trademark complaint closed or resolved?

From the post:
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Avatar Went Hot: March 24, 2008 - 8:34 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 203 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Other Search Marketing
Loren Baker writes, "I’m not a big Internet Explorer user but today I’m using IE as my browser of choice. I noticed that when I launch Skype and IE, Skype highlights phone numbers on web sites in the browsers for calling via SkypeOut." read more »
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