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Everything you ever wanted to know about Robots from Vanessa over at Jane and Robot. Huge and awesome. read more »
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We're doing a "developer day" track at SMX Advanced, specifically for web developers. It will deal entirely with coding issues -- HTML and CSS, URL structure, CMS systems, Apache and IIS, javascript, PHP, asp.net, AJAX, Flash....

Well, you get th read more »
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Did you know there's only 261 shopping days left before Christmas? That might seem like a crazy thing to worry about in April but you know what they say, the early bird gets the link. Using the holidays to attract links is fun, good for trend watchi read more »
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Link development, before search engines polluted the process into a currency for search engine rankings, was all about promotion. Links were simply a natural side effect of promoting your website. And one of the most tried and true methods of promot read more »
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Does Vanessa Fox really believe that? Read this post to find out... read more »
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Vanessa Fox on using social media to point to your own content; specifically, hosting an image on Flickr and linking back to the page on which the image appears. read more »
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It's 2008, and losers are using the same keyword spamming strategies they used in 1998. Yay for the salvation of Technorati tags. read more »
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Jim Safka To Replace Jim Lanzone As CEO Of Ask.com

Jim Lanzone goes into venture stuff. But more shocking... He leaves Ask.com.

Jim, to me, is the soul of Ask.com. It is very very sad to see him leave Ask.

Thoughts on why, who, what? read more »
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Mahalo has just launched several new features that entwine the human-powered search engine even further into social networking and online community building. read more »
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The Google Docs blog has announced new features for the Google Docs suite of tools. You can now create subfolders to more easily organize your documents and can rename documents and folders from the toolbar (previously, you could only do this from t read more »
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A collection of threads from our industry, including this Sphinn thread, wishing one SEM to an other SEM a happy holidays and Merry Christmas! read more »
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It’s kind of weird to get these kinds of messages from facebook, who suppose to be the leading social network in today’s online world. Facebook deleting and blocking users who...chats too long with their friends! it sounds strange but you can see it read more »
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I know Danny was searching for the link on the Daily SearchCast the other day, and couldn't find it.

Doesn't say much for my blog's ranking capabilities...

Anyway, in case anybody wants the link to Danny's ringtones, here it is:

http://www. read more »
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"One thing I have always known about myself is that writing is like breathing to me. I can’t really be without it. So, writing is one thing I’ll be spending a lot more time on." read more »
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Danny announced the official hiring of Vanessa Fox and Rebecca Kelley of SEOmoz as new editors at Search Engine Land.

Vanessa is the "features editor" and Rebecca is the "copy editor." It is great to have you guys as part of the team! read more »
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Oilman gives us a new and refreshing rant on the wonderful new Canadian YouTube. Don't miss it and feel free to email him custom made Canadian Flag YouTube Logos.. It will make him smile. read more »
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It's called "What The Customer Actually Wanted" and is both hysterical and dead-on accurate in so many ways. :-) read more »
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Everyone ready for Cali in February? It will be about 20 below here in NY so I will be beyond ready at that point... read more »
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Wow! Sneaky launch was 10/12, but just announced. Vanessa Fox writes: "Google News has announced a Facebook app that allows users to specify custom topics to receive news about from WITHIN Facebook....the same way as a Google Alert...receive the hea read more »
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Graywolf holds whiney Jason Calacanis' hand and walks through an informative mini site audit/analysis of the poorly structured mess of Mahalo... read more »
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Wrap up of SMX Social Media in New York, 2007

The "big list" of SMX Social coverage this year read more »
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Dave McClure identifies how you know when you've crossed the line between "experimenting" and simply being "chronically addicted" to Facebook. read more »
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Vanessa Fox writes from SMX Social Media...

"It's day two of Search Marketing Expo Social Media and first up is levering social networking. On this panel are Dave McClure of 500Hats, Cindy Krum of Blue Moon Works, and Helen M. Overland of Non-lin read more »
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Vanessa asks whether Universal search is doing something new.

Is Google grabbing blog results and including them in prominent search positions. Blog Search also gets a small slap for being a bit out of date. read more »
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Danny Sullivan shares some timely photos of Elisabeth Osmeloski today as she said her vows with Matthew Ostrander at Sorrel River Ranch outside Moab, Utah.

Elis, best wishes from all of us! read more »
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