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Handy tips on generating ideas for blog posts or site content. read more »
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Well, I think this may really hurt. :(

I mean, how has user behavior been taken into consideration? If a user *tries* to click on the ad, and nothing happens, will they hunt around for the small windows that will allow their click, or will the read more »
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Viral articles are word of mouth worthy, and will grow your site more so than any other kind of content. Previously, I examined six strategies you can use when you want to create content with a decent chance of going viral. In this post, I want to f read more »
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A look at 7 types of pages that always get the thumbs down from Mu (regardless of how good the content is and who stumbled it)... read more »
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Do not click BlogRush affiliate links before you’re fully awake. If you follow the crowd:
1. You won’t get free targeted traffic to your niche blog.
2. You’ll make other people rich.
3. You’ll piss off your readers.
4. You’ll promote BlogRush an read more »
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Here's a fun bit we did at the expense of everyone's favorite whitehat, Rand Fishkin. We got the idea after he posted his pictures on shaving the beard...naturally, we took this to mean it was a clever coverup for a 302 hijack. We hope you enjoy. read more »
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Getting onto the front page of a smaller, more appropriate niche portal, by contrast, is much easier, quicker, and ultimately you get a better return on your time/traffic ration in the short run. Here are 7 reasons why niche sites like DZone and Dot read more »
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Despite taking only seconds to use, and the thousands of potential visitors each moth, it's amazing how few people use alt text and titles for their images! read more »
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An excellent post, and quite funny, by Patrick at SEOish. He states, "Links are unnecessary to attaining traffic." Check out his reasoning behind this. read more »
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One of the first bits of advice I give to those who are new to search engine optimization is to stop trying to rank for highly competitive phrases and to focus on the long tail of search. While some in the SEO world think aiming low is a cop out, it read more »
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Comprehensive list of steps to optimize your blog broken down by Feeds, Your Blog as a Whole, and Individual Blog Posts. read more »
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Just exactly how do you actually become a top StumbleUpon user? Instead of writing out another generic how-to post which struggles to crack StumbleUpon’s algorithm, let’s take a step back to see if all this focus on being a top stumbler really matte read more »
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White hat methods to make the most of these free links, and a black hat idea, which needs to be stopped by Technorati. read more »
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If you need any ideas for successful linkbait, take a look at how SEOmoz does it. read more »
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My favorite SEM sales pitch joke is when I hear some agency's entire proposed "KPI" is organic prominence measured by outdated scrape & report programs. Solid SEM measures organic prominence success by organic traffic sales conversion. read more »
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I'm putting this in water-cooler even though I am actually really serious with my title. This was the most convincing post I have ever seen to join a Facebook group.... read more »
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Whenever I see phrases like “Usability is first, SEO is second”, I don’t agree with the competition this sets up.

Both disciplines are vital to the air your web site breathes. They are equal sides of the same lung. read more »
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On August 8th, my blog, hosted at justinsomnia.org, disappeared from Google, completely, utterly without any warning or known provocation (e.g. black hat SEO), sending the traffic to my blog plummeting..What follows is a description of the hack and read more »
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Glen, the probably youngest looking SEO pro out there shows how to hit the Digg homepage daily. In fact I do it on German Digg-clone YiGG in the same way.
Once you hit the front page on a daily basis you can also add your own stories from time to read more »
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Just another example of how money can be made online with a quality content and a few affiliate marketing programs. read more »
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Social Media Daily is available for download starting… Now!

It’s just $197 up front and $97 each month thereafter. Nah…. It’s FREE! read more »
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6 brand new wordpress plugins that will save you time and can be very useful on your blog read more »
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