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The smartest way to use PageRank flow to increase traffic by targeting pages that stand to gain the most from incremental rankings increases. read more »
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In one short press release, Matt Bacak has undone any and all of his good works in social media.

A couple strong takeaways here: Even if you are a social media rockstar, you still need to remain grounded and a bit humble. Also, make sure you read more »
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David Brown aka NeOBlog does a follow up post on his Twitter Rockstar case study. Talks about using twitter to promote your other social network profiles and how that can increase your relationships on other networks. read more »
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"Six and a half years ago (which is ages, in Internet years), Robin Nobles, Eric Ward, and John Alexander compiled a legendary list of 131 legitimate link building strategies. Four years later, Aaron Wall and Andy Hagans published 101 link building read more »
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The internet can be a scary place, especially for our children. What's the solution? Kim Krause Berg discusses the pros and cons of making "fake" personas illegal, and how to navigate social media sites safely. read more »
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Eric Brantner writes:

"The popularity of Twitter is increasing by the day. Unlike other social networks, Twitter isn’t just for high school teens looking to gossip about their classmates."

"If you’re looking for ways to get more out of your Tw read more »
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Social media is exciting. People sense that a paradigm shift is taking place. Many of us are taking a leap of faith… believing that that social media is “the next big thing.” We’re jumping in, both personally and professionally, trusting it will lea read more »
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Pay per click budgeting is not a topic I thought you could devote a whole blog post to, when I first started doing PPC in 2004. But I was wrong.

Here are the five most important budget-related topics in pay per click advertising: read more »
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There are so many SEO tools out there with more and more releasing and existent ones coming out with new features frequently. It’s hard to keep up with all of them, test them out, and find a good fit for you. While the majority of SEO Tools are a di read more »
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"Last week I (Lisa) eavesdropped on a tweet that Lee Odden sent to Marty Weintraub. The tweet was about the recent ruling in the Myspace suicide case where a judge basically made it a felony to lie about your identity on the Internet." read more »
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Tad: "After 11 years of web working as web developer, blogger and SEO both in agencies and freelance I have collected a list of 30 timeless tips to get, convince, keep and deal with clients." read more »
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A great article from Carrie Hill on the benefits and options for A/B Testing. read more »
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Google has announced a Beta launch of a compete.com style keyword tool that has a number of advantages over the compete.com tool. read more »
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Article on how the LinkShare affiliate network have moved towards a process of cannibalizing their own affiliates through their own (and owned) BHO affiliate partner read more »
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An interview with a anonymous top Digg user suggests that companies / organisations are willing to pay up to $1,200 submission and promotion fees for the privilege of having access to this Digg users reach read more »
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The worst mistake you will make as a web site owner is to ask someone to “look” at your web site. It’s like the dreaded, “Do I look fat?” question. There’s never a safe answer. For starters, someone may look slim standing up, but resemble the Buddha read more »
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An extremely informative post on customizing the Thesis Wordpress theme with hooks. "Users who don’t know CSS or PHP have more control with the new thesis them than with any other theme I’ve ever seen." read more »
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A list of awesome social media marketing books. read more »
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Lisa's take on Jim's post http://www.copyblogger.com/blogging-high-school/

Very thought provoking...reminds me of my college days! read more »
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Here’s an idea for discussion. Is linking to your Google Local Business listing asking for feedback OK? Are other sites already doing this? SEOgadget's Richard Baxter would like to hear your thoughts… read more »
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Requirements gathering are something I teach. I’ve been laughed at for bringing up the topic to search engine marketers and those new to web design. Yet, in nearly every case of site testing, there is no site requirements documentation and I can tel read more »
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Whenever one interacts with other people, the results can sometimes be unpredictable. There are four good, recent articles on how best to handle these interactions, perhaps not surprisingly all written by women. read more »
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Some great ways to increase your sales without actually having to decrease your sales price. read more »
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The economic Grinch is threatening to steal Christmas this year, but there are some things local businesses can do to avoid getting coal in their stockings this holiday season. Here are three tips for punching up your online local marketing presence read more »
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Last week Google announced the release of a new project known as the search wiki. This represents another step where google shows complete disregard for their users, ignoring what they want, and instead forcing them to participate in what can only b read more »
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