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Signals of Quality vs. Good SEO

B2B Memes

Last month, I wrote about a discussion on an episode of This Week in Google (TWiG) featuring Google’s Matt Cutts. The following week, TWiG host Leo Laporte cited my article at the start of an expanded discussion of Google’s intent regarding content farms. and have signals of quality.&#.

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Curation: Add Value and Pass It Along

B2B Memes

I think most rational people would agree with him that many Huffington Post or Business Insider stories are really just rewrites. Hammock’s guideline for avoiding this fix seems pretty clear: If you can’t add value to a story, just link to it. Perhaps not so clear is how to add value. But short of that extreme, there’s plenty of disagreement.

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Why Publishers Need Early Adopters, Annoying or Not

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Will they sometimes wax too enthusiastic about new tools that turn out to be dead ends, like Jaiku , FriendFeed , or Google Wave ? But they’ll also bring to light valuable new platforms as well, like Facebook and Twitter, and perhaps even Google Plus. But they might just save your business.

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Another Nail in the RSS Coffin

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The site does a reasonably good job of categorizing the Twittered recommendations into content-based buckets (technology, education, arts & entertainment, business) and types of media (video, stories). The site is supported by display ads by Google, which to my eye fit in fairly well with the content.

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Managing Your Career in the Social Media Era: Sources

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The webinar, “ Enhancing Your Career in the B2B Press ,” is sponsored by the American Society of Business Press Editors.). What Would Google Do? , As part of a webinar for B2B editors on September 23, 2010, I’m speaking on “Managing Your Career in the Social Media Era.” (The by Jeff Jarvis.