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The SEO Guru discusses the more "little known" effects of losing page rank... lol ;-) read more »
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Bill Hartzer takes a look at a new SU feature that allows you to discover interesting content anywhere you search. This brings the power of StumbleUpon’s unique recommendation and personalization engine and active social community to traditional sea read more »
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In a sense, blogs are created to fill informational market gaps left open by traditional media. Bloggers have specialized knowledge and their niche focus can provide alternative commentary to fulfill more specific user needs. And how does this bring read more »
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A unique look at the practice of link bait. read more »
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Following my recent rant about the Web 2.0 sites I dislike the most, I felt it would be a good idea to discuss the nature of social media itself - and break it into chunks that allow you to really understand one of the most successful social media w read more »
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Seeking funding? Don't even think about it if your business plan involves getting bought out by Google and generating revenue using Adsense. A conversation with a top venture capitalist yields three cautionary pieces of advice for Web startups seeki read more »
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"As many of you know, I spoke for the first time at SMX Social Media. It was an exhilarating and nerve-wracking experience all the same. In the end, however, I’m glad that I did it...." read more »
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Want to Increase your Alexa rank? Doshdosh offers 20 methods plus links to several other articles. read more »
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Sick of all the Web 2.0 hype? So am I... read more »
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It’s no longer a secret that Google is working hard on developing social features across the board. Now they’re putting a face on all the content generated by users on Google Maps by integrating their Google “Shared Stuff” profiles.... read more »
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Simple question: “If you had 2-hours a day to devote to no-cost, off-blog (even off-line) marketing for your blog, what would you do?” I posed this very question to a collection of some of the world’s top bloggers and social network marketers…and he read more »
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I would say off the start don't enable an affiliate program until you have a better feel for the amount of effort required per purchaser and have brand awareness. I like launching without an affiliate program because it makes citations appear more n read more »
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I stumbled across this today, apparently this web developer was pissed about having to make more "SEO Changes" to his site ; hilarious! read more »
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How Google's paid links policy makes Al-Qaeda go ballistic. (Cartoon) read more »
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How Google spawned a new cottage industry: Negative Paid Linking. And lent a new twist to the old protection racket. (Cartoon) read more »
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The phenomenal follow up to his first post on SEO empire building... a look into the reality of link building "brick walls", and the resource allocation required to break through them... read more »
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Google's highly advanced, infallible new method of determining paid links. (Cartoon) read more »
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For most people, that's all you need. A website that's good enough. Not that breaks new ground, establishes a new identity, discovers new ways for people to interact online. Just a good enough website that didn't kill you to launch. read more »
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Not buying paid links. Never. Honest!
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Jason Calacanis wrote that social media optimization (SMO) is "the worst thing I’ve ever heard of". A quick look at Mahalo.com on Digg makes it seem like Mahalo.com is quite active with social media optimization. It's easy to say that "Anyone who read more »
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I've found that while Digg users will hit stories comments such as lame, fail, old news, etc - StumbleUpon has some interesting folks that expand quite a bit on their negative opinions. read more »
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In-depth interview on cutting edge PR and linking strategy. "If Google wins what’s going to happen is the market will go underground. You’re going to have to "know a guy" to get you links." read more »
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Fancy SEO tactics don't mean SQUAT when the client ERASES HTML title tags in favor of "Welcome to Our New Site." Andrew Shotland offers tips to avoid such nightmares with good client communication and planning. read more »
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We’re all in this together. Whatever your niche, there is a community of bloggers of which you’re a part. Lift them up. Link to the ones you admire. Quote them if they say something great. Interview people in the space. The more you give, the more y read more »
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Meg has been gaining tons of search traffic, however some of it she doesn't actually want. read more »
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