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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

And Melissa Chang at sixteenthletter got some lively comment response to her statement that "With KnowledgeStorm and Bitpipe (TechTarget's lead gen engine) teaming up, this leaves four major players: the Web Buyer's Guide (Ziff Davis), IDG Connect , BNET (from CNET) and the KnowledgeStorm/Bitpipe combo."

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JULY 7, 2008

This is because, as the report notes, it takes time to build external links and a significant body of content, which are critical to establishing credibility with both search engine spiders and human readers (and why persistence is one of the most vital components of effective business blogging ). There you have it.

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JULY 30, 2007

As content grows over time, authors of related blogs will increasingly link to it, the blog's search engine rank will rise, and the blog's author(s) will become recognized as thought-leadership contributors within the industry.

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APRIL 14, 2009

How can you view your website the way search engines see it? How can you use free Google tools to benchmark your search marketing performance against your competition? Which URL shorteners work best? Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best blog posts and sites for SEO tools.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

One area clearly is organic search engine optimization (SEO). According to eMarketer, SEO tops the list of effective web lead generation methods, as " Forty-eight percent of marketers (in a 2009 study by Forbes) said that SEO was the best method for generating conversions online."

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AUGUST 17, 2009

What common mistakes should you avoid when optimizing a site for search? Which factors do search engine algorithms weight most heavily in determining search position? How can you generate more clicks even when your site isn't in one of the top three spots in search results? Social traffic (e.g.

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JUNE 24, 2006

Who knows -- maybe having this report back in 2001 would have saved me from my own ill-fated marketing book adventure (long story). ** Terms: search engine optimization tips, SEO help, relevant site links, search engine position improvement, keyword optimization, RainToday.com, Wellesley Hills Group, Mike Schultz The portal for Internet Web site marketing (..)

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JULY 20, 2009

Resources for starting a new business, ideas for naming that business, mistakes to avoid, lead generation strategies to embrace, how to apply some of Warren Buffet's wisdom to online marketing efforts.find all of that and more here in this final collection of the best posts on strategy and branding from the past year. What's in A Name?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The posts below, some of the best of 2008 on the topic of keyword research for SEO, provide guidance and reviews of efficacious tools to help throughout the process of generating a comprehensive keyword list; analyzing the competition; and prioritizing keywords to generate maximum ROI from SEO efforts.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

What key trends in search should you be aware of, and how can you adapt to them? Blog SEO Tips: Top SEO Mistakes to Avoid by Blogsessive Alex Cristache details five common SEO mistakes bloggers make that cause their sites to fare more poorly than necessary in search engine rankings. How do you create a 301 redirect?

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MAY 12, 2008

The most difficult websites to search optimize are those of small or new companies, in a market with larger and more established players, focused on a highly competitive set of keywords. However, a blog can be a valuable tool in helping smaller, newer players improve their rank and generate search traffic.

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APRIL 20, 2009

Once you've optimized the list of keywords in your search engine marketing campaign, tweaked the bids and crafted stellar ad text to bring visitors to your site, landing page design is critical to converting those visitors into sales or leads. Here are a few of the best posts about SEM landing page design from last year.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Generate word-of-word referrals? Mixxr This is a cool alternative search engine that lets you search Google, Yahoo, Bing and Twitter simultaneously. Great for viewing the differences between "traditional" and real-time search results. Looking for a more powerful way to share presentations online?

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MAY 4, 2009

Building Relationships is More Important Than Building Links Alone by Search Engine Journal Blog links have become a valued commodity in the PR world, so much so that popular bloggers receive a constant stream of pitches by email. SEO social media interactive PR? tags: PR 2.0 SEO social media interactive PR?

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

How does Google view search quality, from the inside? When, Why and How to Construct a Meta Description Tag by Search Engine Guide The ubiquitous Stoney deGeyter delves into the details behind the meta description tag, demonstrating how its value lies more in generating higher click-through rates than purely SEO.

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JANUARY 18, 2008

Forget UGC, Discover User-Generated-Linkbait by Distilled Blogger Tom Critchlow lays out an interesting strategy for building rich website content by leveraging user-generated content on discussion forums. This early success with social media can have long-lasting effects on search engine rankings as well."

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JULY 28, 2008

SEO Best Practices: Essential To Do's for A New Website by Search Engine People Dev Basu outlines five areas that form a foundation for SEO efforts, including proper internal linking, sitemaps and developing a blog. This was actually from December 2007, but I overlooked it last January. In addition to the obvious (e.g.,

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JANUARY 30, 2008

5 Rules of Social Media Optimization (SMO) by Buzz Marketing for Technology Ãœber-blogger and podcaster Paul Dunay provides five unconventional tactics for improving search engine rank, such as adding social bookmark site buttons to web pages, making content portable (e.g. The Alternative Search Engine of the Year, 2007!

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JANUARY 23, 2009

In Website Optimization: Speed, Search Engine & Conversion Rate Secrets , he gives away all the secrets of creating a website and search marketing program that effectively sells products and services. The book is divided into two major sections: Search Engine Marketing Optimization and Web Performance Optimization.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

How can you generate lots of high-quality links in just half an hour per day? How 30 minutes a day can result in 250 inbound links by Search Engine Marketing Exposed Anthony Kirlew , a.k.a. The Office', 'CSI', and 'Ugly Betty' get it by CNET News Search marketing strategist Brian R.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Study: Company Blogs Lead Social Media Options by MediaPost Mark Walsh reports that " blogging (is) the most important lead-generation source among social media options, followed by StumbleUpon, YouTube, Facebook, De.lic.ious and Digg " (not a surprising result, considering that those other sites tend to support a corporate blog, not replace it).

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JUNE 17, 2009

LookupPage lets you create an optimized personal profile that, in most cases, will show up very highly on the major search engines, helping you to "own" valuable first-search-page real estate for your name. Exalead An alternative search engine, Exalead may not be a "Google killer" but does provide some interesting features.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Domains for SEO and Reputation Management by Search Engine Journal Loren Baker describes how to use a.tv More Search = More Customers. Get the answers to these questions and others here in the final set of the best posts on social media marketing from last year. Take Advantage of.TV domain to enhance your company's web presence.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Google's content network can be a valuable addition to any AdWords search marketing program. The click-through rate is typically lower (as it is for display ads in general, as prospects see your ads while reading content rather than specifically searching for your product or service), but conversion rates are generally similar.

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JANUARY 29, 2007

Search Marketing remain the gorillas of online advertising, there are a considerable number of alternatives for generating exposure and clicks. Advertising.com Search, behavioral, and database marketing services for online advertisers. Commission Junction Affiliate marketing and managed search advertising for B2C retailers.

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OCTOBER 16, 2008

While that obviously reduces flexibility and makes certain steps impossible, the site's search performance can still be improved using this 12-step process. First, generate a list of keywords based on the content of each page. for their lists of key search phrases.

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APRIL 10, 2008

The bottom line is: as long as the platform you choose makes your blog recognizable as such by search engines and provides RSS feed capability, it will work. TypePad: Some Questions from Blogging Basics 101, and TypePad vs. Blogger from The Blog Squad, as well as forum discussions. Patience Don't expect huge traffic overnight.

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AUGUST 1, 2008

The SEO Website Overhaul by PromotionWorld Writer Brandon Cornett gets to the heart of SEO in this concise and practical article, detailing “five simple tasks you can perform on your website over the next few days to improve your search engine visibility and traffic levels” from validating your keywords to creating an XML site map.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Video search 101: Marketing and optimization by iMedia Connection Noting some statistics on the explosive growth of online video, David L. Smith explains how marketers can use video search engine optimization (VSEO) and video search engine marketing (VSEM) to maximize both the organic and paid search value of video assets.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

Making a statement like that is a great way to generate lots of traffic, and comments, as Micah Baldwin and Mike McDonald have recently demonstrated. It is changing, however, as Google's plans for search personalization are rolled out. "SEO is dead." But it's still nonsense. The changes may help local businesses.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

As Mike Kaselnak, CEO of Hoard Client Systems wrote in response to my recent RainToday article How To Build Website Traffic With Content , "The days of trying to trick the search engines are over. Actually, neither search engines nor people are fooled anymore by tricks with hidden text or metatags. Content is King!"

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JULY 14, 2008

With that in mind, MarketingSherpa last week presented their Top 10 B-to-B Marketing FastFixes: How to Generate & Nurture More Qualified Leads. If your website is still optimized for the same keywords as 18 months ago (or longer), now is a good time to re-validate your key search phrases. Here are the highlights from the webinar.

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MAY 15, 2007

There is a general sense that the answer is "yes" due to both direct referral and its impact on SEO, according to sources such as Profitimo , Anything Goes Marketing , WebProNews , Digital Telepathy and others (even Larry Chase recommended social tagging to improve SEO in a recent newsletter). First, anecdotal evidence from two clients.

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OCTOBER 9, 2007

Search Marketing or other SEM program, start with best practices in search engine marketing. For generating B2B leads, ask for minimum amount of information necessary, such as name, company, phone and email address. To optimize the results of a Google AdWords, Yahoo! Keep the contact form short. Test, test, test.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Featuring local social media experts, the session will provide an overview of social networking sites, search engine optimization and emerging new media to watch for as well as discuss what’s working, what’s not and what’s here to stay within the social media universe. Louis Park, Minn. from 8 a.m.

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JUNE 3, 2009

SEO: best bang for your buck for generating online leads by E-consultancy Aliya Zaidi summarizes research from E-consultancy showing that while " natural search, email marketing and paid search are still the most commonly used methods for generating online leads," " SEO (is) seen as providing the best value for money."

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

16 Web Based Handy Web Designer Tools by Online Marketing Blog Blogger Thomson Chemmanoor shares some of his favorite website design and development tools for tasks such as analyzing page load time, validating CSS files, finding broken links, generating rounded corner and gradients, and more. This article answers those questions and more.

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