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It's not knowledge of the latest technology or algorithm. Its enthousiasm and empathy for your clients read more »
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Obviously Google deems link building black hat and inappropriate. read more »
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Last week Jakob Nielsen posted some stats regarding web reading. It turned out 20% of words in an average webpage are read. But what about research by the Poynter group, who say that 77% is read?

Who is wrong and what can we learn from this regar read more »
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There’s no doubt that creating a valuable piece of content is a great way -and maybe even the best way- to attract links. However, when I mention link baiting (or link targeted content), I often get reactions like ‘it sounds nice, but link baiting p read more »
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Google Website Optimizer is becoming quite popular, especially because it is free. However, there still are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to using the Website Optimizer. This post describes the 5 most common ones. read more »
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Per Wiep:

"Well, after seeing something like this, it’s getting more and more clear to me that it’s not possible for Google to draw a line anywhere.

The paid link line (what’s a paid link and what isn’t) is so thin, that one single sentence co read more »
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If you want to be more effective with driving traffic to your website or blog with social media, here are five steps that are sure to improve your results. read more »
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Lots of companies will happily accept link building opportunities for just about any crappy website, because they only see the quick, short buck. For this group of companies, I’ll be diving into the art of getting links for crappy websites today. read more »
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These Nielsen numbers show which verticals are spending the most on sponsored search, including a category for Image/Text Links. read more »
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In the absence of any official ways to make money on these sites, people are looking towards external sources for income. Why do we participate on social news sites? read more »
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Jeremiah Owyang lists the many tools and tactics available for corporate web strategy in 2008. Excellent post! read more »
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Exciting news ... Wiep is now the very proud father of a happy and healthy baby boy named Liam. Congratulations Wiep! Exciting times! read more »
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A great example of "Oooops..." read more »
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A pretty cool survey of 17 notable SEO folks like Aaron Wall, and their opinions on what the most important link-building factors should be. The various factors are ranked on a 5-point scale. Seems fairly useful. read more »
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7 Link building and SEO professionals have shared their thoughts about nearly 40 different factors that might (or might not) influence the value that search engines can assign to a link. These opinions have been bundled into one document: The Link V read more »
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A RIDICULOUSLY good read from Wiep.net...

"In the style of SEOmoz' Search Engine Ranking Factors, this page includes the opinions of 17 well respected, international SEO and Link Building professionals on nearly 40 factors that possibly influence read more »
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A lot of large content sites create user-friendly portals for very popular content. You don’t have to wait to see which content is popular. You have the option of deciding which content will become popular. read more »
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Google provides a useful list of meta tags, how the see/ treat these tags and tips on how to use them. read more »
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Since the average company spends almost a quarter of their marketing spend on content, how can a company put so many resources behind something and not market it effective? read more »
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With the right touch, keyword research can provide insight into our values, our culture, what we like, what we dislike and the ‘human condition’ as a whole. read more »
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... Yesterday, when I was doing some research on Digg, I spotted a page that I had seen before and wanted to check it out once more. This page in question managed to get to the front page about three months ago, but when I tried to visit it today th read more »
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Even though the growth of online shopping is outpacing brick-and-mortar shopping, we can still learn a lot from in person retail environments. Mall owners and retail store operators are very good at what they do–which is to get lots and lots of peop read more »
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Many businesses, especially small businesses, may not have the financial resources to create a glossy custom magazine program, but all companies can initiate a low-cost, effective online content marketing program today. read more »
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Eye-tracking studies are hot in the web design world, but it can be hard to figure out how to translate the results of these studies into real design implementations. Use these 23 proven tips from eye-tracking studies to improve the design of your w read more »
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Very cool article. HD Video is coming to youtube. That means some real beautiful vidz... read more »
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