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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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Fortune magazine has one of the most comprehensive "Google’s starting to fall apart" articles, I’ve seen in a long time.

Sure, it’s easy to suggest that Google has become too big, too arrogant, and has lost its original focus, but Fortune’s (long read more »
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If only people would learn from this. Tad gives real examples of why your content won't make it on social media sites; worth your time to read. read more »
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Most search marketers focus on Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. But B2B search marketers also have a growing number of vertical search options. Clicks and leads from these vertical search sites may not yield the same traffic as general search engines, read more »
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According to an anonymous source, Twitter only has 200,000 users. read more »
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A list of highly important habits and traits highly prolific bloggers posses. read more »
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If your Web site gets great traffic but no sales or sign-ups to back it up, it's time to take a good, hard look at it. Follow these tips to make your Web site more friendly to customers and encourage better conversion rates. read more »
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comments on the first year of blogging read more »
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It is no secret that human review has been playing a bigger role at Google over the past couple years. And we are emotional beings... no matter how logical the guidelines may be, emotions cause human errors. But not all sites that get penalized are read more »
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The Google Algorithmic manner of ranking and serving relevant online and indexed documents to specific Google queries has been a mystery to many over the past decade, with search marketers and mathematicians working to expose the way Google ranks si read more »
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I never thought this day would come. Google Bought Microsoft - Now own's 95% of the internet. read more »
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Today Yaooo officially launched their new website targeting women called Shine. Parenting tips, cooking tips, how to look fancy for our menfolk. Kinda reminds me of the olden days. read more »
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I recently started a Search Marketing company and am really feeling the stress of working constantly. An important lesson - be sure you make some time to relax so you don't lose the will to go on. read more »
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Some women from Sphinn have made this list. If I missed someone else, please note it here in the comments.

Kim Krause Berg - Cre8pc
Donna Fontenot - Dazzlin Donna
Anita Campbell - Small Business Trends

Others from the SEM and blog industry read more »
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My Internet Marketing List of last week got one heck of a response - 22,000 unique visitors in 3 days. Even though most of you losers didn't subscribe to my RSS feed, it gave my limp, damp ego a nice boost. In the interest of beating a good idea to read more »
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Recently I published a very popular post on 20 Social Networking Sites that are good for building links. I put a lot of work into the research behind that project and isolated 20 great Social Sites that actually were useful for good old fashioned li read more »
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Research shows that online display ads (banners) are effective for branding, but fewer than half of advertisers use them for branding. Also video ads increase viewers' understanding of the offer. This is free research, including 5 data charts. read more »
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Currently in Beta 1.0 Hated or Loved is like Digg or Mixx with a cool twist. Rather then stories being buried they will be featured as "Hated" or "Loved" hence any story that gets a reaction will end up being featured. It is good to be loved but i read more »
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Many people get into affiliate marketing with dreams of getting rich quick without putting much effort into it! They select niches in the affiliate industry they have no interest in, but for the mere fact that others have become rich through that pa read more »
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eBay has introduced new guidelines that from the 31st March 2008 ban the sale of any Digital Products from normal listings that can be downloaded right away, they must now be advertised under the Classified Ad format. read more »
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Easter may be over but the in-eggscusable puns are not. Solid tips on getting the attention and respect of bloggers with the goal of pitching Linkbait to them further down the line. read more »
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Want more traffic to your blog? Of course you do. But how do you get it? It's a question that many bloggers struggle with, but thankfully there are several fairly easy ways you can start today to grow your blog's traffic.

Here's ten quick and read more »
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I’ve been talking to lots of people about Twitter. Why is it so addictive? Why do new tools, shipped for it, like Quotably was tonight, get passed around so fast and talked about so much? read more »
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Twitter is a lot of things to a lot of people. For some, it’s a virtual water cooler. For others, it’s a great way to get answers to questions. Since I started using Twitter, I have more than doubled my blog traffic over the last several months, and read more »
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Google's search-within-a-site feature launched about 3 weeks ago. Discussed in-depth at SES New York. Today: NY Times. So why post old news? Ann Smarty (SEOSmarty) is quoted in NYT article! Very cool.

So are Pinny (Ice, Ice, baby) and ARKG's Ala read more »
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