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Why Social Media Really Matters

Customer Experience Matrix

Social media is the latest stage in this evolution. Some of this may be due to the fact that it’s much easier to buy search advertising (think Google AdWords ) than other types of online ads. The final, related factoid is that social media have grown from virtually nothing to nearly 20% of online time over the past few years.

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Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 4

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Which commonly-held beliefs about Google's algorithm are true, and which are myths? Google's SEO Starter Guide by the Google Webmaster Central Blog Google made quite a splash when it published this guide last November. Looking for a concise explanation of the different types of redirects?

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Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 2

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How can you use free Google tools to benchmark your search marketing performance against your competition? With that in mind, Michael McVeigh of Zeta Interactive explains how to use free Google Tools— Google Trends , Media Planner and Insights for Search —for competitive intelligence on online benchmarking.

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Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 3

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Titus Hoskins has compiled a useful list of 10 factors to include in SEO projects, from the basic content /keywords / links to taking advantage of Google Webmaster Tools , article marketing and building traffic hubs within your site structure.

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Best of 2008: SEO Link Building

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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. First off is submitting the link to niche social media sites, and to help the author provides links to lists of quality social media sites, social media sites with Pagerank, and niche sites.

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - SEO Guidance, Part 3

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How does Google view search quality, from the inside? Introduction to Google Search Quality by The Official Google Blog Since Google is the most important search engine for SEOs, it's helpful to understand how its engineers view search. Google Previous Query Reason For Crazy Google Rankings?

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Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress.

Industrial Marketing Today

Here’s a screenshot of my setting: Changing permalinks after your blog has been live for a while can cause you to lose pagerank in search engines and generate “404 page not found” errors. See a video from Matt Cutts on Google official position on using keywords meta tag ). To overcome this problem, install the Redirection Plugin.