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New Edge Media is proud to announce that Kate Morris will be joining their ranks as the Director of Client Strategies. She will be responsible for client interaction, account management, and paid and natural account optimization. She will also serve read more »
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What better way to celebrate than a top sphinn... and a good time for all of us who've enjoyed (and profited from!) Ann's posts on SEJ...
Congratulations Ann. read more »
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My latest Search Engine Land article:

Historically, big brands have not put much thought into SEO, as it never seemed necessary. Typically, as long they were found in Google for their brand names, they (and their C-level execs) were happy. Howeve read more »
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"You’re not going to become an SEO expert by reading about it on the Internet or fawning over those who have come before you. You’re going to become an expert SEO by actually doing SEO and investing your time in conducting tests and following patter read more »
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This is how it should be. read more »
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Sorry to self-submit, but I just have to share with you this letter I got from an amazing 70 year old guy in Australia. It's a great example of how viral marketing takes on a life of it's own - off line! read more »
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The most recent instructions from the SEOMOZE people suggest that the way to get removed from their Linkscape tool (to prevent your data from being sold to your competitors, for example) is to put an SEOMOZE-specific meta tag onto your pages.

CA read more »
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After Linkscape launched, some people didn't want to be included in it. Eventually, we got information posted for exclusion. But then there was a debate on whether that will exclude you or not. So, a discussion about how it works. read more »
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Recently Sphinn moderators decided to close comments on the most active discussion going on because the moderator thought the comments were "going in circles."

My question is should Sphinn close comments on threads?

If someone is being abusive read more »
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Some insights into the data that SEOmoz revealed today about what their sources for the Linkscape tool are, and what those sources reveal about things behind the scenes. read more »
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Fantastic look at what SEO means (since we use like 800 variations of the three letter acronym) and how we sell it. read more »
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"Economy through obscurity is as bad as security through obscurity. Unfortunately it’s precisely what a search engine, or rather our way of using it, has to offer to the majority of businesses listed ." read more »
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Organic search engine optimization expert Rhea Drysdale will be joining Jim Boykin's We Build Pages team as SEO & Social Media Coordinator.

Congrats to Rhea and the WBP team! read more »
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Shana Albert writes a fantastic post about why online businesses need to use empathy to convert customers. I appreciated the suggestions and real-life examples. 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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This approach means consumers win, marketers/advertisers win, the environment wins, FB looks good. We look good. Win win for all. read more »
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David Snyder shares his presentation from SES on leveraging established social media platforms to create blended SERPs for your brand/company. Good stuff! read more »
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Interview by SEOMentor brings Brandy Eddings to life! Learn about this Texas cowgirl's roots and her passion for paid search, including some insights about her favorite social media interests and friends, including her favorite socnet.

Did you k read more »
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Not content with acting as most people's default browser, Google actually now wants to be people's browser. It makes you wonder why they keep pumping so much cash into Mozilla (although for those guys I guess 'so much cash' is a relative term) read more »
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The mission of Bloghology is to cover everything blogging and be devoted totally to blogging, providing new and experienced bloggers with worthwhile content every issue. We give advertisers the opportunity to promote their products and services in a read more »
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Shana or The Nanny to some has been nominated for the 'Hot Blogger Calendar', show your appreciation by giving your vote to 'The Hot Shana Albert' !!! read more »
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This is a post I wrote about my failed attempt to get my SEOmoz profile penalized in Google for keyword stuffing. My profile still ranks #1 in Google for [World's Greatest SEO], despite the fact that I repeated that phrase back-to-back, like 250 tim read more »
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Learn best practices for coding for local/mobile:
Doc type declaration, screen width, accessibility, device detection redirection, XML Sitemaps.

Nice job and great resource! read more »
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Lyndon Antcliff aka Lyndoman shares Link Bait Ideas read more »
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Is Digg too large a community for the level of moderation that it has? Raises questions about the sensationalism of titles, the narrowing of focus of submissions, and the squashing of commentary. read more »
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