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Jeff Quipp writes, "Are iPhone type PDAs the way of the future. Will most searches be performed from such devices? I don’t think any of us can argue against it … it will happen … and in fact the transition is well under way. Accordingly, I thought t read more »
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Brainwashing or nurturing? Google is sponsoring a global AdWords competition for college kids. $200 in free credits, a report, & maybe win a trip to the GooglePlex. ...a flood of new AdWords hacks or a good thing? read more »
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Coupons are BIG BUSINESS on the internet today, and understandably so with more and more merchants trying to drive traffic to their websites. Not only does it provide a nice incentive for shoppers to ”shop from home”, but it also gives the merchant read more »
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Tom Tsinas from Search Engine People gives a great intro post to the benefits of utilizing video as a means of marketing. Also gives a few pointers for places to promote that content. read more »
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SEOMOZ's Jane Copeland on Craig's List classified headline writing: Classified ads are essentially TITLE TAGS for clickbait. Advertisers don't think of all-important CTR when advertising properties, products, services & job openings. read more »
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Find out how to use the search engine analysis tool at the SEO Workers web site to make your web pages search engine friendly in this tutorial. read more »
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Our end of the week smile... read more »
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Great post detailing 6 reasons to hire people that are better than you if you wish to grow as a company. He uses the example of Darren Rowse hiring Skellie ... and now in many respects she's viewed as the better writer.

So true! What a great piec read more »
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It's important to know what the proper way of article marketing is. Using the right method can help you with your website promotion a lot and provide you with long lasting ORGANIC SEARCH RESULTS in search engines! This article explains how this can read more »
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Analysts are predicting large growth in 2008 in the U.S. graphical ad market, and expect the biggest winner of the bunch to be Yahoo. JP Morgan forecasts an $8.6 billion industry in 2008, which is an increase of about 20% over 2007. The average CPM read more »
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LOL: Hindsight...Poor Jeff read more »
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Here are 8 AdSense-related resolutions you might want to try... read more »
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According to Borrell Associates, estimated local advertisers spent $7.5 billion on the Web in 2007, up 31 percent from 2006. This year’s outlook is even brighter with a projected increase of 48 percent to $12.6 billion. Local search is the key drive read more »
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The argument is that rather than targeting the biggest bloggers to network with it can be more effective and helpful to interact with newer and smaller bloggers. read more »
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Paul Robb, the copywriter behind SEOmoz's highest converting landing page, explains how to relate to prospects' needs then direct the conversation to your products. A must-read! read more »
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Twelve predictions for the SEM industry in 2008. Are we prescient or idiotic? Please comment and let us know! read more »
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Came across this interesting site in an analysis of my back links. The OpenWhitePages looks to be an online phone book where one can add their own information. Just enter in your telephone number and you can add your business name, description (no H read more »
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It was just my birthday, so I get to make a wish. And I’m going to…

I’m going to make a wish for Google, a wish for Yahoo and a wish for MSN/Live/Sympatico. read more »
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As reported by Tedster at the WebMasterWorld forum, Google has implemented what seems to be a penalty knocking down Tier 1 keywords for relevant and well established websites from premier #1 and #2 ranking to #6. read more »
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Big $$ budgeted, Christmas weekend critical for client's sales cycle. Client's credit card canceled for fraud, only Discover card left. Google does not take Discover. Facebook DOES. Amazing results. A case study: Facebook saved one client's Christma read more »
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How have I learned to use Twitter in my online communication? Let me count the ways...I put some thought into how Twitter has substantially changed the ways in which I communicate online. In this post, I want to lay out in a longer form (< 140 chara read more »
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An interesting comparison of different ways to present information on local businesses read more »
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From the page: "THE PATENT INFRINGEMENT FIGHT BETWEEN Google and HyperPhrase Technologies over the contextual linking components in AdSense and Google Toolbar just got more complicated, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overtu read more »
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SEP launch Friday Funnies - Woohoo! read more »
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Michael calls it on just how the whole "Richter Scales" incident will impact Lane badly in the long run - and proposes how she should handle it instead
(Woot! First Sphinn! :)) read more »
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