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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Social Media Optimization, Part 1

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Get the answers to these questions plus learn more about the largest and the fastest-growing social bookmarking and social networking sites in this installment of some of the best SMO blog posts and articles written so far in 2008. How 30 minutes a day can result in 250 inbound links by Search Engine Marketing Exposed Anthony Kirlew , a.k.a.

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9 Invaluable Lessons From Failed Link Building Campaigns

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Around 2008, “linkbait” became a popular concept and people began publishing anything they could – whether truthful or not – just to attract links and attention. In response, they released an algorithm update aimed at devaluing low-quality links. The “nofollow” attribute was introduced and reciprocal/paid links were targeted.