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Where I've asked many of my SEO friends to share with me an example of SEO Fraud, an SEO Scam, or something other example of shady behavior that they've encountered.

Contributors include Matt Cutts, Aaron Wall, Rand Fishkin, Chris Winfield, Van read more »
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Here is a checklist of valuable questions and details to look for in a web analytics package related to your search engine marketing efforts, regardless of website size or company budget. read more »
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| Collective Thoughts | Today, we’re going to have a little fun with it. We’re going to take the web 1.0 metric of time on site and go a little more touchy feely with it for a web 2.0 world. Trust me, this will be fun. Here is a list of my top 10 fa read more »
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"When I was asked if I was “plurking yet”, I thought it had something to do with baby vomit. But no, it is once again another Web 2.0 name and once again another lifestreaming service that tries to imitate Twitter, while at the same time it tries to read more »
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This first graph shows the differences between the types of content non-Twitter users share individually and what Twitter-addicts share. read more »
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In what appears to be a very carefully considered, strategically phrased statement this afternoon, Yahoo said it will actually test carrying Google's ads on its own pages, calling the test a "strategic alternative." Microsoft isn't happy and quickly read more »
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Andrew Shotland shares a creative way to get SEO value out of a Facebook business page. :-) read more »
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Loren Baker writes, "I’m not a big Internet Explorer user but today I’m using IE as my browser of choice. I noticed that when I launch Skype and IE, Skype highlights phone numbers on web sites in the browsers for calling via SkypeOut." read more »
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A few weeks ago I published my Link Attraction Factors report over on Read/WriteWeb and the response was awesome. Never one to get complacent I’ve also developed an XML API version of my link attraction factors title checking tool and a Wordpress Pl read more »
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It's important to act quickly - the moment an online reputation issue is first detected. The longer you leave an undesirable search result to sit in the open, unchallenged, the more likely it will get "cemented" into place with links. Brett analyzes read more »
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Yahoo!'s MyBlogLog has a questionable "help" section where the company considers necessary to mock religious beliefs. A joke is a joke, true, but is the Help page of a site with millions of users the best place for jokes with religious connotation? read more »
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Guestwhore Michael Streko gives a few tips to those of us too unlucky to not be at SMX West on how to make it feel like we're there. read more »
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Never underestimate the screaming-obsessive lowdown fanaticism of a committed social site user who’s really pissed off. From Digg’s famed Bury Brigade to the vulgar rhetoric of the StumbleTroll Wars, marauding packs of member-vigilantes gang up to v read more »
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Plenty of research has been done via Digg's API to study how stories make the homepage. We know the best time to submit to Digg, and we know the best categories and types of stories (e.g. top lists, how-tos and stories about Digg), but what has neve read more »
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Bruce Clay's Susan Esparza steps in for Guestwhore week and explains her strategy for looking trim in conference photos.

"First things first, stop eating junk food. Soda is right out. All that chocolate from Valentine’s Day? Verboten. And don’t e read more »
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Here's one of those great posts that makes you sit back and think ... wow, how can I apply this to my business? Its definitely food for thought, for seos and end clients alike. Do ideal clients have certain traits that tip you off to their true fit read more »
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How to get the businesses with multiple locations in the same city (e.g. two Starbucks on opposite corners) to rank for the same local search query, or something to that effect. read more »
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This is something I blogged about recently, and I'm surprised that more people aren't talking about it because Nouri.sh is such a cool little tool. And best of all - it works! I wanted to submit the link to Nouri.sh here in Sphinn, but if you to see read more »
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Brett explains why participation is key if you want your social media websites' profile pages to show up in the SERPs for reputation management purposes. read more »
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To which the answer has to be, does it matter, as long as you can make break even and amass thousands of prize points and cash back bonuses on your credit cards! read more »
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Dan Zarrella has been crunching some Digg stats and has compiled an extensive report on what constitutes a successful submission. He's organized several charts by cross checking the number of backlinks a story generates by title and description keyw read more »
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Brett Border's gives us the details on his new business and some juicy tips on online reputation management. read more »
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Brian Wallace offers 10 reasons why you should think about doing blog interviews. read more »
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Sadly, this question still comes up in the web design community … Why use DIVS/CSS when I can use tables? That's like asking: why sleep on a bed when I have a couch? read more »
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Warning: This post is not for those who are weak of heart or small children. If you use the safe search option on Google or a V-chip turn back now. You are in the wrong place. Really. Stop. I mean it. read more »
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