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How (and Why) to Map Your Company’s Digital Landscape

Webbiquity

Other social activity and presence (Flickr, SlideShare, Wikipedia, etc.). Once you’re in the execution phase, you’ll of course want to monitor, contribute to and interact within the most important and active groups on your list. . • Facebook / LinkedIn / Google Plus metrics (i.e. Collecting this information is Phase I.

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How to Build Traffic Generating Links

Sharpspring

Google of course wanted to change that because readers are (and will always be) the most important thing to Google. Some companies will avoid these types of links because they don’t pass any PageRank, but the truth is that these links are still valuable. They send relevant readers to your website and help you generate that traffic.

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Google and the Parable of the Turkey

WebMarketCentral

The turkey grows to trust the farmer completely, even perhaps developing a fondness for the farmer (and of course the feed). Of course, that doesn't take into account the perspective of the turkey farmer. It will be interesting to see what happens to the Google position of Wikipedia pages once Knol is launched , no?

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SEO Basics for Small Business Professionals: 2 Steps Anyone Can Do

Writing on the Web

Image: Wikipedia ). Additionally, you may want to look into taking an online course or training that will familiarize you with keyword research best practices. The more your site is linked to, the higher your Google PageRank will be. And you’ve probably heard it’s crucial. Links are like gold in the world of SEO.

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Inbound Marketing the Way God Intended

Biznology

Image via Wikipedia. and entire “informational” sites similar to Wikipedia, distributed globally, on many different servers and under many different domains and sub-domains to emulate its “impossible” counterpart. Last week I asked my management team if what we do at Abraham Harrison is inbound marketing.

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Blogger outreach is earned media PR, isn’t it?

Biznology

” (Wikipedia). They’re looking for taste-makers, of course; they’re also looking for brand ambassadors; they’re looking to get married rather then just getting lucky; and they’re hoping that the enthusiasm of being associated with a real PR campaign from a recognized brand is enough (for now).

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The Guide to Building Linked Unstructured Citations for Local SEO

Moz

And the best unstructured citations of all include links, of course! As a small local B&B, Bottger wouldn’t want to compare their backlink profile to that of Wikipedia or The New York Times, for example. Google can penalize sites that participate in activities such as: Buying links that pass PageRank (“followed” links).