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Avatar Posted By: robwatts 1 day 13 hours ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.latitudegroup.com)
Category: SEO
Interesting take on the recent Flash now crawlable by Google announcement: It is no coincidence that Adobe’s press release pointedly states that the new Flash crawling technology is only accessible to Google and Yahoo. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: TechMuse 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.theistudio.com)
Category: Online Marketing
Who would have thought a mere decade ago that so much information, personal growth tools and opportunities would be accessible to you simply by sitting in front of your computer? And that isn’t enough for most. Too much work, too much to learn, too read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 23, 2008 - 5:05 pm
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 12 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.evilgreenmonkey.com)
Category: SEO
"I used to hear this question from prospective clients around 3 years ago whilst heading up the SEO department at a London based marketing agency. The question was usually asked by SMEs, in the belief that either Google recommended the agencies in t read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 17, 2008 - 12:31 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 18 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seo-scoop.com)
Category: SEM Industry
DazzlingDonna (Donna Fontenot) has put together a list of bloggers who routinely write about search-related topics. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: MattSaunders 19 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seopittfall.com)
Category: Google SEO
An interesting overview of a widespread black hat link building scheme. The party responsible can be tied back to a variety of 'big name' clients in some very competitive industries. Great read! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 12, 2008 - 3:15 pm
Posted By: ViperChill 23 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Google SEO
Another great post over at Search Engine Journal by Ann Smarty, looking at theories behind Google Sitelinks. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 29, 2008 - 12:38 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 38 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Other Searching
Previously I've covered what I dubbed Search 3.0, how search engines have evolved toward blending vertical or specialized results into "regular" web listings. Today, the step beyond that: Search 4.0, how personal, social and human-edited data can be read more »
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Avatar Posted By: pittfall 39 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: Link Building
This is what paid links were intended for, right?

The paid link debate continues... a probing question with a poll. Answer honestly and find out if you are in the majority or the minority of online marketers. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 27, 2008 - 3:59 am
Posted By: MattMcGee 40 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Why does Google celebrate obscure artists and architects with special logos, but they won't do one for Memorial Day? Makes no sense to me. Barry shows some of the other special logos today at various search engines and forums. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 25, 2008 - 4:52 am
Posted By: philbutler 43 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.money.co.uk)
Category: Other Social Media
Money.co.uk has apologized for the most talked about linkbait ever, which was exposed by their now ex-marketing contractor, Lyndon Antcliff (Lyndoman). read more »
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Avatar Posted By: pittfall 57 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seopittfall.com)
Category: Google Searching
Google testing new local search adjustments in organic results. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 5, 2008 - 9:15 am
Posted By: aimClear 62 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Microsoft Other
(Danny Sullivan post) If Microsoft's Yahoo walkaway is a ploy to save $5 billion, CEO Steve Ballmer may have proven himself pennywise & pound foolish. He was prepared to spend billions to make Microsoft a serious Google rival but may have destroyed read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 5, 2008 - 12:25 pm
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 63 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchenginewatch.com)
Category: Search Marketing
SEO involves getting lots of moving pieces coming together in the right way to form a perfect storm of sorts, which equates to better search results for a Web site. Beyond SEO best practices, I polled our SEO team to come up with the top five "non-S read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 4, 2008 - 9:16 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 64 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Connecticut software developer Jake Luciani has run 10k items on Del.icio.us, Digg, Reddit and Mixx through the API of popularity ranking engine AideRSS to analyze the connection between popularity and timing. He determined the best days and times f read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 4, 2008 - 4:43 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 64 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: SEO
As personalized search and universal search continue shaking up an industry that used to be dominated by "top ten results," more and more small businesses are learning the valuing of focusing on the keyword long tail. While there's no doubting the v read more »
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Avatar Posted By: pittfall 66 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: SEO
What differentiates a SEO Firm from the others available and what would be the best fit for your marketing needs?

Here are a few questions that will help you sniff out the legitimacy of a firm. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 2, 2008 - 5:48 am
Posted By: SpostareDuro 66 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: April 28, 2008 - 12:51 am
Posted By: theGypsy 71 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: SEO
SEL - Although Standard Process won part of the case, the judge ruled that since the keyword META tags do not influence search results, having trademarked terms in them are immaterial. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 20, 2008 - 2:55 am
Posted By: ciaran 78 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
Dear Danny,

I love Sphinn. And I really love Search Engine Land. But if the two are separate, why do you force me to submit something from SEL to Sphinn in order to comment on it?

There are times when I don't want to Sphinn a story (not becaus read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 10, 2008 - 10:31 am
Posted By: SpostareDuro 86 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.geeksaresexy.net)
Category: Other Social Media
Here’s a very good example of a dumb error read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 2, 2008 - 2:27 am
Posted By: pittfall 96 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Google Searching
It isn't the dance, but it is very interesting that the index across these two Google datacenters are different from the regular index.

In fact, with a quick query for bank, aside from subtle SERP changes, the number of pages indexed differed - 5 read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 28, 2008 - 9:02 am
Posted By: theGypsy 99 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: SEM Industry
oK... Now (the)Lisa is digging into the fray. I might just have to jump in with a rant myself in the comming days... so many rants, so little time... *sigh*

Bruceclay.com - As you might imagine, I disagree with Jill. Taking a look around, I think read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 27, 2008 - 8:55 am
Posted By: LtDraper 100 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: SEO
Interesting article on SEO standards. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 20, 2008 - 11:44 am
Posted By: SpostareDuro 107 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Water Cooler
It's now after midnight so this makes it the official day of the search patent guru's entrance to life.

Happy birthday Bill and many more. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 19, 2008 - 5:23 am
Posted By: annie7 110 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Google SEO
How Relevant is Google PageRank?
Does Google Monitor User Data?
How Relevant are Blogs to Google Listings?
What’s the Difference Between a Forum and a Blog?
Paid Linking and Google Tips read more »
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