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SEO Isn’t Dead. The New SEO

Firebelly

People who are aware of what’s going on with Google, but aren’t mired in the details of SEO every day may have heard the oft-used-but-incorrect phrase, “SEO is dead.” When Google launched the Panda and Penguin algorithm updates, they pretty much said “we will no longer value any of these old techniques.

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Spring Cleaning For Your Blog – How A Little Work Can Drive Search Engine And Social Media Traffic

SocMed Sean

"Spring" via promanex on Flickr under creative commons license. Use Google’s Webmaster tools to ensure that there aren’t any 404s occurring – If you aren’t familiar with Google’s Webmaster tools , now is the time to get familiar. Ahhhh Spring!

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KeywordSmash Free Keyword Research Tool Launched

Bill Hartzer

Demographics (Google Insights, Compete.com, Alexa data, etc.). - News (Google news, Yahoo! Public Domain (Wikipedia content, US Gov content, Creative Commons). . Public Domain (Wikipedia content, US Gov content, Creative Commons). Google Insights. Post on Google Buzz. AOL search.

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The ProBlogger Top 20 of 2012

ProBlogger

Image courtesy Lore & Guille, licensed under Creative Commons So to help you out, I’ve compiled this list of our 20 most popular articles from 2012. URL Be Sorry: Google Cuts Back on Top-ranking Exact-match Domains. How to Set Up an Email Account that Uses Your Domain Name.

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The 20 Best New Social Media Tools to Try in 2017 (And How to Use Them)

Buffer Social

For example, when you are searching on a particular topic on Google, Refind will highlight the relevant links you have previously saved in the search results. All the resources are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0, which means you can freely use them for any purpose (with a few exceptions ).

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100 Personal Branding Tactics Using Social Media | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Build ego searches using Technorati and Google Blogsearch. Use Google Reader to store your ego searches. Buy an easy-to-remember, easy-to-spell, content-appropriate domain name if you can. Use WebsiteGrader.com to make sure your site is well built in Google’s eyes. and Google Reader to drive awareness.

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know

Hootsuite

Blogger is a free blogging platform owned by Google. Blogs using this platform are usually hosted on a blogspot.com subdomain, but the platform can also be used with a purchased domain name. Creative Commons. billion works in the Commons, which can be shared in various ways. Google Ads (Google Adwords).

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