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To me, this is huge. I always hated how DoubleClick tracked you across the web. Now for Google to be doing it is even worse - they know so much already. How can I continue to run AdSense on my sites, knowing what I am doing to my readers' privacy read more »
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StumbleUpon has plans to finally remove their 200 friend limit. read more »
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Internet Marketers, like most entrepreneurs, tend to get distracted and flit from one project to another without accomplishing anything. This is not really a flaw, but is due to our creative side taking over. Here is a simple method to keep on tra read more »
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a non-SEO blog from Michael Graywolf read more »
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Rand Fishkin provides arguments against linking out to other sites as well as arguments for linking out to other sites. read more »
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"I get that Blogher is about supporting female bloggers but creating a double standard of not even allowing male speakers at their conferences goes a little too far. Now I’m not against women supporting other women but shouldn’t the focus be people read more »
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Wow - Patrick knocks another one out of the park. A simple but elegant idea for getting lots of traffic from your competitors. Look how the URL is bolded in the title - really nice idea. read more »
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Excellent post about how different groups view Stumbleupon. This is not your usual rehash of what has been said before - it is very personal and compelling - I really liked it! read more »
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Great article about how to use social media correctly. read more »
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Here is a rarely used method for helping you gain better search engine rankings for relevant keywords. It is a simple method of looking at the “Top Search Queries” section and picking some posts on your blog, that with just a little push can have se read more »
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A lot of great photographers are scared to put their photos online because it’s so easy for other people to steal their work. I totally understand that. I’m hardly a great photographer, and I don’t want people stealing my photos, either! But I do wa read more »
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I dumped text link ads. I nofollowed paid links. I javascripted links that might be mistaken for paid links. I canceled my sponsored review accounts....And I did all that for…what? read more »
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TopRank started using social bookmarking as an active/passive content promotion method several years ago. They've also been successful at promoting a social bookmarking tool for blogs over the past 18 months or so, gathering 50,000+ links." read more »
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John Andrews has a point, you better get to know Matt Cutts now before its too late! read more »
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Great interview with Nathania Johnson. She discusses blogging, social networking, and web 2.0 topics. read more »
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Instead of just having your latest posts on the home page of your blog, you can create a custom front page and display whatever you choose. read more »
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In most lifestyle magazines, you’ll find an advice column, where an expert or columnist will answer reader queries on specific problems. Let’s take a quick look at why you should take this basic editorial format and use it on your blog or website. read more »
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Blogging is big business these days, with some bloggers reporting six-figure or even million-dollar incomes. There are a number of ways that these bloggers earn such large paychecks, and the best know how to do it in a way that won't scare off reade read more »
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Webgeek provides some very simple steps to improve your Technorati authority which should result in increased visibility and traffic. read more »
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Google made interesting steps in the middle of 2007. Firstly, Google skipped Pagerank update in July-August to spread panic in link market field. read more »
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Great post by Skellie - how to find new readers for your blog. read more »
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I just started using gmail a few days ago, had all my mail archived there, and all of a sudden my account was suspended. I have no idea why! Luckily I was able to recover most of my email from my old computer, but I lost the mail from the last few read more »
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It seems as though every day we are being invited to join yet another social network (YASN). If we actually spent time at each of these social sites, participating and becoming respected contributors, we would never get anything else done. It’s just read more »
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Facing business decisions about how to access mail and files from multiple computers, and how to have backups for disaster recovery. If you are serious about your internet business, you should think about these things. People left good info in the read more »
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Anyone who's covered conferences knows it's REALLY hard. This one's a tactical jewel and methodically teaches important techniques surrounding image optimization. “An image is worth a thousand links” read more »
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