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7 Ways NOT to Select an SEO Consultant

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Number of Twitter followers. I randomly checked the Twitter followers for 10 prominent SEO experts (the kind who present at the big conferences and whose writing is frequently noted in the best of SEO posts here). There's simply no relationship between Twitter following and SEO prowess. Bottom line?

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 5

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Attract lots of targeted Twitter followers in a short time? How I attracted 8000 Twitter followers in 14 weeks! Instead, he offers a positive philosophy and thoughtful approach to attracting worthwhile, like-minded Twitter "associates" (like many Twitters, Jim finds the term "followers" a little creepy).

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Social Media Optimization, Part 2

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How can you use StumbleUpon for SEO link building? Where can you find free tools to help monitor buzz about your company across blogs, Twitter on online forums? some are disturbing (the Huffington Compost is worth as much as Twitter ?) Exactly how helpful is online video as as search marketing tool? so far in 2008.

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 3

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How can you optimize your use of social networking tools like Twitter and LinkedIn? A List of Social Media Marketing Examples by Being Peter Kim In this truly amazing resource, Peter Kim lists and links to examples of how more than 300 brands are using social media, from Abbott Labs on Facebook to Zappos on Twitter.

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 2

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Topics include finding popular keywords, generating backlinks, tagging, using WordPress with social media, Twitter, and creating and promoting content. Secrets by Traffic Travis The creators of SEO analysis tool Traffic Travis present a helpful mini-course on using social media to drive web traffic.

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Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 3

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Eric Enge notes that "social media will be a major source of ranking signals for the search engines in the future," both due to its link-building potential and the emergence of real-time search. Another excellent SEO post from Search Engine Land is The Evolving State Of Social Media & SEO.

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Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 2

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Included on his list are Twitter, Peter Shankman's Help a Reporter Out (HARO), and online social media release service PitchEngine. Thankful For PR 2.0 by THINKing Harry Hoover calls out some of his favorite PR 2.0 tools, technology that has made the practice of PR more effective and transparent. SEO social media interactive PR?

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