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SEO - Why a Small Business Needs a Blog

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No matter how well the on-site optimization is done, it is tough to compete with the amount of content and external links that the established players have built up over time. And a few additional considerations: Due to the dynamic nature of their content, blogs are generally indexed more frequently than corporate sites by the search engines.

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Two More "Google Killers" Take Aim: Viewzi and Site605

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with the intelligence and judgment of human editors (like Mahalo ) without the spam that inevitably seems to afflict social search sites like Digg and Sphinn (think Wikipedia—though hopefully without the arrogance). One key will be adding and expanding content categories.

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Using ALL the Tools of Social Media Optimization

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Social Bookmarking Sites like Digg , del.icio.us , StumbleUpon , Mixx and Searchles are great places to spread the word about your own thought leadership content as well as, and even more importantly, positive coverage your company gets from other bloggers, journalists or analysts.

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High Points on the Social Media Landscape

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Describing it through the four C's—content, context, connections and conversation—was one approach. Site Alexa Rank (March 2009) Compete Traffic (February 2009) Compete 1-Year Traffic Change Google Pagerank Digg 243 33,433,760 +51.2 8 LinkedIn 14 11,246,726 +137.4% 8 Plaxo 1,440 2,629,043 +144.7% 7 Friendster 47 1,454,029 -20.0%

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How to Get Bloggers to Write About You

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Digg , Sphinn or Searchles ). tags: blog coverage, ITtoolbox, ON24 In The News, illuminate Solutions, corporate blog, Digg, Sphinn, Searchles icerocket tags: blog coverage, ITtoolbox, ON24 In The News, illuminate Solutions, corporate blog, Digg, Sphinn, Searchles Contact Tom Pick: tomATwebmarketcentralDOTcom

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Best of 2007: Blog Posts on Social Media Marketing

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7 Reasons Why Niche Social Media Outlets are Better Than Digg by AjaxNinja After noting that "Digg has an immense amount of traffic and getting landed on the front page will send a tsunami of new readers to your blog or website, but getting onto the front page is incredibly difficult.

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Viral Marketing for B2B Lead Generation, Part 2: Viral Promotion

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Part 1 of this series rated the various types of viral media; this post focuses on promoting your viral content to get maximum exposure and pass-along. After blog and trade press mentions, social media and social tagging sites such as Digg and del.icio.us are the most effective means of spreading viral content. in your booth.