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When Will So-Called Experts Stop Trademarking Search Industry Terms
I had thought we were past the days of respected industry professionals from trademarking generic industry names. But last week Jenn Mathews (proudly, no less) announced she had trademarked the term...
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The SEO Community is not a Vacuum
2012 is supposed to be all about the open web and sharing all those happy-go-lucky feelings with others. Whether tweeting, pinning or sharing, the last thing you can afford to do is stifle the spirit...
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Shamelessly namedropping Matt Cutts for fun and profit
I noticed Barry Schwatz bragging about how a Googler lives 2 minutes away from him – I suppose for a geeky webmaster that is cause to celebrate, especially if you or a client could exploit that...
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Is anyone even trustworthy anymore?
With all the speculation about just who is behind SEOBitch, it has definitely made me question just who is trustworthy in this industry anymore. Or who your true search community friends are – and...
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Why are all your eggs in one basket?
Panda and Penguin took its toll on website owners this year. Whether they caused their own issues, or if their ignorance in hiring a bad SEO company caused the issues, there were definitely a lot of...
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What if the Google Search Quality Rating Guidelines are written with leaks in...
When the original search quality rating guidelines came out, SEOs gobbled them up, scrutinizing over every detail, analyzing the example sites (the good, the bad and the ugly). Every little bit of...
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Why do some SEO bloggers get away with selling links?
Google makes it pretty clear – buy links and it could get your site banned. And numerous site owners who have done just that have faced the wrath of Google’s banhammer. Google wants you not to sell...
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The Bitch is Back
Next week I will get into full-blown bitchiness about a specific topic, but this week I thought I touch of on a whole variety of things that need bitching about since my last post last fall. Because...
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Why are you spending so much time being pissed off at Google?
Hit up any search industry or affiliate conference and you can’t walk more than two steps without someone complaining about Google. Whether it’s “not provided” data missing from Google Analytics, the...
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Why are you wasting your time on the George Lackeys of the SEO world?
Eric Enge, a well known search marketer on the conference circuit from Stone Temple, did an interview with everybody’s favorite Googler, Matt Cutts. While I’m not going to get into the commentary of...
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Are you a Social Media Star? I hope not!
In case you haven’t heard the news, there is currently a casting call for Social Media Stars reality show (yes, really). Because apparently watching people tweet and pin all day is entertaining. Oh...
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Do search conferences need a wakeup call from paying attendees?
I talked to a friend of mine a few months back to ask if he would be going to SMX Advanced again this year. He’s a frequent person on the search industry conference tour, so I kind of expected that...
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So, how much is bad SEO worth in a lawsuit and should you cash in?
It was bound to happen, an SEO company has been sued for allegedly providing, shall we say, less than then stellar search engine optimization results for their clients, clients who just happen to be...
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Is Google making it too easy for spammers to win?
Google has made lots of changes in the past couple years, designed to improve transparency for webmasters. True, the so-called good webmasters are getting some of the tools they need to succeed better...
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Why Google should put their money into better AdWords reps and not upsell reps
Now, I’m not a newbie when it comes to pay per click advertising. I’ve been doing it for years on a variety of platforms, and have a pretty good instinct when it comes to what works and what doesn’t,...
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When will Rand from @Moz learn his lesson to not piss of Matt Cutts with...
Ah, Rand. I started off a blog post like this over a year ago, and the same phrase fits with the latest Moz scandal that hit last week, one that brought Matt Cutts out of the woodwork to publicly...
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Should you submit your dirty laundry to the Google spam team?
In case you missed the news, Matt Cutts has solicited webmasters to submit their poorly ranking websites to them, so they can have a look exactly why your website isn’t ranking as well as should. No,...
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Barry Schwartz is the head of useless stats & salacious poll results
Barry Schwartz loves polls. And what does he love even more? Scaring the pants off fellow web marketers with his sketchy poll results. “Only 7% Claim Full Recovery From Google’s Penguin 2.0 Update”...
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Rand Fishkin believes everyone loves him, oh and outing is great!
If you have never seen the Optimize This series of interviews, done by Chris Gilchrist’s HitReach, there’s really great bits and pieces of tips and tidbits from various well-known SEOs and marketing...
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Why is Danny Sullivan spinning the Google secure search story?
Well, it has only been a few weeks since we saw an SEO company raked over the coals for a link bait headline of a story that wasn’t true at all, apparently Danny Sullivan didn’t want to be outdone by...
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