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Facebook Connect, launched yesterday, signifies a huge step forward in socialising the Web.

It's not the first initiative in this direction, as we've mused on Google’s Open Social (basically a a standard way to attach applications to any site) he read more »
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Today I’m going to share the exact methods I use to help promote linkbait even after it might not have done well initially. read more »
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The guys that developed the popular SEO extension 'Search Status' have released their eMarketing textbook for the world to download. I've met most of the Quirk team over here in South Africa so I'm glad to see them put even more great stuff out ther read more »
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Garrick Jones is quite new to the world that is eMarketing, the environment here at Quirk is pretty fast-paced and you find yourself being exposed to quite a lot in a short period of time. He shares his 7 tips. read more »
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Three years ago, Seth Godin published this list, which was very much a riff, not a carefully planned manifesto. It has held up pretty well. Obviously, knowing what to do is very, very different than actually doing it. read more »
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I've been doing a hell of a lot of these lately and heres pretty much how I go about it. read more »
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Why should anyone care about being a role model?

Because people will listen when you speak. Because people will care about your opinion. Because people will talk about you and the things that you have to say. read more »
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The title says it all... read more »
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Pretty humorous comparison between bloggers and rappers. Funny but true. Haha. read more »
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"We only have budget for one thing this year--should we do relationship marketing or social media?" She works with giant companies and I work with small organizations, but this question drives us equally nuts. So here's the answer. You do both. read more »
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This is a great, comprehensive guide to using Twitter - if you want to introduce someone new to what Twitter can do for them, this would be an excellent start! read more »
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This resource for social media is a compilation of other great resources, tools, and Websites from around the Web to assist you in your social media efforts, efficiency, and comprehension. Whether your interest is in social media marketing or genera read more »
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John Andrews is always someone who is worth reading. Here he encourages those who care about writing in a search engine visible way to share their tips to create memorable posts. It's a good initiative to get involved with. Let's all see what we read more »
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This SEO recipe shows the importance of testing various ways to cook links before serving them to your clients or adding them to your SEO menu.One of the dangers of utilizing new Social Media sites for SEO is that most of these sites are constantly read more »
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I've posted the SEO rappers lyrics for his Design coding rap for those who are unable to understand his excellent rap. Hope this adds value to some of you read more »
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Apple evangelist, venture capitalist and Internet startup super hero Guy Kawasaki has chosen to showcase some of Sphinn's favorite blogging stars in the SEO category on his new web site Alltop.com. Wow! read more »
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Coming from an agency, there are often times when there is need to perform a competitive analysis for a client in order to better understand the client's position in the competitive landscape. The main purpose of a competitive analysis should be to read more »
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Ann Smarty explains in detail how to analyze the internal power of your website. read more »
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Acclaimed SEO guru Aaron Wall agreed to answer some of the questions we’ve been pondering. Enjoy! read more »
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Adam Audette's link-building post which originated as his Searchfest 08 presentation. Yeah, this is a way over-done topic, but Adam uses a very fresh approach here and I recommend checking it out. read more »
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This is my second natural SEO post attempting to foster FUD-free approach to search engine optimization. This time it’s about two most overused (but still effective if done wisely) link building methods: reciprocal linking and interlinking. read more »
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Great summary of the pros and cons of 7 social media websites and how they work in conjunction with your SEO efforts. read more »
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Google employee says "Webmasters who rely heavily on bookmarking their own sites to gain traffic will likely see a drop in pagerank before the end of 2008, and we will be working closely with two major social bookmarking sites to find a solution tha read more »
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One of the best ways to get publicity and generate buzz is to get bloggers to write about what you're doing. Boing Boing co-author Cory Doctorow provides some tips on making it easy for bloggers to point to you. read more »
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For some executives, it sounds crazy: Why should they entrust their business's metrics to a free tool powered by the search engine that runs most of their pay-per-click ads?

To many others, though, the idea makes both dollars and sense. In fact, read more »
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