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Backlinks are the predominant factor for ranking in today's SEO environment. But not all backlinks were created equal. Many can hurt more than help. Many can gain/lose impact based on YOUR actions.
So this guide is a list of tips to make the most o read more »
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You don't get 100% attention when you buy an ad. In fact, you don't 50% attention or even 1%. If you're very very good and very lucky, it might be .1% but it's more likely to be one in 10,000. Which is exactly the right number, it turns out, to make read more »
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I know how you can get a PR6 blog faster than you can write an article and submit it to ezine articles. Want to know what I know? read more »
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Wordpress is frequently underestimated in terms of it's sheer SEO power. Here, I cover the reasons that it tends to do excellent in Google. Understanding WHY it does so well is the best way to take advantage of it's architecture, giving your sites t read more »
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When I spoke to Matt at Pubcon and gave him ideas on where a couple Google services could improve, he suggested that I blog them...so I did. I also give my opinion on something Matt talked about which bothers me even more than the paid links issue. read more »
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Humorous piece on how Matt's arrival affected the expert link buying panel at PubCon. I wasn't there, but I know Aaron and Rand, and I doubt that they would allow anyone to curb their discourse. Anyhow, there's a funny photo of Cutts to go along wit read more »
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The official Google Webmaster Central blog has a post by Matt Cutts and Maile Ohye named Information about buying and selling links that pass PageRank and Matt Cutts himself wrote his own post with extreme examples of paid links named Selling links read more »
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Getting back to business basics. Besides the executional/tactical work, some clients like to see Strategy. read more »
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Imagine the power this gives Google!!!!!!

From the piece; Google is preparing a service that would let users store on its computers, essentially all of the files they might keep on their personal-computer hard drives -- such as word-processing do read more »
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Well, once more, being the curious lovable lover of long lists that I was lead in search of the top performing websites in search engines. Well, after searching vigorouusly, I found that very data, presented using a great customizable webscraper cal read more »
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13 Tricks that are 100% Original, Whitehat Friendly, and Free! Most of these techniques are referenced nowhere else I could find on the web and can be used to build many, high PR links very quickly, and also can help to and some serious spunk to you read more »
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Corporate advertising types love to talk about viral marketing these days and it seems they'll stoop to whatever they have to do to make their stuff "go viral". But what happens when the web takes the message out of the advertisers' hands? Well some read more »
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Who let those Sphinn misfits start a new blog - Brian fires off with a look at how disorganised our lives are becoming, and some ways to stay in control. read more »
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Reem Abeidoh discusses the importance of allowing social network access at work. She also highlights some guidelines for best practices that could be implemented at work. Is the usage of social networking sites a productive avenue for employees to h read more »
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Every one of us wants to rank high in Google. You must focus on back link building to have good SERPS. But backlink building has to be done with great care - not to get penalized. read more »
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So what happens when a website participates in a link exchange - also known as affiliate - program? The logical answer is: links for that network and website lose value. At least, they once did. Enter the free text link ads network TNX, a "revolutio read more »
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How do you build a ‘Digg Culture’ and get repeatedly on the front page of Digg over time? Here are 10 ways that top bloggers do it. read more »
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Well, I never really was a big fan of Digg…..Until yesterday when I finally cracked how to get consistent diggs to the front page.

I spent a lot of time analysing what works on Digg & what doesn’t. However what a lot of people fail to notice is t read more »
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I thought I would write an amazing post with all my secrets to make it to the Digg homepage on your first try... read more »
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Loren Baker at Search Engine Journal gives an example on how you can "redeem yourself" in the eyes of Google if your site suffered a PageRank loss in "The PR Massacre of October." read more »
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With all the talk of Google PageRank *yawn* lately, at least we can count on StumbleUpon for love. read more »
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One of the most common reasons why people hire me is to find out why their site or blog isn’t ranking. In some cases the site owner has launched a new wordpress blog. One thing about wordpress is, by default they restrict your site from the engines. read more »
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Why should Google try to force webmasters outside the US obey FTC legislation? read more »
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The warning is clear: viral marketing for link development could actually kill a site's presence on Google. read more »
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Now because I lack the time/ resources to do this (aka I’m too lazy to do it right now) I am giving away this free viral video idea because it's currently topical. Take the best 10 from this list - that has apparently been circulating the Internet, read more »
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