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Picking The Low Hanging Fruit

Keyword & niche research is flat out tedious & time consuming, but it’s a necessity for anyone looking to enter a niche for the first time or to expand their keyword reach [...]

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Page Ranking Triad That Google Doesn’t Know About

I’m a believer that Google isn’t quite the mystery we think it is. Sure, the word ‘Algorithm’ is a bit intimidating, but[...]

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Twitter Turns To New Data Center For HELP!

I’ll admit that I have a love/hate relationship with Twitter. I LOVE that Twitter is hyper effective tool to grow our online friends/fan bases and get content to go viral. I HATE that Twitter is constantly not working due to some unknown technical error.

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Cross Engine SEO: Who are you SEOing For?

Cross Engine SEO: Who are you SEOing For?

I think it’s safe to say that most of us have our SEO targets set on Google (and PPC for that matter). And it’s pretty appropriate seeing that Google owns such a vast majority of the search engine market [...]

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The Google Acquisition Continues With Metaweb

Google is getting really good at one particular thing that has spurred much of their recent growth.  It’s one skill that can only be mastered by a company with TONS of cash. I suppose you can call it the art of ‘acquisition’.
Or more simply, they buy a lot of fledgling companies that are packed with [...]

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Keeping Your Search Results Positive with SERM

A lot of us spend most of our ’search engine’ focus competing against other sites that rank high in our niches, often toggling back and forth for the top spot. BUT sometimes your biggest competitor can be yourself.
And this is why every successful campaign (organic or PPC) needs a good SERM (search engine reputation management) [...]

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Zendesk Lends A Hand To Twitter: Enhance Your Customer Service

There has been some debate as to whether or not Twitter is an effective or appropriate platform for customer support. Personally, I’ve made my mind up about it[...]

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Bing Is Growing While Google Is Flat-Lining

OK, the title sounds a little more severe than it is, but it’s mostly true. As the Bing-Yahoo merger nears its fruition, the tides seem to be changing as Bing is rising to the occasion.
The latest quarterly report from Efficient Frontier shows great news for Bing.  Bing’s most recent quarter reveals that ad impressions are [...]

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Do Follow Blog Finder Gives You Max Link Juice!

I found this handy little tool the other day and wanted to pass it along.

A little background first: If you want success in blogging, you NEED inbound links. ( it’s just part of the puzzle)
What’s an inbound link? Ex. You post a comment on someone’s blog and leave a link to your site along [...]

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‘Search Engine’ Pie: Value of SEO vs. PPC

‘Search Engine’ Pie: Value of SEO vs. PPC

I’m not one to bash PPC or to say SEO is the only way to go (you need both!), BUT I think this infographic says a lot about where we should be focusing our time & efforts in regards to getting the highest ROI from search engines.

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Google Caffeine: A Call To SEO

Google Caffeine is here and we all know it. (Click here in case you don’t know)
There are 2 types of people who should care about this.
1- People engaged in SEO
2- People NOT engaged in SEO
Google Caffeine is “a rewriting of Google’s indexing system…it’s essentially rearchitecting or rewriting a large chunk of how Google indexes pages.”  [...]

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Google Buzz Just Wasn’t Enough

I’m sure most of you have heard the rumor, but just in case you haven’t…
Google is rumored to be making another run at Facebook with Google ME. This, after the failure of Buzz, is Google’s attempt to get their foot in the door of Social Media for real.
It’s probably good timing seeing that Facebook is [...]

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Facebook: The Next Frontier For SEO

Facebook went after Google Adwords with Facebook Ads, and now they’re going after Google Search with their new Open Graph Search Engine.

Most people are excited about this because they love to see someone challenge Google’s empire.  But me, I’m excited for a different reason. I can smell a new avenue for some mega-effective SEO.
Before [...]

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$250,000 of Traffic for only $4k with SEO

I ran across this just the other day and had to make mention of it.

Why would you choose SEO over PPC? A recent case study done by a professional SEO company reveals some very convincing answers.

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