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Tad: "After 11 years of web working as web developer, blogger and SEO both in agencies and freelance I have collected a list of 30 timeless tips to get, convince, keep and deal with clients." read more »
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Danny Sullivan goes off on everyone who uses subversive marketing tactics. Grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and take it in. read more »
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Recently, with mucho fanfare, TLA launched a new service called inlinks – designed specifically to restore freedom to the link buying industry – freedom from the prying eyes of the grand overlord Google, freedom from… well actually just from Google. read more »
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Ever needed to compare lists of keywords in different data tables and match corresponding values together? For example, matching keyword volume data to search engine rankings? Today Richard takes a look at a really simple but powerful query in Micro read more »
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Jim Boykin & We Build Pages has evolved.... no more link buying. Explains a bit about why Pat, Rhea, Lisa & Quality Girl are there....

"Buying links passed the tipping point long ago… you must get over it, and evolve, or be ready to face what mig read more »
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Can Matt Cutts detect paid links embedded in content when he is looking right at them? read more »
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Working for one of the largest agencies in South Africa, I can confirm we haven't been contacted by Google to discuss certification in any way. In my opinion this is another bankroll for Google, there is no way they can monitor every single agency t read more »
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"This 'single keyword' approach is often useful but it misses the big picture: To be profitable, most websites will need to be successful for hundreds of thousands of keywords. read more »
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Searchlight Digital today released their first tool, allowing you to test massive multivariate tests on anything you can think of. read more »
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Sugarrae gives insights on how to promote a brand new blog. read more »
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Wordtracker has a cool new tool out, here's how to apply some interesting keyword strategies. read more »
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It's finally happened; Jerry Yang has announced that he will leave Yahoo. More news inside. read more »
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An interesting look at the mechanics of how something goes viral, be it linkbait or presidential campaigning read more »
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I think the requester was crafty evil. They brought it to a professional that has talent and excellent credentials. I'm thinking that they knew that it would be impossible to do in 20 days, but they would very happily take advantage of every thing read more »
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Richard Baxter of SEOgadet uncovers and explores Quantcast's practice of including hidden links within its tracking code. It can be seen on pages such as Digg.com Last.fm and Technorati. read more »
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This is my take on Day 1 of SMX London 2008.

Obviously, I couldn’t get to every session or speak to every delegate, so please feel free to add your experiences in the comments. read more »
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Essential SEO fix for WordPress, it will increase internal PR/linkjuice on category pages and reduce URL length. Aaron Chronister (aka TheMadHat) finally brings us a hack to solve this problem. P.S. pressure him for a plugin in the comments. read more »
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Distilled got in touch with Richard Millington at Feverbee to find out a bit more about the subject. Rich is an expert in building online communities and is currently working with Seth Godin in New York. read more »
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The fab Chewie (Dean Chew) takes us through three major reasons why you should be using Facebook connect on your website. 1. Users can use their facebook login to login to your site 2. You get really useful information about your users and 3. lastly read more »
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I am so very tired of reading about the difference between people who "get" digital/social/"insert any name here" and those who don't is simply a matter of age.

Many of us Ancients have an in-depth knowledge of "insert any name here" - far superi read more »
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Pamela Lund, who I accused of having emotional intelligence, gives three steps for avoiding and dealing successfully with unhappy clients.

Awesome presentation she gave at ScarySEO!

Its actually applies to any clients in any industry... not ju read more »
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Sarah Evans writes, "Last week I hosted my first ever tweetup... A few hours before the tweetup I managed to persuade a new Twitter friend, Brent Payne, to come and hang out... He was going to take the train to the suburbs and I said I would pick hi read more »
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He said Free ... Link Building ... and Report. Need I say more? Best words in SEO history. :) read more »
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David Mihm talks with BOTW's Greg Hartnett about BOTW Local -- and Greg shares some good insights based on the first few months it's been open, and thoughts on where it's going next. read more »
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Interesting read from Jennifer Laycock about how SEO isn't always the right option and cost-effective. read more »
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