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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.” ” My utter contempt for any phrase that says “ is dead” notwithstanding, SEO is anything but dead. Good content matters.

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SEO is Dead. Content Marketing = Guaranteed SEO

Writtent Blog

SEO as we know it is actually gone forever. The most recent Hummingbird update to Google’s search algorithm was a final nail in the coffin of an industry that had been in decline since the major Panda update in 2011 that affected as many as 30% of all search results. Article Spinning and Low-Quality Content. In-Depth Results.

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Best Quora Guides and Insights of 2011

Webbiquity SMM

According to Compete.com, traffic to the site did fall off sharply in February and March of 2011 after an initial surge, but has rebounded to new highs since then (though half a million unique visitors per month isn’t particularly impressive for a social media site). Tom Demers delves into two different ways to use Quora for SEO.

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Does Cookie-Cutter SEO Work?

Small Business Mavericks

It started with the Google Panda update that first hit the Net back in February 2011. It was targeting what have come to be called “content farms.” If you think cookie-cutter SEO is going to work for you today, then you need to educate yourself on the experience of these content farms. You don’t have to.

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Eleven Digital Trends to Watch In 2011

SocialFish

Eleven Digital Trends to Watch in 2011. Digital Curation – The plethora of content will give rise to digital curators who can separate art from junk. Associations have TONS of content and member content. Thought Leadership – Companies recognize they must activate credible individual expert voices who can create content.

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2011 Social Media Marketing Trends

Webbiquity SMM

A new report from Focus, 2011 Trends Report: Social Media Marketing presents observations and predictions from eight leading social media experts (and me) about social media trends and developments to watch for in the coming year. “News Feed Optimization (NFO) on Facebook will become the new SEO. So what’s next?

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Voice Search: 6 Invaluable SEO Strategies to Improve Your Rank

Pam Hughes

These six helpful voice search SEO strategies will help you get more organic traffic from people using Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant, and contribute to your overall SEO strategy. Today, most SEO tactics are geared toward ranking on Google and ignore the other two at their peril when it comes to voice search.].

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