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Sometime in May, Yahoo has acquired a web service company called IndexTools. Now, several months after Yahoo is making use of their acquisition with a new service Web Analytics for Business websites. This service helps to create a feedback mechanism read more »
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After resisting for many years, Google are going to provide RSS for their main search results. SearchEngineLand get the scoop. read more »
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Have you ever received an email from someone requesting a link exchange touting that they have a valuable link to offer you? Ever purchased a link from a broker at a particular cost based on metrics over negotiation? How do they usually declare that read more »
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I [David Brown] am pleased to be here writing my first ‘official’ ProspectMX blog post on a subject that I truly love - Twitter!

If you’re not quite sure what I’m talking about, maybe we should start with a brief explanation. Twitter is a ‘Micro- read more »
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Brian Carter writes "After about 3,500 tweets, I started to have ideas about how my twittering could be more effective.

These tips may help you get more attention, engagement, clicks, replies, and new followers." read more »
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I wanted a way to give my community members more exposure than just a link to their website. I figured the best way was to give you the ability to showcase your profiles in addition to your website link at the social sites most common in my communit read more »
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Well, strike me dead for hubris, I'm pretty proud I got to 1,000 Twitter followers in just 6 months. See the graph of that journey on Twitterholic. read more »
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A fabulous Power Point presentation is featured giving a step-by-step guide to optimizing a website for keywords with the goal of getting traffic and visitor conversions - not just top positions. This is a must-read for all keyword researchers and s read more »
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Many biz dev folks reading this could benefit from it as well.
Expert SEOs can often spot such ‘client assets' but that process can be optimized by simply asking the client the right questions. read more »
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The emergence of social media has been a game-changer for newspapers and magazines. On the one hand, they have seen their print numbers continue to drop as more and more people turn to the internet to get their news and information. On the other han read more »
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Michael Gray refutes the post last week by Google, entitled Demystifying the “duplicate content penalty”. In his opinion you really can hurt your site with duplicate content. He gives some examples where you may want to pay close attention to this h read more »
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Algorithms (and under-waged third world employees labeled as the algorithm) often make mistakes. If a mistake is made when Google passes judgement against your site, is your site good enough to recover? If your site was deleted from the Google index read more »
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QualityGal weighs on the A Lister Link Payola debate and writes "As I was leaving a comment on Graywolf’s post about Guy Kawasaki and Link Payola, I realized I had more than a few words to say on the matter.

Google’s policy on paid links is impos read more »
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You’ve created the most awesome and incredibly infectious piece of viral creative in the history of man, or at least you’d like to think so. read more »
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You have probably heard the phrase "information architecture" but may not have given it much thought. That's a mistake! In today's article I am going to talk about why SEOs should care about the concept. read more »
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Want to find out what Dave Snyder learned on he week off from Twitter? There were pros and cons, they might not be what you think they are ;) read more »
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Blogging is as varied in its applications as using the telephone or taking a picture. The tool doesn’t predict the output. You might be using your blog to post recipes, or to inform the local community about information you find elsewhere on the web read more »
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Brian Chappell recorded a screen cast showing Google Adwords being displayed under the 10 organic listings of the SERPs. According to a cited source in Brian's post, this was also tested in 2005 - but newsworthy now that tests resume again. read more »
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Confused about when and how to link? Our panel of SEO gurus dishes the straight dirt on the best practices for inbound linking.

Seth Besmertnik, CEO, Conductor
Rand Fishkin, CEO, SEOMoz
Todd D. Malicoat, founder, Stuntdubl.com
Eric Ward, pr read more »
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(Disclaimer: There is good news here too - but only if you take immediate action. Warning: Some of this is considered ‘advanced SEO’). read more »
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"Many marketers that first begin to work with these tools become enamored with information such as user path analysis and site overlays.

If you are one of these people listen to me now; Stop What You Are Doing Now!" read more »
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The author is relatively new to SEO, but has created a summary (in a well organized PDF) of link building tactics and ideas from various SEOmoz posts over the years.

If you decide to read only one Youmoz post this year, make it this one. read more »
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Earlier this year, Matthew Inman had achieved the notable distinction of vaulting a Web site called JustSayHi high into the results for a search on "online dating." But after he expanded his effort to new areas, Google obliterated the site from its read more »
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Jane thinks that there is a lot of hot-air which passes for insight in the search industry. I think she should just get on with creating good content....

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Attribute-based (a.k.a. faceted) navigation systems make it easier for users to filter, sort, navigate, and buy. But this user benefit could cost you big-time in your natural search marketing performance if not SEO'd correctly. read more »
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