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Paid Bloggers Still Get Google Downgrades

Bare Feet Studios

Bloggers who are compensated can use the “nofollow&# tag within their outbound links to keep those links from being tagged by Google as paid content. The nofollow may well make that harder, but then again, if you are under contract I think it’s the buyer’s responsibility to track the postings of the paid blogger.

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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. Whose tag line is, “If you get it, share it.&#

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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. As the search engines get smarter, and the value of comment links, forum links, and social media links drops, the value of in-content links (i.e. Brian Clark of Copyblogger wrote Why Linking to Other Blogs is Critical back in 2007. Not at all.

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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

, the sources below provide a vast wealth of data, statistics and research results, as well as a bit of interesting social media trivia. How are consumers and b2b decision makers using social media in their buying processes? Which social media platforms are most effective at influencing buyer behavior?

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Tweet Spinner Review: A Powerful Application to Manage Your Tweets

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Tweet Spinner also has a “nofollow&# user list that will algorithmically never follow users who meet certain criteria. Moreover, you can also nofollow people based on their tweets. Reply Jasmine January 4, 2010 at 12:12 pm great post Tamar, I agree that social media like Facebook and Twitter greatly help me.

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Why Social Media Is a Better Investment than SEO

ProBlogger

We have reached a point in late 2010 where the work required to generate traffic for a normal blog via search engines is much greater than that required to generate an equal amount of traffic via social media. Social media solves the authority dilemma. Bloggers have a comparative advantage in social media.

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The Most Important Blogging Analysis Ever

Viper Chill

You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » The Most Important Blogging Analysis Ever The Most Important Blogging Analysis Ever Written by Glen, this post has 79 Comments If you ask anyone what makes a blog popular, they’ll say content. I’m supposed to go to a Rebarcamp (Real Estate) on blogging and social media.