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This is about an SEO's story, my story that might just break the techie ice in the cold beer. This might have happened to you in some other way so please, feast from the lesson. read more »
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There are a few mistakes that people make when using social networking sites to try to get more exposure for their business. These mistakes can be minor and not amount to much, or they can be fatal and cause you to lose your business and never make read more »
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It just couldn't get worse. I mean, the top banner, all the wasted space (when I say wasted, it is really because it is, I do like clean and minimalist designs).

Well, what do you guys think about it, after having played with is a couple weeks? read more »
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6 easy steps to 301ing your Yahoo! store. read more »
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Great list from Tad about some very useful new web tools made available in 2008. read more »
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Traffikd puts together a list of 35 Must-Read Articles for Social Media Marketers read more »
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When you’re searching for something on the Web, does it matter whether you use the singular or plural version of a word in your search?

A new patent application from Yahoo explores how a search engine might handle the singular and plural versions read more »
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Insightful interview with Aaron Wall of SEOBook which discusses SEO, the industry, SEO tactics, whether or not SEO scales and ongoing SEO challenges. read more »
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So last night the Problogger community was in an uproar. Problogger was hit with an auto-ban at Stumble Upon. None of his posts could get through and anyone who tried received a message stating that that Problogger had either been banned for abusing read more »
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Danny Dover at SEOmoz shares his advice on writing great blog posts. It's one of the most comprehensive and well thought-out blogging guides I've ever seen. read more »
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The dragons were keen to invest in an online diamond website's potential due to its high search rankings in Google. read more »
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Pierre has a great piece here about the people who are helping to build the street views you see in Google Maps, along with some funky pictures too! read more »
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Betcha those guys at eHarmony would have never thought of this dating advice! Thanks for the tip, Google! :) read more »
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While I’ve never been advocative of focusing on such an old and overused SEO technique as keyword density, keyword prominence is something you should always bear in mind. read more »
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Fake Social Media Profiles - Good, Bad or Ugly. I think Michael Gray really hits the nail on the head with this one. I guess as with so many other things it really comes down to the intent. read more »
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Shimon Sandler asks, "Is it possible not to touch the code of a site and still optimize it?" The answer is yes and he explains why. read more »
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So the Google-Digg deal that I predicted last week has been broken up. I asked for opinions from some of the most active SEO’s and SMO’s on Sphinn, a perfect intersection between search and social media. Will Google acquire Digg? Do you think it wou read more »
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Why do I get enraged by this sort of activity? I remember when one of my sites was voted against, and Google paid someone to steal it and wrap it in AdSense. The person who stole my content outranked me for my own content because a Google engineer t read more »
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A great article about Microsoft Browserank, a pagerank alternative from Microsoft.

Although I am not in alignment that Google doesn't use any user behavior data as the article implies. read more »
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Michael Martinez
"There seems to be a growing misperception in the industry that I must have parted with Rand Fishkin on bad terms or something in 2006 after blogging for SEOmoz for almost a year. Nothing could be farther from the truth, and after read more »
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Do you broad or phrase match keywords in Adwords? By default, you can't see which terms Adwords uses to trigger your ads - it could be totally bogus keywords!

You need this hack to expose exact keyword referrals, or you'll spend too much on Adwor read more »
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After six months of testing, Google has formally rolled out Knol, a service designed to let people create pages of knowledge on any topic they choose. read more »
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Ann explaining on SEJ about "On-Site Geo-Targeting and Local Search Optimization" and giving some valuable tips!

1. Setting geographic target with Webmaster Tools;
2. Server location;
3. A country specific top level domain;
4. + Ba read more »
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A quick tip from DaveN about getting a link from your Twitter page. read more »
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Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside of Google, and the two companies are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The read more »
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