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Sage Lewis raised an excellent point in his post. How do we get the proper exposure with little overhead? Honestly there is so much written every day that it gets very old trying to figure out if anyone has actually come up with something new. So wh read more »
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I was recently inspired to make a video about the person who meant the most to me in my Web marketing career. For me it was Greg Boser. Watch the video to learn why. I would love to know who is most important to your Web marketing career. Consider d read more »
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Joost de Valk gives us his final guide to WordPress SEO. read more »
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Jennifer Laycock writes, "The first ever Small Business Marketing Unleashed conference has come and gone and I've had a full week to unwind and decompress. When we first announced our conference last fall, I had more than one person drop me an email read more »
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Sage Lewis gives us a plan for making sure you don't miss a step in cultivating links.

I don't think anything here is "breaking news" but i LOVE LOVE when people put step by step articles together - I like to share them with coworkers, trainees a read more »
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Sam's Club is partnered with "Innuity" for small business $25 "SEO!" Will the affiliation increase the public's perception of SEO or ruin our reputation? Another SearchEngineGuide video-rant. read more »
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Sage Lewis gives the Skinny of skin of Sphinn read more »
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Performing SEO on blogs can be a daunting task especially if its a WordPress blog. With the plethora of plug-ins available that are designed to help your SEO and the multitude of set-up options what is best for you to use? Carrie Hill and Mary Bowli read more »
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Sage Lewis, of SearchEngineWatch, discusses why if you want links to your site, you must do and be something others simply are not. You need to give something worthwhile to the Internet community. read more »
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For advertisers, fans are left with brief memories of ads humorous and perhaps intriguing. So what happens when fans take those memories to their favorite search engine? read more »
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2 weeks away - join us in Islington read more »
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FREAK of a Sage Lewis VIDEO rant on David Wallace article "Why You Should Not Place All Your Eggs in One Basket. Six ways to project business: PPC, blogging, social media, forums, word of mouth, etc... read more »
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Really great article from Search Engine Guide about Ideablob.com and how Advanta Bank corp, a traditional company, is using a this site as a unique social media approach to building a new kind of relationship with current and potential customers. Th read more »
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Sage Lewis (Social speaker FREAK) :) goes OFF! A social media & business reality check. "Don't barge into communities schlepping wares and expect everyone to get excited and buy. Use the secret social sauce for success." Groovy video. read more »
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It could be the "Year of Social Media," considering the explosion of sites like Facebook, Digg and Twitter. Or it could be the "Year of Blended Search," considering the changes made by Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask.com.

For many, it might be read more »
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This week we look at the testimony of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing: Yahoo! Inc.'s Provision of False Information to Congress.

In short, through watching the testimony, it is blatantly clear Yahoo has no concern for this situatio read more »
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Fantastical post from Stoney about how content is communication and community is a conversation.

Excerpt: I fully believe that content is still hugely important when it comes to customer persuasion, visitor education and, ultimately in providing read more »
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Here's a video I did with my partner, Rocky. She is a long-time online writer. I thought she gave some really sound advice on the 3 most important aspects to consider when writing for the web. read more »
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Just a theory, but I think Google's PageRank reduction for sites that sold links came through the hand of SEOs reporting sites of SEOs.

I think we did this to ourselves. Would love comments. read more »
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One of the better lists and formatting that I've seen for a while. read more »
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Search Engine Guide Publisher Robert Clough says "Opinion or not, when someone with Jill's stature makes incorrect negative comments that portray our site and advertisers in a poor light, it's important to respond in order to sort opinion from fact. read more »
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Part 4 in Jennifer's excellent series of articles about the current state of link building! read more »
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Picking members of your search marketing team is like picking the right keywords. There are pitfalls and setbacks, but with the right knowledge and a good methodology you can be successful. Frank Watson, aka AussieWebmaster, has trained his fair sha read more »
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Part III - One of the biggest issues many have with the current paid links debate is the way in which Google has shared (or not shared) information with the public. Heavy handed tactics and veiled threats just don't seem to match up with Google's or read more »
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Jennifer Laycock writes, "My daughter has a shirt that reads 'it seemed like a good idea at the time.' I sort of wish they made it in larger sizes. I can't help but think it'd be a nice Christmas gift for the team at Google. After all, I'm hard pres read more »
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