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Funny thing the site has 19 000 links pointing to it but that not even 5% of it is legitimate! read more »
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The conclusion: all other things being equal (e.g., marketing budget, content quality, design, affiliation with larger websites and so on), a website with a good domain name will always outperform a competitor with a bad or average domain name. read more »
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You’ve picked a topic that your ideal readers are dying to know more about. You can write about the topic with authority. You’ve even chosen an interesting angle. In short, you’ve got a killer post that should bring your blog thousands of new reader read more »
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Lee Odden: With Search Engine Strategies San Jose just around the corner, I thought it timely and appropriate to share insights on how you can get the most out of marketing conferences. read more »
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Great review of basic SEO conversion tactics. The conversion of a visitor to a client is everything. I like the quote "A site that ranks well and doesn't capture customers/visitors is like an umbrella on a sunny day." Exactly right especially if the read more »
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33 Reasons Why You Should Go to the IM Charity Party at SES San Jose read more »
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"No, Seth, it doesn’t take 10 years to become a success."

I follow Seth, I have his books, but I don't agree with everything "anyone" says, SEOblackhat.com echoes my thought. read more »
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“Never assume.” - These 2 words represent the greatest advice ever given to me on the topic of website optimization. Here’s a list of 10 assumptions site owners make (myself included) that could cost you a ton of business. read more »
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Alexa is becoming a joke lately. Some people claim that over the previous two years it was already losing reliability, but lately it went completely nuts. Whatever they did on the last algorithm update, it messed up their rankings badly.

I know t read more »
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Dean Chew goes through a big breakthrough with Syndk8's release of Auto Pligg Submitter. Pligg is basically a clone of Digg. Some of our most beloved sites, like Sphinn is using the Pligg engine. What can this release do? Spam the heck out of your read more »
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DoshDosh: Viral marketing is the process of using peer-to-peer communications in order to rapidly spread information about a brand or message. The term ‘viral’ stems from the concept of a ‘virus’, a self-perpetuating phenomenon which infects whateve read more »
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Tamar Weinberg writes, "If you haven’t yet seen the Language Trainers Accent Game, it has won the “best viral marketing strategy of 2008″ (in my eyes). I was able to interview Dave, one of the brilliant minds behind the company and the game, and he read more »
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Today I’m going to share the exact methods I use to help promote linkbait even after it might not have done well initially. read more »
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When talking about usability, most people will refer to "simple things" like making sure your phone number is in the top right corner of your Web pages so the visitor can easily convert for you.

Stuff like that is important (the point of driving read more »
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What good is traffic, in a non CPM format, if it does not convert? In fact, large quantities of non converting traffic can be costing you money that cuts into the bottom line.

A crappy SEO is obsessed with clickstream data figures such as visitor read more »
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Mike Damman interviews Guy Kawasaki and picks his brain about online marketing. Really good interview that offers some solid insight. We all need to stack the cheddar like Guy! read more »
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Lisa Barone offers up some tips about things you should take into consideration when choosing a domain name for a long term, quality website. read more »
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what criteria should use to select an ecommerce package? Marketing does not participate in selecting an ecommerce solution but are stuck marketing afterwards. It might be worth while to learn few things on what makes a good ecommerce solution. read more »
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One of the often overlooked benefits of PPC marketing is the conversion data from the different sources the networks use to expand into different marketing channels. read more »
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A few days ago, I wrote about the power of the word “New” to get our attention - if there’s a more potent attractor out there, it’s almost certainly “FREE!” For years, advertising gurus have listed “free” on every compilation of powerful headline wo read more »
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It's been a long time since I've blogged about design & usability topics, but I think we're overdue for a revisit. Luckily, in my recent web browsing, I stumbled across some remarkably innovative, uncommon design elements that made me take notice read more »
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When it comes to the internet, I know that our passions can get in the way and drive us all to working excessively. Sometimes you just have to take some time out and I hope you can all learn a little from my experience.

Overworking might not hav read more »
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My post builds on a great article (and plugin) from Joost De Valk. What if, like me, you’ve created a bespoke sidebar, that isn’t quite dynamic enough to talk to a plugin like this? I’ve hard coded my sidebar links. How do I track what exit clicks t read more »
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Carrie Hill, who has written about post-click marketing on Search Engine Watch and will speak on the subject at SES San Jose, gives her perspective on 4 key questions about post-click marketing, including: why it's taking off now, and what's the MOS read more »
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Web analytics an hour a day is an amazing book, but it didnt have a kick start guide for media websites... so i took a go myself! read more »
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