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Performancing writes: "To everyone who runs a blog: please read this, & learn from what was almost a huge disaster. It was all flushed down the drain within hours. I just realized that my carelessness could have cost me several months of work and de read more »
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POOF! CopyBlogger GONE from Technorati + email to Technorati = restored to the index like magic. Makes for a good read over cereal & milk on a weekend. It's always a riot to see engines respond so fast to A-listers. read more »
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Every professional needs someone. This timeless axiom is especially relevant to both those who consume and those who provide search marketing services. aimClear interviewed over 20 marketing companies and solo practitioners for this article. read more »
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There have been some very public spats between iconic SEM institutions recently. David Szetela calls for measured calm, pointing out we're all friends: "The Enemies are not inside our circles. They are outside - and they’re not really enemies. They’ read more »
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Nicole St. Martin, a new TopRank Online Marketing Search Marketing Manager, comes with excellent advice for clients of any search marketing firm. Good reading for SEMs too. read more »
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The blogger contacted me to apologize for posting incorrect information. No worries. Even good journalists make mistakes sometimes. Maybe forgiveness itself is worth voting for. read more »
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Before your use your client's credit card for PPC, read this post, "PPC Philosophy, Credit Cards, Contracts, Procedures & Control." read more »
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Outhouse :) Regardless of who does it, the art of link building is HARD. Debra recommends starting with "foundational linking, branching into custom work using link bait, incentive marketing, traditional advertising etc." A good article. read more »
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Common sense information about when to load links in a new page vs. load in the same page. I'll definately implement this on my blogs. read more »
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Is your online identity fractured? Do the communities you participate in represent the real you? read more »
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AskEraser may remove user search query data from Ask.com's servers, but deleted data may live on, in part at least, on Google's servers. That's because Google delivers the bulk of the ads on Ask.com, based on information provided by Ask.. read more »
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The wonderful CopyBlogger looks at ways to improve the calls to action on your webpage by developing strong offers.

"In the long run, profit, not a high response, is your goal. Offers that increase your total profit per sale can sometimes pay off read more »
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Interesting find from Mashable. Wordpress plugin that offers up suggestions for relavent content in your blog post (ex: typing in Paris, France would have Yahoo suggest a map). read more »
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About a month ago it was said that Sphinn, the social network focused around internet marketing, was a complete wreck.

In the original post Sphinn was deemed as "pathetic, practically useless," and "extremely worthless." Because of observations read more »
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Topical brainstorming mastery: "Let your creativity run wild (it can take you in wonderful directions) but be RUTHLESS in culling ideas that don’t actually add anything to your blog" read more »
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Interesting Topic: "Treat every post you write as an introduction to the next one. What if instead of hitting publish, pushing the post from your mind and then searching for your next post topic - you stopped and asked yourself how that last post yo read more »
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Sam Freedom has some pretty amazing proof that our "ONE AND ONLY" Marty Weintraub was separated at birth from Pedro Martinez .... formerly of the Red Sox.

Wow, Marty... I had no idea!! read more »
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I just found that LoboLinks has a great tutorial on how to add Mixx to the Wordpress Sociable 2.0 Plugin. Easy to follow!! read more »
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Yesterday, AdWords pushed out what seems to be a very limited beta tool to some AdWords advertisers. From managing quite a few accounts for quite a few clients in different countries, it would appear that this beta tool is not country limited but ac read more »
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So tell me. How would you like to go up to a Kiosk, login to your account, select your content and Ads and then print out your own personalized publication?

Well hang in there baby, the gang at Google are looking at just such a system in a new p read more »
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Just did a spell check on my last submit and saw that Sphinn doesn't recognize the following words:

Sphinn
Google
Nofollow

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Just noticed links in Sphinn comments are no longer nofollowed. Apologies if this has already been mentioned, I haven't been browsing much during the week.

When did this get put into place, and is it permanent?

Is it actually a good idea? I n read more »
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I think Rand brings a lot to the table, and I'm glad he was chosen. We're excited to have him, and happy that he accepted the offer, which Todd extended today. Portland was put on the SEM map with last years Searchfest, and I think this takes it up read more »
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Here we go again, more people being hit, even some that were not hit in round 2 and 3 read more »
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YouTube announced a PC desktop client allowing multiple SIMULTANEOUS 10 minute/1 Gig video uploads. YAY! read more »
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