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JUNE 12, 2012

A third change addresses boilerplate content in the title – such as “Go Back” or “Click here.” ” The change will help Google better sort those content words out of titles. One very important task for Google is determining when a searcher is looking for fresh content vs. accurate content of any age.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

1 reason to consider using Pinterest for your social networking is that your audience is there – or at least a significant amount of your target audience. If the people you are trying to reach are using Pinterest and you have interesting images to pin, then I believe you can make some good use out of the social network service.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Here are his suggestions: Use the right social media platforms. Create more content. Every social media platform has its advantages. If it doesn’t make sense for your business, then use the social networks that are going to help you enhance your reputation more. Online, it’s all about the content.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

In fact, there’s a very good chance that Google will automatically link your social network profiles to your reputation. If that happens, then you can bet that online content producers that haven’t switched from the SEO tactics of 2006 to the SEO tactics of 2013 will fall off the radar. Write great content.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

Native advertising is social media content that looks like content but is really advertising. It looks and feels like the usual content you would find on social media, but when you click on the link and read or watch, then you discover that you are being advertised to.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Every time Google releases a piece of advice on how to optimize a website for search, they repeat the same old message – produce content for your visitors, not for the search engines. If you were to read their content, you’d be turned off before you finished the first paragraph. There is a good reason for this.

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Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 15, 2012

Promote that offer on all your social networks with a link. Invite your newsletter readers to share your newsletter content on their social networks by providing social media share buttons in your newsletter. There are many more ways to make your e-mail marketing more effective using social media.

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Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 10, 2011

Let’s say that Small Business Mavericks has a staff of five writers, all of whom write content for the blog. It’s important to point out that this markup must be used only on content that exists on the same domain. It should be used in links that point from a social networking profile back to your website and vice-versa.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Conducting research for your blog articles and other content marketing initiatives is one of the most important activities you can perform. In fact, if you aren’t doing research, then your content is going to be dry and boring, maybe even lacking in the facts department. You can find them on your favorite social media website.

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JUNE 28, 2012

They’ve add an Events tab to the social network Google+. Again, that doesn’t sound like much, but this is a popular feature on Facebook and the fact that Google+ is adding the feature means that they are serious about competing in the social arena. The first one may not seem much, but it could be over the long term.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Over the past several months you have undoubtedly heard the hype of Pinterest, America’s newest hot social network. Pinterest allows its users to share and discover their interests via highly visual content by pinning items to a virtual corkboard. As long as you post unique, interesting content… people will pin it.

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APRIL 21, 2011

Start a blog – Search engines like consistent fresh content. Social bookmarking – Bookmark and share all of your content at two or three social bookmarking sites daily. Social networking – Pick two or three social networks and be active on those networks about an hour every day.

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MAY 29, 2013

Search out authorities in your niche and friend them on your social networks. Share your content with them. Google Authorship is a program established by Google that allows you to become a trusted authority by publishing content associated with your name. Social Media authority google Google Authorship Twitter'

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Facebook is not just a social networking site for individuals. You can also order your content in such a way that it is creative and reflects your business’s core values. Facebook pages look more professional and you can share all types of content on your page. It’s also a good opportunity for businesses.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Embedding posts allows you to take a Facebook or Google+ post and embed it directly into your content rather than simply saying So-and-So said on Facebook (or Google+). If you are active on these social networks, then your posts could be embedded by others. So how can you encourage more embeds of your content?

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JULY 22, 2015

Is your content getting ranked in the search engines? Are you reaching your target demographic in the social networks you hang out in? After that, it’s creating great content that will appeal to your market and then promoting that content to get it in front of your targets.

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JUNE 4, 2014

Here’s the highlights, in Gupta’s own words: “I’ve always looked at this as less of a social network phenomenon and more of a consumer behavior one.”. Today, if your consumer is on a network, your brand is on the network, whether it’s an active participant there. “The ” (italics are mine).

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AUGUST 29, 2012

If you routinely publish bad content on your blog, it could hurt your reputation online and damage your brand. If you do it occasionally, that will have less of an impact, but you want to avoid bad content if you can. Bad content can be described as content with bad grammar or poor spelling.

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JULY 30, 2011

Subdomains will likely be considered a higher authority since you’ll have control over all the content in your domain name. If you’ve noticed that your profile pages on your most active social networks rank highly for your name, then I expect that your HubPages subdomain will rank well for your name as well.

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Instant branding, instant reputation management, instant enhanced SEO, and instant social network on steroids. Google has already attacked content farms and link farms. They are forcing everyone who owns a website and does any Internet marketing toward a narrower content funnel, which means you have to use your content wisely.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

In the post-Pigeon era, search results that are authoritatively local will be more prominently featured on the SERP, and they will be enhanced with relevant content. To this end, local business owners will definitely want to ensure that they are doing their share of content marketing and social media engagement on G+.”

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

But to achieve high traffic from search engine rankings, you need to focus on producing quality content and distributing that content across as many platforms as possible – search and social. That itself can boost your search engine rankings and traffic.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

Blogging took off like a rocket followed by social networking and video marketing. That often involves creating content. The key to creating content that entices your target audience to visit your website and take advantage of what you have to offer is to craft content that people love to read.

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OCTOBER 30, 2011

Number of social network connections and/or followers. Social networking information such as a number of posts relating to the source and/or a particular topic addressed by the source. Social networking information such as a number of posts relating to the source and/or a particular topic addressed by the source.

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APRIL 17, 2011

It could be an industry social networking website, it could be an industry wiki or encyclopedia site, or it could be a simple blog. In fact, that’s precisely what you should strive to be. The key is not to tell you what you should be doing, but to give you license to use your imagination. The Internet is a huge place.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

» Is Social Media Spam Here To Stay? After all, one man’s spam is another man’s content. Spammers are going to do their best to weasel their way into your social network so that they can push their content higher up in your search results? For better and for worse. emphasis his) Wait a minute!

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 5, 2011

And one more thing is certain – social networking is the most popular thing on the Internet. Blogs are like websites, but you have social interaction with your viewers. Everywhere you turn, you can hear someone talking about a blog. Whether they are writing a blog or they are reading a blog, one thing is for sure.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 12, 2012

One of the worst things that you can do online is ignore your customers on social media. Even if they post negative content about your business such as a complaint about your products or service. Or, I should say, especially if they complain about your business.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

From Pinterest to infographics, savvy online marketers are employing more images and using them quite effectively to present their messages to their target markets on their blogs and websites, in their social media circles , and wherever they build content. Remember, a picture (re: graphic or image) is worth a thousand words.

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