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Part two of Reilly O'Donnell's analysis of where to find SEO talent. Reilly acts on Rand Fishkin's suggestion and compares the results of the February 2008 SEOmoz SEO survey with the data from the SEMPO members list. read more »
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After Paul did a great job explaining how search queries can help in link building, I decided to expand offering the list of such link building queries and also some tips on how to search effectively read more »
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Agencies are facing a growing number of challenges differentiating themselves from their competitors given the number of search marketing agencies in the market today. Ken Clark suggests agencies begin employing the Net Promoter Score (NPS) as a way read more »
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"Social media and SEO are now inextricably linked. You couldn't separate 'em if you tried." - Ian Lurie. read more »
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Like Avinash Kaushik says about web analytics, "The goal is not to collect more data – it’s about extracting insight from this data.”

The Get Elastic Blog provides 7 tips to remember when using the keyword tool, how you can apply keyword research read more »
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If you have been on Reddit much over the last few days, you might have noticed the share feature has returned. Click on the “share” button under any submission and fill in the blanks to send your favorite stories to anyone through email. read more »
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The search results that you see from Google in the US for a specific query may be different than the search results you see in France, or China, or Germany.

Indiana University researchers have developed an interesting tool that points out diffe read more »
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Great post by Gab explaining a real trick to competing in hyper competitive markets such as the Real Estate sector. read more »
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Sephy raises some important questions - like where did 759 bugs disappear to in 24 hours or so, whatever happened to supporting old versions of Wordpress, will post revisions bloat your database to an unmanageable size, and the fact that turning any read more »
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Knowing that the search marketing industry is currently talent constrained, I wanted to take a look at where the search marketing talent was located. To get a feel for this I chose to use SEMPO's member roster as a baseline to assess where search m read more »
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So you've landed an interview for that SEO job you've always wanted? Use this checklist (available as PDF) to ensure you are ready to go! read more »
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As an SEO recruiter with many years of experience, I simply have to ask: if you have not jumped on the LinkedIn bandwagon yet, what are you waiting for? read more »
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A common misconception is that your job search starts once you decide you want to make a career change. In reality, there are simple things you should do on a regular basis to position yourself to be successful in your job search whenever that time read more »
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John Carcutt - "Real SEOs used to go to forums all the time. As a matter of fact, I bet most Real SEOs learned the craft on those very forums. Now, Real SEOs post all of that hard earned knowledge on their own sites or friends blogs. Why give away t read more »
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Where can you earn the most money in search marketing? Reilly O'Donnell analyzes data from Indeed to show you the top cities to earn big salaries as a search marketer. read more »
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Should help a lot of people :) read more »
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Reilly O'Donnell walks through data that shows SEO jobs have had explosive growth over the last four months despite the current state of the economy and also discusses SEO job trends over the last several years. read more »
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Search engine marketers often center their work around the concept of a conversion funnel. The concept is simple with the first step being to fill the top of the funnel with people that have a broad interest in a product or service. As people move t read more »
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Currently there is no recognized standard for assessing the skills and knowledge level of the search marketing professional. This not only increases the difficulty for employers to accurately identify the talent level of the professional workforce, read more »
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