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It’s the end of the world as we know it, and Google feels fine
Last Monday was the day SEO died as we know it. All those lovely keywords in your analytics accounts showing all your Google search referral traffic are now dead, even though we have been seeing it...
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Should webmasters be concerned about Google’s heavy-handed whitewashing of...
News broke on Saturday about how Google specifically targeted mugshot compilation sites, effectively removing the profitability of those sites from the site owners. Essentially these sites just...
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How #ID2013 managed to piss off all their industry speakers
So you put on a conference, and manage to land a great number of A-list speakers, albeit some were doing it as a “favor” and others wanted to be able to write off a trip to Miami, but well-known...
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Should you profile build by being a bitch… or will you just piss off your...
As I wrote last week’s story about Gary Henderson’s #ID2013 conference, and his ill-thought-out video that made a lot of industry big wigs look like douches as he spliced and diced footage from the...
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Pubcon Sessions are a Deserted Ghost Town
Last week was yet another round of Pubcon Vegas, the party trip of the year that can be written off as a business expense. And this year was no different, but things are definitely a-changing at...
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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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