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SEMpdx Board Member Hallie Janssen interviews Eric T. Peterson & Ian Lurie about Web Analytics. read more »
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Ian Lurie wins the "most unusual" SEM story of the year as he makes some very strong points / analogies in comparing aspects of his back problem to what people face in Internet Marketing campaigns. read more »
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Some useful Landing Page Optimization tips from Ian Lurie of Conversation Marketing. read more »
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Great article for anyone looking to improve their website performance. Even my brother-in-law could use this with his lemonade stand. read more »
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Yes, it's true, Thomas is using rubber chickens to demonstrate competitive SEO research.

Can he stoop much lower?... read more »
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First in a series about SEO project planning and startup with a discussion of analytics.

Written by Tom Schmitz of Portent. Dang, my staff are clever... read more »
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Do you want to become a Twitter super user? Learn how to grow and strengthen your Twitter account.


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This takes the cake and IMOH opinionated O is as sleazy as they come. Linkadage is selling .edu subdomains for $50 a month.

"PI.edu is now offering sub-domain blogs that will allow you to educate your potential customers on your field of e read more »
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Tom Schmitz gives a great overview of SEO, breaking down relevance versus authority and the factors that control it.

Plus he has a cool funky disco beat thing going at the beginning. read more »
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Ian Lurie's unfortunate experience with Alaska Airlines leads to an insightful post on 10 ways a business can best apologize if they screw up. read more »
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Why is it that when the B2B sales cycle can be 2 years or longer that most B2B websites do little brand or reputation building and only target leads and prospects in the final stages of the decision making funnel or process?

Is there a better way read more »
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Ian Laurie (SMX West Search Bowl team) wants Rand Fishkin go into the light, um, I mean have a Mac. If enough people donate $2.00 he'll send Rand one, otherwise he will donate the money to Habitat for Humanity.

Full disclosure: Ian is my boss. B read more »
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Internet marketing is not SEO. It's not PPC. It's not e-mail or web design, or social media. It's the sum of many parts.

Here's how Ian Lurie see's it all fitting together read more »
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'75% of your audience uses a search engine to find you. Get used to it. All the banners and 'viral' marketing on earth won't come close to results produced by a top 5 ranking for a relevant phrase." read more »
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An interesting analysis of some truly bad SEO from Sam's Club, who is jumping into the SEO business. Pick up your SEO along with a package of salmon fillets. read more »
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You need an internet marketing strategy, even if it's just "sell lots of stuff". Step one? Tear up your old marketing plan! read more »
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No rocket science here, but nice examples with workable solutions. read more »
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Cyber Monday is now a fact. Here are some tips on prepping your online shop for the big day. read more »
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Online publishers - newspapers, for example - depend on visits and pageviews for their livelihood. The biggest source of visits is still unpaid, 'organic' search results. So, why do so many publishers do such a poor job of optimizing their sites? I read more »
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Certainly one for the water cooler, and as the author suggests, this is pure speculation and not based upon a shred of fact. read more »
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Search engines are hierarchical beasts. They see the internet as a series of structures, and while we can't say exactly what those structures are, there's a well-known method to the madness. read more »
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