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Paid Bloggers Still Get Google Downgrades

Bare Feet Studios

Bloggers who had earned a decent or better Page Rank saw their status tank to zero once Google realized they were being being paid for certain posts by advertisers. To its credit, Google also penalized its own Japan division who used the pay per post tactic in an attempt to compete against Yahoo.

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A New Linking Strategy: Out is the New In

ProBlogger

We allow links in the comments, but we nofollow them so no link juice escapes. No, our focus is all on how we can get links back to our own site and build ourselves up in the eyes of Google. Brian Clark of Copyblogger wrote Why Linking to Other Blogs is Critical back in 2007. But how many of those are owned by us as well?

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Mahalo Mr. Solis | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

Solis by Roxanne Darling on May 27, 2009 Brian Solis, a truly forward thinking PR professional and co-founder of the Social Media Club , took the time and captured a lot of the same thoughts I had, yet was reluctant to post in detail when I discussed Google, the FTC, and paid links. On a blog you never know as there is no way to know.

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28 Resources from My Internet Marketing Toolbox

Viper Chill

Google Analytics Before Google Analytics came along there weren’t really that many decent tracking tools available. I started using this service back in 2007 after receiving a beta invite and have been using it ever since. There used to be a free plan that comes with Crazy Egg but the cheapest option now is $9 per month.

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The Most Important Blogging Analysis Ever

Viper Chill

How To Market Your Blog in 2007 ( Link ) A great post that shows the number of ways you can promote your website over the coming year. New Search Engine Rankings Place Heavy Emphasis on Branding ( Link ) Aaron goes in-depth on a new Google update showing a lot of figures and ranking reports since the changes.

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UKeiG Blog: Top Search Tips - May 2008, Liverpool

Buzz Marketing for Technology

There were the usual suspects but the Google Custom Search Engine was new. It is the first time that we have covered Google CSE in the workshop and it generated so much interest that UKeiG will be producing a fact sheet on it. Try something else other than Google. Have one Google free day or hour a week. OR site:gov.uk

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VIP Access: The VIPerchill Business Plan

Viper Chill

Instead of just choosing random images from Google and Flickr, why not “team up&# with a photographer and use only their photos for your blog. target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 108 Comments Pat Flynn says: August 4, 2010 at 8:27 am Congrats on the move dude, I’m sure you’ll love it in Thailand!

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