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Here's a run down on the new features at a glance. Just downloaded it and so far everything still works. read more »
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33 Reasons Why You Should Go to the IM Charity Party at SES San Jose read more »
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Reddit recently launched a new feature to add "image preview thumbnails" to all submissions, as well as allowing video submissions to be viewed fully without leaving Reddit.com. Two great new additions that you probably didn't know about. read more »
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Johannes Beus of Sistrix revisited the "first anchor text" debate again last Monday and got some nice results in conjunction with image links. We translated his test results to English. read more »
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I want to share 6 tips that can help you to establish a stronghold on your personal brand. Your account name accounts for more than you think. read more »
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Matt Cutts explains what Google does when it discovers a hacked site: temporary removal from the index with a "hacked site" flag, contact the site owner, and then potential reinclusion within 48 hours when everything's fixed. read more »
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If a Digg submissions uses vulgarity in the title or description, it is changed automatically to show “*” and censor the word. read more »
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Digg launched it's third attempt at a comments system in the last year. Did they finally fix the problems and provide a good comments system or ... read more »
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Post-launch Adwords process from strategies, split testing, ad optimization to content targeted campaign optimization. read more »
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After abandoning search it looks like ASK.com has abandoned proof reading and spell checking as well. Instead of "Cinco de Mayo" Ask celebrates "Cinco do Mayo" instead. Maybe now that Microsoft has some extra cash not buying Yahoo they will buy you read more »
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Adam Sussman (Shandyking) has officially joined the BOTW team. Adam is a great SEO and awesome guy. I can't think of a better fit for the BOTW crew and really looking forward to the new things coming. read more »
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I'm pleased to announce that we've now taken on 2 new Sphinn moderators, helping us to manage the staggering growth of our site.

Brent Csutoras and Jeff Quipp have kindly volunteered to take up this challenge, and I hope that you all join me in w read more »
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Mike McDonald had a nice chat about social media platforms with Brent Csutoras and Todd Malicoat of Stuntdubl at SES New York. Malicoat expresses his endorsement of Facebook, while Csutoras praises Twitter. Csutoras refers to Facebook as “toy” and d read more »
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On occasion, I do a few vanity searches on keywords I want to rank for. I was searching “Social Media Consulting” on Google today, and noticed something odd with my result. Google gave me an indented result… from a different site. read more »
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Search Engine Land - There was a time in social media, just as in search engine optimization (SEO), when everything was only about getting to the front page. Little attention was paid to what happened after you got there and for a while it seemed as read more »
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Did Twitter have a hand in taking out the two top “RSS to Twitter” services on the web? read more »
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From Markus: "Based on my experiences in the past few months I can say that Google has nothing to worry about. Facebook Ads are not even close to being an Adwords killer." Contains a good case study.... read more »
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Watch all the way to the very end...or skip ahead to the last 30 or so seconds. read more »
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There's more to RipOff Report than meets the eye and Sarah Bird, Esquire, the in-house counsel over at SEOmoz does an outstanding job detailing how RipOff Report "violates Google’s Terms of Service, and yet manages to stay on top of the Google searc read more »
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The great white north won't be the same, but Seattle just got more interesting.

Todd 'The Oilman' Friesen writes a great post about an exciting career change.

Congrats Todd! read more »
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QGYH2, Reddit’s most active member, reached a monumental achievement this week by receiving an amazing 100,000 karma level on Reddit. A feat so big that Reddit even recognized the user by adding qgyh2 (100,000) to the Reddit logo in the upper left h read more »
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I have a confession to make. I am a celebrity gossip addict. I love to look at pics and see what people are wearing. While browsing one of my favorite sites yesterday I came across what looked to me like pay dirt for some great link bait. read more »
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Many people when they start with their internet business want to keep it a kind of secret from the persons they know or interact in their real life. They want to make it big before they reveal. read more »
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It only took a few weeks for Facebook to squander the good will of its users on a poorly planned advertising platform. Now Facebook has also reportedly blown it with a few key advertisers, including Overstock.com, Coca Cola and Travelocity. read more »
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In Reddit, when someone friends you, there is no way to really find out. You get no message or notice of any sort. There is only two things that happen when you friend someone and they are subtle enough you may not even notice. read more »
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