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Avatar Went Hot: October 12, 2008 - 5:53 pm
Posted By: clickfire 51 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchandsocial.com)
Category: News Sites
Theorizes that Digg is on the decline after the widespread bannings. Recaps the aftermath. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: g1smd 71 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: Water Cooler
After what seems like forever writing and blogging for Bruce Clay, Lisa Barone is moving on to pastures new...


I hope your new venture still sees you writing online somewhere. The old place just won't be the same without The Lisa. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 22, 2008 - 8:50 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 72 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seobook.com)
Category: Link Building
Peter Da Vanzo writes, "Link building is hard work. Have you ever tried to get people to link to your pure commerce/commercial brochure-web site? You know how tough it is out there. The link economy has become so established, we've even got strategi read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 20, 2008 - 5:58 pm
Posted By: thePuck 75 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.blog.marketmou.com)
Category: SEM Industry
A great post on dangers of screwing over people who build reputation for a living. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 17, 2008 - 8:58 am
Posted By: MattMcGee 76 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbusinesssem.com)
Category: SEO
It's that time of year again: Time to find out if you're spending too much time on SEO and in desperate need of a break. Here's the 2008 version of "Signs You Need a Break from SEO." Enjoy! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 5, 2008 - 6:17 am
Posted By: Harith 90 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: SEO
A High Rankings Forum member who has been working on a yearlong SEO agreement is now facing new management with his client and they're requesting a refund for services (mostly because some project deliverables weren't actually delivered). Should thi read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 3, 2008 - 10:07 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 92 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.davidmihm.com)
Category: SEO
The Yellow Page industry is incredibly easy-to-understand - you pay more, you get a bigger ad, you get more calls. Search engine optimization, even for the rare small business owner who has heard of it, is much more complicated and is inherently som read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 5, 2008 - 10:54 am
Posted By: NickWilsdon 119 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://nickwilsdon.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Jill is someone who needs no introduction round these parts. I had the pleasure of interviewing her last week on the topic of Google, ethics, old-school marketers, Cuil and the myths of social media. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 25, 2008 - 4:49 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 131 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchrank.com)
Category: Blogging
A recent study revealed that ONLY 15% of Fortune 500 companies communicate with consumers via blogs. This number was lower than I expected, at least as far as Fortune 500 companies go. It is not surprising to me however with regards to businesses in read more »
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Avatar Posted By: DavidWallace 145 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: SEO
Stoney deGeyter points out in this article that "the SEOs place is becoming more of a conductor of an orchestra, rather than the one who plays all the instruments." read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 8, 2008 - 5:01 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 147 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchrank.com)
Category: Other Social Media
David Wallace's excellent post where he argues that only that being an active participant in online communities (the right way) gives you the right and privilege to submit your own stuff to them. People who only join communities for self-promotion read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 28, 2008 - 2:40 pm
Posted By: rhcerff 159 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Ask.com
Ask.com... getting closer to core search or simply trying to increase the number of searches? Barry Schwartz gets to the nitty gritty... or not. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 21, 2008 - 1:48 pm
Posted By: gyutae 196 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: Social Media
People are saying effective participation in sites such as StumbleUpon, Facebook and del.icio.us can lead to increased traffic, more customers and a stronger online reputation for you.

But what if you don't want these things? Here are a few tips read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 19, 2008 - 6:55 am
Posted By: DanThies 200 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seofaststart.com)
Category: SEO
If you haven't read the 2007 edition, because you've been waiting for this, now is the time, and yes it's still free. If you've already read the 2007 edition, don't get too excited, because not very much has changed.

Sorry if you were expecting s read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 15, 2008 - 11:50 am
Posted By: planetc1 201 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchrank.com)
Category: Search Marketing
Dave Wallace writes... I am so weary of non-SEO types who have some measure of influence spouting off their opinion of what SEO is, what it isn't, whether it is growing or declining and the like. It is no different then when celebrities use their cl read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 7, 2008 - 6:34 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 210 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seofaststart.com)
Category: Google AdWords
I'm sure the title of this post is going to make a few folks upset. Don't worry, the content is going to really make you mad. Not at me, but maybe at yourself, and especially at whoever taught you how to split test.

That's because, for most Adwor read more »
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Avatar Posted By: DavidWallace 214 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semgeek.com)
Category: Searching
Greg Meyers writes, "As you can tell by the headline of the bog post, I am a little dumbfounded by the lack of participation of high tech companies who have shaped what the Internet is today. After doing a little research, I have found two highly re read more »
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Avatar Posted By: DavidWallace 214 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com)
Category: Social Media
Trust. Visitors need it, customers, demand it. They want to know or at least feel that what you are telling them is the truth and not some ruse to get them into the door to buy their products. If you break the customer's trust, its very difficult read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 14, 2008 - 10:21 am
Posted By: Dash 232 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.doshdosh.com)
Category: Social Media
If you’re a new or not yet established brand, how should you use social media to build a reputation for yourself? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 14, 2008 - 7:50 am
Posted By: rustybrick 232 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
Lots of reports about a weekend Yahoo Search update. No official word from Yahoo yet, but it seems like we got a major Yahoo update going on. read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: April 13, 2008 - 8:56 am
Posted By: bwelford 234 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.blog.marketmou.com)
Category: Google SEO
A great interview with Aaron Wall. Sometimes I find interviews are of lesser value than you'd expect from the interviewee. In this case, you won't be disappointed. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 12, 2008 - 8:28 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 235 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.marketingpilgrim.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Jordan McCollum writes, "Remember earlier this week, someone was trying to trademark the acronym ‘SEO’? A helpful little comment on our post on that news just pointed me to the 'enterprising marketer’s' response, posted Wednesday. And if you didn’t read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 10, 2008 - 11:52 am
Posted By: rustybrick 236 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: SEM
I love videos! I have been messing around with them for a few months now and yesterday, I officially launched a video podcast. For now, I will likely just do weekly video recaps, 10 minutes or less, on the past week's search news/tips.

I have d read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 13, 2008 - 7:06 am
Posted By: jeffquipp 236 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: SEM Industry
A great new study out of Penn State with reasonable accuracy suggests that only 10% of search requests are for transactional purposes.

Good information to have when constructing new content for client sites! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 27, 2008 - 11:33 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 251 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: Link Building
Link building sucks. There I said it. Of course it's been said before and most people who have even the slightest bit of experience with it can tell you the same. It's tedious. It's monotonous. It's mundane. True link building is marketing. But that read more »
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