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Best of 2009: SEO Tips, Part 1

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In this extensive and thoughtful post, Michael Martinez discusses the impact of trends such as personalized search, universal search and social media, and advises SEO professionals to focus on optimizing for query spaces (all the queries and content relevant to a specific topic) in order to capture traffic for long tail keywords.

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Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 2

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He also notes that once-hot Digg has devolved into “the MySpace of social sharing sites.” SEO Underused, Forrester Report Suggests by MediaPost Search Blog. David Erickson (again) reports that StumbleUpon not only accounts for the bulk of social sharing (it drove “50.3% SEO Research and Stats.

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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

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You’ll learn from this fascinating infographic that Forrester Research estimates that $716 million was spent on social media marketing in 2010, and the figure will reach $3.1 Less than 30% of respondents in either group said their company maintains a blog. Social Media Use in Big Companies. billion by 2014. Related Post.