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The Twitter web interface is great for occasional use. But if you want to be a power twitterer, check out these 12 tools that will keep you in the loop without having to refresh your browser every 10 seconds. read more »
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This WordPress plugin automatically distributes PageRank from your category pages to your individual posts. That means the individual posts accumulate more PageRank than what they would have accumulated otherwise. read more »
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Gap Analysis is an immensely powerful selling technique. It’s also an important feature of copywriting. In fact, most people will know a variation of it, which is often called “Problem-Agitate-Solve,” a term coined by top copywriter Dan Kennedy. read more »
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Short but excellent advice on using different countries colloquialisms to optimise for. (It's not a misspelling...read the article) read more »
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Stoney deGeyter writes, "The domain name(s) you select can be a preventative measure against someone not finding you. Buying up alternative domains can help people find you when they inadvertently type in the wrong domain, or when they are just rand read more »
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It’s no surprise that the internet has evolved into a baby gorilla. We have seen it go through some amazing changes over the last 5-10 years. It’s allowed for amazing convenience and automation and along with this burst of growth comes the need for read more »
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With the fast growth and uptime growing pains, debates about Twitter are plentiful so let’s settle it once and for all with a Twitter poll:Is Twitter the Ultimate Time Waster, or Great Tool? read more »
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If you are not a fan of synthesized voices then this is the article for you.
I laughed out loud at this sentence.

"Due to the single-mindedness required to read, real multitasking professionals listen to podcasts while they work, or commute, or read more »
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This post includes useful hints and guidelines to help you capitalize on your site's images and videos to increase your natural rankings. It reinforces best practices and points out the top video and photo sharing sites. read more »
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I'm continually amazed at how people go barreling into social media sites like a bull in a china shop and then wonder why they aren't well received. They hear social media is changing the way people do business and they make the mistake of thinking read more »
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Google Analytics is based on Javascript. Since Javascript can be placed only in HTML files, tracking non HTML files like pdf, zip, mp3 and others is a little bit tricky. But it is possible. read more »
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A great bunch of tools to help you optimize your twitter time read more »
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A pretty good list of ideas for FriendFeed - all it's missing is to see my friends Sphinn submissions ;0) read more »
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Understand the Groundswell and how it applies to your companies social media strategy. Learn about the components of what makes up the Groundswell and the rise of Social technologies. read more »
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Lisa Barone writes, "Even if you outsource your search engine optimization campaigns to someone else, you're still responsible for knowing the basics. You're the one who is ultimately responsible for the success of your site. Just because you're not read more »
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Interesting commentary from Kevin Ryan. read more »
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Web Analytics Optimization is important too! Web Analytics are very valuable but it’s so easy for them to become useless if your not tracking what you want. Maybe your a small company and you get all excited that you have 100 visits in a day, but r read more »
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After reading Deborah Ficamos’ recent update on the impact of Google’s UK trademark policy change, and NMA‘s Will Cooper’s thoughts on the same, I was struck by how willing Google is to make huge changes to how things are done. This came to mind on read more »
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Interesting insights on web analytics, from Dennis Mortensen read more »
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Find someone in your organization who isn’t part of the web development process, people in accounting, bookkeeping or HR usually make excellent test subjects. Put them down at a computer on your website, and ask them to purchase your most popular it read more »
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Many search engine optimizers are still stuck in the past. They practice SEO 1.0 or less. These SEOs fail to adapt to the new Web 2.0 media environment and attempt to apply rules of the older web to the new situation. read more »
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- For veteran wildlife ranger Joseph Kimojino, the traditional tools of his trade -- binoculars, off-road jeep and a rifle -- have been supplemented by Twitter, Flickr and a blog. read more »
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After scouring the web for Web 2.0 sites both new and old, we developed a "short list" of over three-hundred sites in forty-one categories. From there, we had some of the web's best bloggers, entrepreneurs and business people vote on winners, narrow read more »
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For a campaign that is losing money, or barely profitable, eliminating click costs during off hours can make a huge difference. read more »
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Widely touted as a viable competitor to Digg, propeller.com caused a storm when it arrived on the scene and stole some of Digg’s top users with promises of $1000 a month salaries back in 2006. Fast forward 2 years and the site has a new domain and t read more »
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