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Are you using word of mouth marketing in your SEO business to gather new leads? Adam Maywald discusses the varies ways word of mouth marketing should be utilized and what new charts are showing about WOM. read more »
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eMarketer recently published a study that says that more than three-quarters of people trust consumer recommendations over any other type of ad. Justilien asks, "how are you incorporating that into your link building and internet marketing strategie read more »
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What’s one of the easiest ways to generate buzz and get massive amounts of traffic from social media websites? The answer is simple: Control distribution of your content by leveraging the clout of popular and powerful individuals within the social m read more »
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I might have titled this piece TYRANNY REIGNS but Chris takes a level headed look at the effects of Google's current actions.

From the page:- "If Google, who made their billions on the back of the likes of you and me promoting and evangelising th read more »
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One of the big obstacles of getting away from AdSense is the trouble people have of finding suitable alternatives. And really, that’s one of the things Google has done a fantastic job on.... read more »
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You know those birds that sit on the backs of hippos waiting for some chow to drop out of the animal's mouth? See how one SEO company is sitting on the back of a Yellow Pages' SEO platform waiting for the SEO crumbs to drop out of page one of Googl read more »
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Here is my book on server sided redirects. It's a longish draft intended to bore you to death with geeky language and dull quotes from protocol standards and similar technical documents. For entertainment purposes it comes with search engine bashing read more »
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In this post, as has been my practice on my blog, I am going to dive deeper and push the limits of current keyword research. Enjoy! read more »
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The fall out from Google's PageRank penalty continues. Will the little guy just starting out have a chance while seeing the big guys tumble? read more »
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As far as ebooks go, the first question you have to ask is whether or not the ebook is the format you should be using at all. The humble PDF seems to be the first thing that comes to mind when people consider developing a product, but it’s often the read more »
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Jennifer Laycock writes, "My daughter has a shirt that reads 'it seemed like a good idea at the time.' I sort of wish they made it in larger sizes. I can't help but think it'd be a nice Christmas gift for the team at Google. After all, I'm hard pres read more »
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"I was Diagnosed with Stage 3B Lymphoma" has generated dozens of posts and links to the NYIM/BOTW event during SMX next week. Lee Odden has taken the meme to the next level by raising the bar on how SEMs give love back in their community. read more »
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I've found that while Digg users will hit stories comments such as lame, fail, old news, etc - StumbleUpon has some interesting folks that expand quite a bit on their negative opinions. read more »
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In-depth interview on cutting edge PR and linking strategy. "If Google wins what’s going to happen is the market will go underground. You’re going to have to "know a guy" to get you links." read more »
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Fancy SEO tactics don't mean SQUAT when the client ERASES HTML title tags in favor of "Welcome to Our New Site." Andrew Shotland offers tips to avoid such nightmares with good client communication and planning. read more »
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from the page "Facebook is becoming more and more of an advertising platform, advertising that begins to take on a "Google meets Amazon" character. Not only can ads be personalized, but ads might also be shown to people in your social network becaus read more »
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We all know that SEO is not an exact science. It is a social science.

The ulterior objective of any SEO activity is to influence on other people’s behavior. More specifically, we want them to perform an action on their end that will benefit our s read more »
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The StumbleUpon model is better for advertisers as well as the users. For advertisers, it is good because there is no action required on the part of the users (i.e. they don't have to specifically click on an ad). The advertised pages are served up read more »
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If you're looking for some buzz right now, go green.

Here's why: In the last couple weeks, I've come upon two small businesses (neither are clients) that are getting some combination of media attention, online buzz, inbound links, and natural sea read more »
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We've had several threads here on Sphinn debating whether Google will hurt a site for selling links. Now an official answer: yes. If you sell links, Google says it might drop your PR score, penalize you in the rankings or potentially ban your site a read more »
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Poignant, inspirational and extremely personal post by Marty Weintraub explaining why the IM-NY Charity Party (before SMX NY next week) means a bit more to him than a normal conference 'event' and how we can all give back... read more »
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So, what can you do to become a better writer, and in turn get published more? These seven steps can ensure a boost in popularity and readability of your articles. read more »
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Is there a quick simple way to get links through competitions and still be a genius? read more »
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Grab a coffee, in fact you might need a thermos as it is quite a long response to the apparent "public face" quality hit my site seems to have incurred over the last week.

I even reveal 2 links that send me over 3000 visitors per month between th read more »
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Good discussion (via phone, even!) which includes Todd talking about linkbaiting, social media & communities, and finding reputable SEO providers. read more »
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