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SEO, or search engine optimization, is far from being a new method of online marketing. As long as search engines have indexed pages there have been Webmasters and marketers attempting to optimize their pages in order to appear higher in the search read more »
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As an SEO, I’ve always been a little perturbed to know that the American oriented Google index has, as its home, the aggrandized Google.com domain. read more »
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One of the biggest shortcomings of Google Webmaster Tools is that you cannot see changes over time. Glync is a free Firefox extension that allows you to track your domain's links over time right in Google Webmaster Tools. The Pro Version lets you tr read more »
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A take of Prashant on SEOrefugee's blog post. I personally feel SEOs must blog. What do you say? read more »
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While the rest of the SEO community was buzzing about SES San Jose and the crazy trapeze people they met at SearchBash, Jim Boykin was quietly planning an industry coup. The man literally went on a hiring spree and began tricking SEO types into trad read more »
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Lisa Barone via WBP - What the hell has happened to me? When did I become such a social media addict that the computer is where I turn to for advice, solace and pats on the back? I used to be an intelligent, independent woman. Then came social media read more »
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If you've spent hours laboring over your latest work you want to make sure it can withstand the surges of traffic it's bound to receive. Here's 5 tips to protect your site from common problems associated with large traffic spikes read more »
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Naoise Osborne takes a look at the US and Canadian election campaigns and their use (or lack thereof) of Adwords marketing, trashes the Valleywag post from the other week, and does his own mini-analysis, the results of which are surprising. read more »
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Tony Adams wsrites... With the “Web 2.0″ world that we live in, companies are inclined to create “snazzy” new AJAX experiences for users. I have been dubbing this the AJAX Dilemma lately because organizations/companies/website owners are creating si read more »
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It's about time! Google Keyword tool shows actual numbers now, WOOO! read more »
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Dan Zarrella writes "I made some changes to my sidebar and I noticed that I’ve started to build up a decent number of posts on my weird take on history, sociology, psychology, memetics, viral marketing and social media (I like to call it protoviral) read more »
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At the Search Engine Strategies conference in New York two weeks ago, Yahoo and Click Forensics made an important announcement. The move sends a definite message to advertisers and to its much larger rival. read more »
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The Google Algorithmic manner of ranking and serving relevant online and indexed documents to specific Google queries has been a mystery to many over the past decade, with search marketers and mathematicians working to expose the way Google ranks si read more »
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Google is giving the ability to select your own time on you emails so you can have proof that they were snet when YOU say they were, allowing for the possibility of never being wrong again. read more »
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Video tutorial on how to use the new feature youtube created called video analytics. read more »
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Google and MIT are teaming up to design the first satellite that can really, truly search the sky for planets similar to Earth in size and terrain, taking us a giant step closer to making contact with extraterrestrials. read more »
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The questions:

So why do you use Google Webmaster Tools?

Do you set up separate account for each site?

Do the tools let Google see too much into your own practices?

Please share your thoughts! read more »
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For the first time many have witnessed, Google is now serving unverified local listings in its blended local result plus boxes. 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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I love using sheerseo! It simply saves me hours we used to spend every week. read more »
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Brian from Nowsourcing has a great presentation showing how to sell social media. Its very worth the read! 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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A really comical post by Aaron (Mad Hat) about preparing a post for Sugarrae. Be sure to check out the video too ... Aaron I want to party with you! read more »
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Joe Whyte put together this guide on Youtube marketing for videos. read more »
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