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Dr. Houzz Reveals a Widget-Flawed Google Algorithm

Viper Chill

In that post I showed in great detail how Godaddy were utilising customers who are using their SSL services and getting top search rankings by adding anchor-text-rich backlinks in the widgets that clients place on their websites. Cigna, a Global Health Insurance company. PeruRail, a luxury train service.

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How to Build a Billion Dollar SEO Empire

Viper Chill

He showed that back in 2010, Retail Me Not were basically paying people to put the Retail Me Not widget on their websites (a widget which came with a dozen internal links to different pages of RMN – do-followed, of course). More Proof that Widget Spam Works. Example #2: No More Community Sponsored Posts.

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8 Deep Questions to Define Your Blogging Strategy

Writtent Blog

What is their widget, and how will yours be different? Every organization has flaws, but every smart blogger should identify why they love their company. Do your prospects visit your website for the best deals on tractor parts, or to save money on car insurance?

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I asked several social media consultants, bloggers, marketers, search engine optimizers, and social media addicts about what they considered to be essential skills and characteristics of the most efficient and results-driven social media consultants. They usually work 70 hour weeks and need to be extremely flexible.

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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

And ‘give and get’ widgets are more engaging than traditional banner ads, but no more likely to produce an intent to purchase.&#. Facebook pages that use the words “collaboration&# or “blogger&# have on average three times as many fans as pages about SEO or optimization. 35% of traditional journalists also blog.

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