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DECEMBER 17, 2009

How can you help SEO clients, whether internal or external, understand what SEO (and isn't) and set proper expectations for an SEO project? What are the key signals of SEO quality on a website? How does the increasing use of social media affect SEO efforts? Among his conclusions: more content helps.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

What two simple words answer almost every SEO question? What common SEO mistakes should you watch out for? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best articles and blog posts on the practice of SEO so far this year. The Answer To All Your SEO Questions! How do you create a 301 redirect?

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MARCH 2, 2009

Unless you are optimizing only for some extremely niche keywords, off-page optimization—building links from other websites to yours—is a critical and significant factor for SEO success. His deck actually covers the organic search marketinging basics—keywords, content and links.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Which social media sites are most helpful for SEO? StumbleUpon and Digg) is "spiky" and doesn't convert well, but supports SEO through the links generated. These include duplicate content, lack of keyword research, ignoring link building, and.read her post ! Still, even experienced SEOs may find some useful tips here.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Here are seven characteristics to help avoid hiring one of those types for your next SEO project. Given the still relative newness of SEO as a profession, any SEO practitioner over the age of 30 probably did something else before SEO. There's simply no relationship between Twitter following and SEO prowess.

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APRIL 14, 2009

Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best blog posts and sites for SEO tools. 5+ SEO Text Analyzers for SEO Diagnostics & Copywriting by Search Engine Journal The always brilliant and resourceful Ann Smarty here reviews several different for analyzing keyword usage and prominence (a.g.,

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MARCH 23, 2009

Here are some tools, tips and guidance for crafting more effective and compelling web copy, from among the best articles and blog posts on web and SEO copywriting from last year. Writing for the web involves requires as much art as any other form, plus another level of science.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

What key aspects of SEO should you consider when doing a site redesign? Which SEO tactics should you avoid? What can SEO professionals learn from traditional marketers? Find the answers to these questions and others here in the first set of the best blog posts and articles on search engine optimization (SEO) from 2009 (so far).

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JANUARY 7, 2009

Welcome to the first post in the official Best of 2008 series, which will summarize and link to some of the best blog posts and online articles about SEO, social media, online marketing strategy and more. Matt Cutts Translated: 8 SEO Tips I Heard Him Tell Eric Enge by SEOmoz SEO expert Brent D.

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 23, 2008

It's critical, when starting work on a new website, to develop a list of the most productive keywords and phrases to work into the content and structure of the site. In addition, some terms will be too broad for SEO but may be use for a search engine marketing (SEM) program (SEO vs. SEM terms will be the topic of a future post).

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NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Search engine optimization (SEO) is about as close to a no-brainer as any marketing investment gets: you've made a significant investment in designing and building an attractive, easy-to-navigate, content-rich website, so why not invest just a bit more to make sure it's easy to find? So, case made, how do you select an SEO partner?

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AUGUST 1, 2008

Again, there have been so many excellent blog posts and articles written on SEO already this year that I'm trying to get a jump on 2009. So here are several more of the best SEO-related pieces from 2008 thus far. Learning SEO and SEM - Where to Start? SEO is sort of like tweaking your resume.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

"SEO is dead." As I noted in my comment to comment Michah's post on Learn to Duck, articles like this have been appearing since at least 2003, so if SEO is dying, it's an awfully slow death. But again, none of this means that SEO is dead, only that it is changing (as it constantly does). But it's still nonsense.

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JANUARY 9, 2008

To start off, here is a list of the best tools for analyzing and optimizing SEO efforts. Free SEO Tools Search Engine Spider Simulator from the Webconfs SEO Toolset Spiders and people don't see things the same way. For example, Flash content, Javascript and images are invisible to search engines.

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MAY 12, 2008

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. A company blog can also be used to give a (small) SEO boost to the corporate site. Contact Tom Pick: tomATwebmarketcentralDOTcom.

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JULY 28, 2008

I may have to start doing these monthly or something, but for now, here are some of the best pieces written about the art and science of SEO so far in 2008. He recommends aggressive content promotion, using social media, and experimenting with universal search among other tactics. In addition to the obvious (e.g.,

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JANUARY 30, 2008

Following up on my last post, there were just too many excellent newsletter articles and blog posts on SEO last year to fit them all into one post, so here are more of the best bits of SEO guidance from 2007. It's all fundamentals, but that's often what SEO comes down to. video, audio files and PDFs) and encouraging mashups.

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JANUARY 28, 2008

SEO is dead? Judging by the number of high-quality articles and blog posts still devoted to the topic (so many I had to split this category into two posts), SEO remains a critical component of online marketing success. A trained SEO should be able to spot what your keyword phrases are, but it shouldn't be glaringly obvious."

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Last week I asked the question: will content marketing kill trade publications ? Gordon Plutsky seems to answer in the affirmative, contending that marketers need to set up their own content distribution channels , bypassing the trade media. Republishing - Providing a Forum for Thought Leadership Content.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Content marketing is all the rage. Marketers are becoming publishers, writing valuable thought leadership and how-to content in order to build name recognition, credibility, and even sales pipelines. Content produced by marketers and PR professionals is always, of course, self-serving: that's their job. Advertising. Aggregation.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Then there is the matter of commercial content. Finally, there is the accuracy of the content itself. She goes on to write that "And yet, when I publicly suggest knowledgeable people with good content should contribute to the Wikipedia, I'm spoken down to, told to read the conflict of interest guidelines and criticized."

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MAY 4, 2009

How do PR, SEO and social media work together to build name recognition and credibility for a company? PR Firms: Spend your Money on SEO by Orange Soda A helpful, if perhaps somewhat controversial, post about what's dead in PR (e.g., blogging and SEO). SEO social media interactive PR?

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Signs that you need a break from SEO. The Steven Wright Guide to Content Marketing by Copyblogger Brian Clark uses a series of one-liners from the inimitable comedian Steven Wright to illustrate his thesis that copy matters when writing blog posts, white papers, web copy or anything else you hope will be read and acted upon.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

How can online video help with SEO and online reputation management ? Domains for SEO and Reputation Management by Search Engine Journal Loren Baker describes how to use a.tv While his focus is on television commercials (b2c), the tactics he outlines work equally well for video content produced by b2b enterprises.

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APRIL 7, 2009

Here are a few of the best blog posts about AdWords from last year, covering topics such as getting results from the content network, using the conversion optimizer, and reporting. In another very helpful post, Gordon explains how AdWords' content network site and category exclusion works.

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MAY 18, 2009

How can you create effective online video content on a budget? In another helpful guest post on the topic of business video, Kate Morris offers tactics for "produce quality videos that spread," such as producing content that is relevant to your product or service and using a broad variety of media (not just online) to promote your content.

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APRIL 6, 2009

How does social media relate to SEO? Online Reputation Management with Video SEO by Search Marketing Standard Grant Crowell explains why video is a powerful component of reputation management (e.g., Everybody uses Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, but which niche social media sites are worth investigating?

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JANUARY 23, 2009

While much of the material here is well-covered in blogs and other books, even experienced SEOs are likely to find a few new ideas here. Here are several more key SEO insights provided by King: Wordtracker's fee-based tool goes beyond free keyword tools by tracking what it calls a keyword effectiveness index.

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JULY 23, 2009

As budgetary fat was trimmed from keyword lists, ROI improved dramatically for the last two months.common tactics were to move away from proven but expensive, high-volume PPC keywords on Google to a greater emphasis on SEO, social media and PPC opportunities outside the high-competition arena of Google." s content network.

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JUNE 18, 2008

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, B2B companies were aggressive at moving print materials to CDs, then moving CD-based content materials online. About 5% of online marketing spending is dedicated to SEO. According to MarketingSherpa, in-house SEO programs generally produce about a 40% increase in traffic over six months.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Use Facebook fan pages to help with SEO? Take advantage of new tools to raise your own profile by commenting on existing content? tags: social media marketing Facebook fan pages SEO? How can you make a big splash in social media without a huge budget? Attract lots of targeted Twitter followers in a short time?

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APRIL 20, 2009

12 PPC landing page tips by Econsultancy Graham Charlton presents a helpful set of tips for improving landing page conversions such as writing relevant, scannable content; giving visitors enough information to make a purchase/registration decision; and limiting navigation options.

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AUGUST 31, 2009

Improving Web Site Traffic: Miscellaneous Techniques by PromotionWorld Rob Wood offers 10 ideas for increasing traffic to your business website, from creating a "what's new" page where you can post fresh content to adding articles and incorporating site search.

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APRIL 27, 2009

The prolific guest-blogger also contributed 10 Innovative Blog Business Models —a post detailing 10 methods beyond the obvious (AdWords) to monetize a blog, such as selling educational courses, eBooks, premium content, consulting services (hmm, that sounds familiar) and digital products. Do You Show Appreciation to Your Favorite Bloggers?

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JUNE 25, 2008

Best of 2007: SEO Analysis Tools , January 9, 2008—the very first post in the "Best of 2007" series, providing a list of the best tools for analyzing and optimizing SEO efforts as well as blog posts on SEO tools from sources like SEO Position (now SocialSEO ), SEO Company and Web Worker Daily.

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DECEMBER 31, 2009

by HubSpot Rick Burnes notes that without a strong content strategy to back up social media efforts, marketers risk the "all hat, no cattle" syndrome: lots of attention on Twitter and Facebook, but no compelling content to back it up and turn the curious into the converted.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Content Marketing: How do you write to entertain readers? I even have our website on my vehicle," and Mark Alves : " Participate in Yahoo Answers and LinkedIn Answers where you can demonstrate your expertise, get associated with relevant keywords and put your URL out there."

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