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Great list of some of the most handy tools online. From making money to fixing your site there are some amazing resources.
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A while ago I discussed how you could manually evaluate your competition by comparing the key phrase inachor: and intitle: results. Today I’ll add a few online tools that can also be very helpful in measuring your SERPs competition. read more »
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Curiously Google has blocked most Google properties from the product. Do a search for Google.com and you get nothing. Same for YouTube, Blogger, Picasa, etc. read more »
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Love it, hate it or indifference; Karma is talked about more than enough - some perspective on the road to Nirvana

- Plurkable - Now, real quick, I would like to say that I think the ALGO is good for new Plurkers, but I think it stinks for more e read more »
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Yes, there's more to free analytics than Google Analytics. :-) "Believe it or not, you don't actually have to have a big budget to do great web analytics work. Most people know about the wonders of free Google Analytics, but thought I would take the read more »
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Today I am going to add a few useful FireFox plugins that can also be very helpful for exploring backlinks. read more »
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In this post Steven Snell looks at 5 ways that bloggers can quickly gain tremendous exposure without social media, and without paying for any advertising. Just like social media, these methods won’t be for everyone either, but you may find something read more »
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In the past thousands of people have published articles on linkbuilding and I haven’t read one that really stands out. At Branded3 we do things a bit differently to most SEO companies and linkbuilding is no exception. 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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Never undermine the importance of testing and analyzing your site. On the most basic level, analytics data will help ensure whether or not you’re on the right track. And if the data is reviewed and utilized on the site it will help you increase conv read more »
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Great article on the flaws in Google Analytics and some of the alternative options available. read more »
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I have no qualms about “tricking” Google.

Rewind time to when search engines were a fresh idea, and many people thought they themselves were unethical. Search engines are not invited to sites. They copy/cache content, and do whatever they can to read more »
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Could Stumbleupon’s human-filtered search results be the beginning of the next evolution of search engines that could see the all-powerful Google algorithim be made redundant?

I think Nowsourcing is on to something here. read more »
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Brian Wallace writes "Today, I gave a social media presentation for the American Marketing Association, Louisville’s monthly seminar. There was a great backdrop at the University Club, part of the University of Louisville where attendance was in upw read more »
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Great illustration of the interaction and interdependence (is that a word?) between the various factions of search marketing, with a touch of humor thrown in as well. Would be great for getting corporate honchos to understand the necessity of each read more »
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A common mistake made by folks who are new to SEO is a lack of focus on attracting deep links. They'll will work hard to gain new links to their sites by submitting to directories, joining organizations and filling out profiles on social networks, b read more »
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Last month Google revealed a new crawling method that they were testing out, whereby they were filling out forms on sites that they came across, in order to help facilitate the discovery of new pages. Now there appears to be some unintended side eff read more »
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Released as beta a version to testers, Google Analytics can now tag certain events that happen on a page that are normally not tracked by default on many other analytics platforms. read more »
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I love Twitter. I have become quite accustomed to having TwitterFox beeping out sounds of updated tweets (what us Twitter users call posts) as I click on its icon to see what they are. It has been useful in so many ways. But as of late, Twitter has read more »
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Just like the title says, this may be the greatest sitelink that Google has ever generated for a site.

Be warned, however, because it is quite offensive. read more »
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Lee | Online Marketing Blog - One Twitter use that is definitely missing from this poll is, “Crowdsourcing your network” much like Stephen Baker did in this story on Twitter from yesterday’s BusinessWeek. Outside of sharing links to interesting thin read more »
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In spite of the fact that I have always been an early adopter of new technology — or communications-based tools, social media turns me off. When I think about why, at least 10 reasons come to mind.

(I really enjoy the linkbait title, btw.) ;) read more »
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Lyndon shows us how it's done by launching a simple article across social media. Some time later, 1/2 million page views, and he's on fox news with 'headline of the week'. Hat off to you sir! read more »
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Maki writes... Darren Rowse recently wrote a series of posts about increasing your Twitter presence, in which he mainly talks about how to use Twitter by adding value in order to increase your Twitter following. While Darren made several good points read more »
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Keyword research block got you down? Here's 5 tools to help you brainstorm for new unique keywords in your and neighboring niches. read more »
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