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for: ‘March, 2010’

There is obviously no shortage of information on SEO. But thanks for turning up here The sheer avalanche of SEO information can be overwhelming, for beginners and experts alike. Who do you know who to listen to? What information do you need to know, and what information is filler? Why should you even listen to …

Like in any consulting field, SEO is rife with competition. There is only one way to win in such an environment, and that is to set yourself apart from the crowd. Not in a bad way, of course Here are some ideas on how to construct winning proposals. Size Isn’t Everything, But It Does Count …

I remember in 2nd grade when our teacher was teaching us how to do math I raced ahead and was doing lessons for today, tomorrow, and next week. The teacher rewarded my efforts by yelling at me and ripping up the pages from the book and giving me a 0 on that homework. In fourth …

If you’re still trying to get a ticket to the 2010 Search & Social Spring Summit, you must act fast! We’ve had contests going on all this week to give you a chance for a free pass: VIP package, Twitter and Youtube. Here’s another contest for you to enter! We want to know how you …

Not so long ago twitter added nofollow to when you mention someone using @ However they also added a small popup which provides extra information. This popup is only shown when you are logged in. Quite useful to easily see their bio and activity. That way you can decide much faster if you want to …

When I got home on Friday I started to put the mac away for the night and just relax, but for some reason I decided to check some email and see what was happening on Twitter. Boy, was I glad I did that. On Twitter, Brad Gosse (his last name rhymes with boss) had a …

Most of us know (and use) Google’s synonym operator [~term] What it basically does is instructs Google to include more synonyms in the search results and use the bold font for them (Google uses synonyms for generating search results anyway but this operator makes it focus on the synonyms). I mentioned the operator many times …

Yahoo has just rolled out a pretty useful feature of  its Yahoo! Contacts service. This feature, if you’re willing to share information with your friends and business contacts will ensure that your friends always gets your latest contact details and information without making them do anything. But that is if you allow them to. The …

Encouraging Tweets of the current page has become one of the most powerful ways to attract extra traffic and help viral effect. Tweetmeme button is probably the most popular way to do that, however more and more often I come across blogs that use a similar one provided by Topsy. So what’s the difference between …

There have been a number of instances over the last year or two where I or people I know have taken on projects from another SEO consultant or agency.  In these cases, I’ve seen the transition of accounts from one party to another create their own spectrum; where the incumbent ranges from hugely helpful to …

The Droid from Verizon has actually outsold the original iPhone in their respective first 74 days of launching. The iPhone sold its first million units at the 74 day point and according to Flurry in that same time span, the Droid (aka Motorola Sholes), sold just over a million by 50,000 units. This is a …

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other such sites are – in general, anyway – doing quite well on a global basis, according to new stats from Nielsen.  Nielsen revealed this afternoon that people all over the world are dedicating a lot more time to social networks. A report stated, "On average, global web users across …