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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:29:19 -0800

Link Building Tips – Google Alerts » SEOpittfall http://bit.ly/6mNoMn
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:28:07 -0800

New blog post: Link Building Tips - Google Alerts http://www.seopittfall.com/link-building-tips-google-alerts
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:09:47 -0800

Link Building Tips – Google Alerts
Link building is one of the most important and most difficult tasks in SEO. The most difficult thing to do is to get others to...
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:03:27 -0800

Google Wave . . . So THAT’s How You Use It!
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:46:57 -0800

Google, the Butt of Toilet Humor
Apparently Google is more than just the world’s most used search engine. It’s also “Super elastic, soft, smooth. Highly absorbent, for you always!” Via The Huffington Post
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:55 -0800

Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal On Track For Completion
According to AllThingsD the MicroHoo search deal is nearing completion and “definitive agreement” status. Speculation that the deal was in trouble started happening when the two companies failed to meet their self-imposed October 27 deadline to...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:57:04 -0800

New site hierarchies display in search results
Google usually shows a green web address, or URL, at the bottom of each search result to let you know where you're headed. Today we're rolling out an improvement that replaces the URL in some search results with a hierarchy showing the precise location...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:43:55 -0800

Bing, Google Increase Market Share While Yahoo Declines
Latest search market data from comScore show that both Bing and Google have gained in October while Yahoo continues its slump. Google remained steady at the top with 65.4% market share from September’s 64.9%. Bing on the other hand managed to post a...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:05:43 -0800

Google Caffeine Index Goes Live Right Before Holiday Shopping Season
Google has actually released a major Google index update before the holiday season. Yes, this is the Google Caffeine index, which has been in a Sandbox (testing environment) since August, is now being rolled out. If you visit the Caffeine URL at...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:53:26 -0800

Expect Caffeine after the holidays
Back in August we mentioned a developer preview of Caffeine, which is new technology that improves our indexing infrastructure. The feedback on Caffeine has been very positive, so we’re ready to move from the developer preview to the next stage of the...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:20:56 -0800

Google Experiments With Paid Inclusion & Does “Promoted” Meet FTC Guidelines?
Just when you thought paid inclusion was finally dead with holdout Yahoo getting out of the space, it’s come back from the most unlikeliest of sources: Google. Below, a look at the experiment plus reexamining the FTC’s guidelines about disclosing...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:17:09 -0800

New blog post: The Pitfalls of SEO - Keywords http://www.seopittfall.com/the-pitfalls-of-seo-keywords
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:59:31 -0800

The Pitfalls of SEO – Keywords
Keywords – Tools to Online Success Many of us in the online marketing community look at keywords as a synonym of a real...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:16:17 -0800

Oxford English Dictionary 2009 Word of the Year : Unfriend
The Oxford English Dictionary has published its list of new words that have been added this year, with a major amount of them coming from the worlds of social media and search. This morning the Oxford University Press announced that its 2009 Word of the...
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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:52:19 -0800

Check What Google Knows About You With Google Dashboard
When you’re at Google and switch to Settings → Google account settings you may now (if it’s already rolled out for you, that is) see a link to Google Dashboard reading “View data stored with this account”. After logging in with your...
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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:52:10 -0800

Google Commerce Search
If you’re running an online shop, Google’s new Commerce Search may be worth having a look at. Google describes it as a “search solution designed specifically with online retail enterprises in mind.” Instead of a usual sign up button, you’re...
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:03:53 -0800

Practical Guide to 404 Error Pages: What WordPress is Missing
I make mistakes. You make mistakes. We all do. And some of these mistakes end up providing our readers with a 404 page. Chances are that page says "Error 404: file not found". How does that help your visitor?Instead of just identifying the problem,...
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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:16:27 -0800

Yahoo's Senior Director of Search Got It Wrong, Yahoo Uses Meta Keywords Still
Last week, I reported that Yahoo dropped the meta keywords tag and stopped using it completely. Remember, I told you that I wasn't convinced when I heard that and I asked the Senior Director of Search at Yahoo if he was sure? Well, he said he was, but...
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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:13:57 -0800

Trailing Slashes: Root Domain Same Page But File Names Can Be Different Pages
A Google Webmaster Help thread has confirmation from Google on an old topic in SEO, the trailing slash. Here is the quick answer: seroundtable.com is the same as seroundtable.com/seroundtable.com/page is not the same as seroundtable.com/page/ I...
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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:13:34 -0800

Yahoo Drops The Meta Keywords Tag Also
It is official, no major search engines use the meta keywords tag for ranking purposes in their search algorithms. Yahoo's, matter of fact, announcement of this on Tuesday during the Ask The Search Engines: Best Practices Edition at SMX East conference...
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:08:12 -0700

BlackBerry Browser Choice: Opera or Bolt?
BlackBerry does email better than any other platform. It’s why many people buy the device and then stick with it. They’re not the only ones using a push email platform, but they do it the best. Unfortunately, this superiority does not extend to other...
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:39:52 -0700

New blog post: Happy Halloween 2009 http://bit.ly/2dvXMm
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:23:30 -0700

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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:36:19 -0700

WordPress How To: Greet Site Visitors Automatically
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could greet a site visitor based on where they came from before they landed on your site? How about if you could encourage folks to Digg your site or vote it up? Better yet, what if you could customize those messages to...
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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:49:47 -0700

10 SEO Questions
I wrote a comment yesterday in response to a couple of blog posts that attacked SEO and the SEO industry, attempting to illustrate to the author of the rants that search engine optimization brings a specialized skill set and a core group of knowledge...
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