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Half the SEO Techniques Used 5 Years Ago Are Now Spam

Bill Hartzer

Most of those SEO techniques are now listed in Google’s Webmaster Guidelines as being unacceptable. I’m still amazed that so-called SEO firms are sending out UCE Spam (unsolicited commercial email) spam advertising their SEO services for higher search engine rankings. Still others have nothing to do with SEO.

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12 (of the) Best Social PR Guides, Tips and Techniques of 2011

Webbiquity SMM

How can you make a press release more friendly to blogs, Twitter and search engines? How to Turn a Blog Post into a Press Release by ProBlogger. Rebecca Lieb, author of one of the best SEO books ever , observes that “Press releases don’t work (the way they used to) any more.

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How to build a competitive analysis report with examples and tools

Sprout Social

It’s also important to identify your SEO competitors as they can sometimes differ from your business competitors. You can find SEO competitors by using keyword research tools to check who’s ranking for your target keywords. It’s not compulsory to compare every feature you and your competitors offer.

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Online Reputation Management For Businesses: A Comprehensive Guide

Harp Interactive

Many big companies are regularly confronted with this Internet Reputation Management nightmare and have to employ strategies to push down negative press and relegate Google position of negative sites that malign their brands. Online Reputation Management or counter-SEO is a specialized area that requires professional skills and tools.

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Search Engine Optimization THEN Blogging THEN Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Nonetheless, as I was identifying their needs; talking about where they are now; and what they’re goals and challenges are, one of the partners was skeptical about search engine optimization (SEO). The nice thing about SEO, blogging and social media marketing, is that the results are cumulative and compounding.

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SEO & Blogging = a Match Made in Heaven?

Writtent Blog

SEO and blogging form the backbone of content marketing, something that every serious business and marketer should be doing today to grow their online presence. Here’s a closer look at why you should be using SEO and blog content writing as a marketing strategy and how leveraging them can be beneficial. Have you heard the term?

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Monitor Your Brand Online-Part 1

Harp Interactive

Press releases. Blogs (WordPress, Blogger, Twitter etc). Video Sites (Youtube). Image Sites (Flikr). Articles (ezine, articlebase etc). Tags (keywords on social bookmarking sites and Twitter Hashtags). Complaint Sites (Ripoffreport, Complaintsboard etc). Next…how to monitor all these platforms?

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