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To paraphrase Douglas Adams, the Internet is big, very big. You might think that the amount of data on your hard drive is pretty overwhelming, but when it comes to the numbers related to the Web as a whole, it's as tiny and insignificant as a walk t read more »
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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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I can't say that I know Danny personally. I have met him once at SMX London, but that's about it. Oh, and he replied once when I asked him why no coffee in the morning:

Which kind of brings me to the topic at hand. Danny twittered about a New read more »
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Google have recently allowed UK companies to bid on each others brands in a move that they claim will help users. It won't, and its Google being hypocritical here's why. read more »
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Blog post about why the current trickle of publishers getting banned from the AdSense program is about to become a flood, and why this is a good thing. read more »
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A simple analysis on Annie7's (SEOSMARTY) site on how the new search within search (teleportation) is not necessarily the best thing for brands. read more »
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Lisa barone writes, "Barry Schwartz twittered this morning that he had news that would make me sad but wouldn’t elaborate. Then, a few hours ago the story went live on Search Engine Land: IAC Cuts 8% of Ask.com & Kills Search Engine. That bullet was read more »
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The time was that Google offered some degree of protection from the actions of their competitors, however they have quietly removed the one item from their webmaster advice that people could have drawn on for support in the event of a ban. read more »
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This entry covers why there is such a sudden surge in negative SEO, how it's done (filtering out details), and what few things you can do to protect against it.
All information was retrieved from my own test results(using my OWN domains as targets) read more »
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introductory article about the principals behind a holistic approach to search engine marketing, and how it can boost the return on investment offered by SEO read more »
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Yahoo have started to include the number of times a site has been tagged in del.icio.us within their natural search results. How important is this for SEO, and does this mean that the social bookmarking network is going to get even more spammy as m read more »
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Why a fixed cost model doesn't work for SEO, and why you really shouldn't be selling yourself short when it comes to creating a price list for clients... read more »
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Shoemoney's take on the way in which Digg has changed - and not for the best read more »
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Why users should always be the most important part of any social media strategy, and why the power of the web is increasingly in the hands of the masses. read more »
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Why is it that users seem to use the other search engines simply to get to Google? Is it an issue of trust, or do they simply not realize what a search engine actually is? read more »
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Does a throw away comment by Matt Cutts mean that Google are able to devalue links within an entire industry? read more »
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Article about the factors that underlie Google PageRank, and why despite what you might hear in a Forum, it really does matter read more »
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Why getting the right sites to the top of the search results in Google matters to people other than SEO professionals. read more »
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