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122 Social Bookmarking Sites and How To Use Them

Little Web Giants

The last few years have seen many in the SEO community proclaiming that social bookmarking sites are dead. Black hat and grey hat techniques that were effective prior to Google’s Hummingbird, Penguin and Panda updates often leant heavily on social bookmarking sites. How to use social bookmarking sites.

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How NOT to Build Links to Your Website: Courtesy of American Express

Bill Hartzer

As a courtesy and value-added service, American Express is building links and doing search engine optimization for many of their small business clients. Through a division called “ American Express Market 3D “, American Express is doing Inbound Link Building, Social Bookmarking, and General Directory Submissions.

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5 Helpful Social Search Articles

Firebelly

Here are 5 articles to help you understand social searchs relevancy to your business. Social Search Optimization A search engines ultimate mission is to serve the most relevant information it can. Referral traffic is quickly migrating away from traditional search to social networks, and in some cases, at alarming rates.

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YouTube Tuesday: Checking In With Facebook Places

Firebelly

Posted by: Mike Brewer | August 24, 2010 at 10:23 PM Facebook Places gives me the impression of being like a travel journal, almost - but certainly with a lot more microscopic detail. The worrying thing is that it's a travel log that everyone can view. Love the blog - wish I had more time to participate in the conversation.

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Writing Around the Web – Social Media ROI, Google+, and Local Search

Kikolani

My must have piece of techie gear for Blog World Expo, traveling, and photography! 5 Ways to Make Your Blog Appear in Search Engines – Boost your blog’s search engine visibility with these five tips. What’s at stake in this blogging contest? And they have great SEO value too!

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31+ of the Coolest Social Media, Search and Web Tools of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

A handy way to supplement your email contact list with information about those prospects from the most popular social networks. Check dozens of popular social networking and social bookmarking websites to see if the username or vanity url you want to use is still available. Social and Alternative Search Engines.

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Some Perspectives on Pinterest

Social Media Marketing

Simply stated, the site is a visual bookmarking tool. Neiman Marcus and Whole Foods do this particularly well: Pinterest is bound to become a powerful engine for e-commerce, more so than the promise of "F-commerce" from Facebook, I think. Why It Works And really, this approach is parallel to the way I think Pinterest is different.

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