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OCTOBER 12, 2009

While Google and social media are two separate entities, they are closely intertwined. Many a SEO Company has tried to manipulate the results to their benefit. However, the most advantageous aspect to performing well in social media is that many people who frequent the sites are webmasters and blog owners.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

The term "social media" encompasses several different types of sites, and it's important to use all of them properly in order to really be effective at social media optimization (SMO). So, here are some tips for using different types of social media sites for SMO.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Social networking sites are simply an extension of those two functions, giving other people more information about yourself and additional ways to interact. Based on my informal research, here are the most popular social media elements people are adding to their Web 2.0 signatures. Here are a few notable examples of Web 2.0

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MARCH 10, 2009

In "The 4 C's of Social Media," I noted that coming up with a concise definition of social media , like defining "art," is challenging. Another is to look at the different types of websites and tools that comprise the social media landscape. 6 CrunchBase 24,789 430,057 +116.1% 9 Squidoo 483 4,324,281 +43.3%

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Social media, and discussions of its value for PR and marketing, have become ubiquitous. But which social media tool do marketers find most valuable? What's the best tool for social media research and learning? How can you explain the value of social media to skeptics?

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Use social media to enhance your SEO efforts and build your business? Get the answers to these questions plus learn more about the largest and the fastest-growing social bookmarking and social networking sites in this installment of some of the best SMO blog posts and articles written so far in 2008.

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

Which social media sites are the most valuable? How can you use StumbleUpon for SEO link building? Read on to discover all of this and more in some of the best blog posts and articles on social media and Web 2.0 Video Links: The Best Lures in the SEO Tackle Box? Is Your Site Social Media Friendly?

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JANUARY 18, 2008

My last post listed several of the best news articles from 2007 on how to effectively use social networking sites for marketing. Here are some of the best blog posts on social networking and social media marketing strategies and tactics.

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AUGUST 5, 2008

Blogs are one of six broad types of social media. This post will discuss how PR and marketing professionals can use blogs (even if you don't write your own) to increase brand awareness and credibility; the next will discuss all of the other tools of social media. More than 60% of U.S.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

It's been obvious for some time that social media has an increasing role in b2b marketing , and that b2b companies will increasingly invest marketing dollars there as social media marketing practices become more standardized. How can b2b firms approach social media more strategically?

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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? Social media works.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Which social media sites are most helpful for SEO? Social traffic (e.g. StumbleUpon and Digg) is "spiky" and doesn't convert well, but supports SEO through the links generated. Still, even experienced SEOs may find some useful tips here. Is SEO Worth the Cost & Effort?

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JANUARY 16, 2008

Social media (blogs, podcasts, forums) and social networking sites ( Digg , del.icio.us , StumbleUpon , Searchles , etc.) Social media and social networks are simply an online version of that table at the coffee shop. New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age by The New York Times Noting that Web 2.0

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JULY 6, 2009

Where can you find the best SEO tools and resources (I mean, other than here)? What are some of the best tools and techniques for competitive SEO research? What information should you include in a killer SEO proposal—and what language should you avoid? Looking for a concise explanation of the different types of redirects?

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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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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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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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JULY 23, 2007

and social media aren't just for teenagers and garage bands; they are being embraced in a big way by B2B technology buyers and vendors alike. Here is the vendor perspective. Blogs are the most frequently used Web 2.0 tool, followed by RSS feeds and podcasts. Clearly, Web 2.0 tags: Web 2.0, tags: Web 2.0, tags: Web 2.0,

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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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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

In SEO `Best Practices' Are Bunk , Adam Audette rants about the supposed uselessness of these tactics, and by extension the concept of best practices in any realm. In SEO, best practices would include but not be limited to: Conducting keyword research to identify high-volume, low-competition search terms. Tags: SEO Practice.

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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. The blog posts cited here, some of the best of 2008 on the topic of link building, provide guidance on how and where to obtain valuable external links.

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MAY 11, 2009

How can you effectively explain SEO (and avoid unrealistic expectations) to prospective clients? For new websites, how can you incorporate SEO best practices into the design from the beginning? What emerging topics and techniques should SEO specialists investigate? How can PR and SEO work together more productively?

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

And after the thousands of articles and blog posts written about search engine optimization , SEO is no longer the black art it once was. Yet there are still a surprising number of sites that violate some of the most basic principles of SEO, and pay a penalty in poor search position. Products," "Services," "Technology" etc.).

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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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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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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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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Through SEO, it continues to draw traffic in both places. Tags: Media. They have many options on where to publish, but trade publications, with their focused audiences, have the opportunity to stand out as premier publishing venues. And finally, a recommendation: start charging subscribers for print publications.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

How can you optimize SEO benefits from internal link building? What key weapon in the SEO arsenal do many companies overlook? Read on for all of this and much else in some (more) of the best articles and blog posts written about SEO to date this year. Cheap SEO: it's about quality, not price by Internet Business U.K.-based

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APRIL 10, 2009

If your company is thinking about hiring an outside firm for search engine optimization (SEO), please read this post. If you work for one of the many reputable SEO agencies in the market, please have your prospective clients read this post. Smart business people know that SEO is increasingly critical to the success of their businesses.

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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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OCTOBER 16, 2008

In an ideal world, SEO would be taken into consideration from the earliest stages of a new website design process, and "baked in" to the site from the start. In addition to URLs, perform other on-page SEO work to optimize each page for its corresponding set of target key phrases by optimizing title tags , on-page headings (h1, h2 etc.

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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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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 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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MAY 4, 2009

How do PR, SEO and social media work together to build name recognition and credibility for a company? How should marketers and PR professionals adapt to the decline of traditional publishing and the rapidly increasing influence of social media? blogging and SEO). SEO social media interactive PR?

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Blog Project: 30 Traffic Generation Tips by Daily Blog Tips Daniel Scocco invited 30 bloggers to provide a key traffic-building tip and posts the list here, including recommendations from Sridhar Katakam : " Keep track of blogs and leave comments on them.

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JUNE 17, 2009

How about slick tools to creating a social media email signature or conducting a video chat session? WiseStamp This is a slick tool that enables you to easily create a graphical HTML social media email signature for use with most common webmail services (Gmail, Yahoo mail, AOL, Hotmail etc.).

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