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Now before I get stoned for even mentioning John Chow's name on here, I just wanted to mention that you can get traffic from "John Chow" WITHOUT going to his blog, subscribing to his RSS Feeds or even knowing who he is at all.

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Never undermine the importance of testing and analyzing your site. On the most basic level, analytics data will help ensure whether or not you’re on the right track. And if the data is reviewed and utilized on the site it will help you increase conv read more »
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If you're starting a blog simply to make money online, you're in for a rude awakening... unless of course you know what you're doing. But in essence, you should make money online first and THEN blog about it.

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After my article was de-ranked from Google, I suspected it may be because I linked to it from Digital Point. After removal of the link it was ranked on page 1 again. read more »
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Any successful blogger will tell you that it’s very important to network with other bloggers. Blogging is very social, networking can take you to the next step. read more »
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Dawud asks an interesting question: Can permission marketing be seen as interruption marketing? He thinks so, so do I. Read why. read more »
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Kind of tricky since I was going to disagree right away, until I read the whole story. Makes perfect sense. read more »
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First things first, let me say that although I am an SEO guy I love social media to bits and have been involved with various sm sites for some time now. This post has been sitting on my to do list and at last I have found time to rank my top ten fav read more »
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Really, Twitter spam? I mean, how do you get spammed by people you voluntarily choose to follow. It's like bitching that your Facebook "friends" are spamming you. Why did you make them friends, then. read more »
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One of the benefits to spending time on Twitter is that it's a great way to network. But if you are new to Twitter, it can seem difficult to find people that are in your industry or that share your interests. Here's some tips to help get you start read more »
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Everyone has heard the phrase "content is king." This post argues that the saying should be changed to "controversy is king." read more »
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By profession we, SEOs, always have to compete. That’s an integral part of our daily routine: we come to work and check how our sites are doing compared to our SERPs competitors. Then we scratch our heads thinking how we can outrank them. And at the read more »
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We all know backlinks are very important for SEO and pagerank, so I'm giving everyone an opportunity to get a "permanent" backlink and ad spot on my PR3 page.

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Vlogging has it's benefits but is it the best way to blog? read more »
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We can compare blogging to so many different things, but don't you sometimes feel blogging is just like being in a relationship? Well, if you never thought about it, I have compiled a list (with help from other bloggers) comparing relationships to b read more »
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Here is how to make WordPress automatically add nofollow to all of your blogroll links. read more »
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One site that we have found very useful in the submission process is Tube Mogul. TubeMogul is the video equivalent of SocialPoster, but the big difference is that TubeMogul has a dashboard that lets you know how many people viewed your video across read more »
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Kristen M. invited me to write about being a Social Media Dad on her "Social Media Mom" blog. In the article, I wonder how young is too young for a child to start blogging....would love to hear your thoughts! read more »
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My experience of making enemies online. Ooops... Have you made any enemies online? read more »
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Another great post by Patrick that looks at factors involved in the decision to either sell blog posts, of keep them at home.

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If you're looking to get some incredible exposure to your blog/site/forum, you should enter DatMoney's "Get Traffic" contest which features reviews and ad spots on high traffic blogs. You could potentially get over 310,000 unique visitors checking o read more »
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Ok, so you say you know what PageRank is and how it applies to search optimization, but do you really? One thing is for certain…. A great many SEO’s, site owners and webmasters don’t seem to truly grasp the concept…so lets take a look shall we?

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Your client is thrilled with the new blog. It provides a SEO friendly CMS, it’s Social Media friendly, your client loves the opportunity to participate in the conversation, etc, etc. but despite how cool their new blog is…. despite the increase in r read more »
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I'm sure a lot of you guys already know, but Alexa has changed their ratings and supposedly it is going to be a little more accurate and not rely heavily on Alexa toolbar users anymore.

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