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[ ...big mystery about it and a lot of discussion about its worth to a site in terms of SEO relevance... ] read more »
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good resource for checking backlinks tools read more »
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100+ Friendly List of Free Website Submission Directories and Pagerank read more »
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Welcome to the SEO post on my blog. I would like to start off and say, you are smart. You have chosen to read up on SEO techniques rather then just sitting back and hoping google cuts you a break. First off this topic is for bloggers mainly but we d read more »
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Does Google warrant the current exceptional leap-of-faith in the integrity of its dominant ad auction model, given its near total lack of openness, transparency, independent auditability, or third party oversight? There is a growing body of evidence read more »
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Information on some great tools for getting an edge on your AdWords competitors. read more »
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Should everyone at Yahoo be fired to start fresh negotiations with Microsoft? read more »
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Jaan has a poll and I want ya'll to get over and vote for your fav Web Gypsy - I shall send gifts and much Plurk Karma your way.... bwaaa ha ha ha ha.... (oh it is too early for this...) read more »
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...Because of strict quality score guidelines and the need to bid on hundreds if not thousands of keywords to get the most possible traffic, I said screw Google. You have Yahoo, which is a huge search engine with billions of monthly searches and low read more »
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John Carcutt - "Real SEOs used to go to forums all the time. As a matter of fact, I bet most Real SEOs learned the craft on those very forums. Now, Real SEOs post all of that hard earned knowledge on their own sites or friends blogs. Why give away t read more »
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Warren Buffett, the “Oracle of Omaha”, and probably the most successful purchaser of businesses of all time, wants a business to have three main characteristics if he’s going to buy it, or even just buy shares in it: read more »
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A law currently being challenged in NY could change the Internet much for the worse. For one thing if the law stands and other states follow suit it could end affiliate programs as we know them. read more »
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Lee Odden how-to: “Digital Asset Optimization” refers to the practice of taking inventory of a company’s marketable, digital assets & implementing a process for keyword optimization & promotion to relevant channels. (Easter Egg: Check out Lee's HTML read more »
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Google is not your customer. Google is your vendor. You pay them; your customers pay you.

I appreciate that the Google Quality Score impacts your price and position in the SERP. You shouldn't ignore it. You should certainly try to keep it as high read more »
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So, a lot of people think submitting to the Yahoo directory ($299 Annually) is a bit too expensive for their SEO efforts. Sure, its great to submit to Yahoo but there are other directories which can give you some good weight. read more »
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Ann says "Yes, I know there are much more great FireFox plugins but I am sharing only those I am using myself and find really useful." read more »
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If there is one guy there is buzz around in the online industry right now, it’s Jason Calacanis, CEO of human powered search engine Mahalo.

I have to admit, everytime Mahalo comes up in a conversation, I think to myself, “where the hell does this read more »
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First post in a multipost series on how to evaluate a internet property read more »
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...SES New York today and I have to say, it blew my mind as far as what I heard and thought about. For the first time, I thought about the impact on search marketing (both organic and paid) universal search has had on searchers behavior. read more »
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We’re starting a new ongoing series here on Search Engine Journal of SearchToons, farside style cartoons depicting events in search engines and the search industry. Today’s, the controversial Calacanis and the Mahalo work ethic, inspired by Jason’s read more »
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How you can use Google Analytics to identify your most valuable keyword referrals, and how you can re-optimize your posts to raise your rank and drive more traffic for these keywords. read more »
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Pablo Palatnik talks about how viral marketing - with unique and relevant contents may bring in thousands of visitors for virtually no cost. read more »
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From 1st April 2008 Ebay will no longer use third party affiliate platform such as Commission Junction and ValueClick to promote their affiliate program. read more »
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