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Mon
11
Sep '06

Free SEO Site Clinic - Get Your Site Reviewed: September

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Excerpt: Last month I reviewed a web hosting company here. This month I'll make sure to do something different.  Submit your site by leaving a comment! ...
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Fri
8
Sep '06

Sometimes Slow People Do It Better ...

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Excerpt: Many people hate automated emails.  I especially hate emails that look like this:From: do-not-reply-or-we-will-sacrifice-your-children@somecompany.comHi,Your order (#12345) has been shipped.  Thank you for your business.  This is an automated email.  Do not reply (because we hate ...
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Thu
7
Sep '06

Essential SEO-Related Plugins for WordPress

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Excerpt: Here are a list of my favorite WordPress plugins that are SEO-related.  My install also includes quite a few hacks directly to the source, but only because I didn't do it the "right" way.  These are the essentials:Chicklet Creator http://www.twistermc.com/shake/RSS- ...
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Thu
7
Sep '06

Corporate Comment Spam?

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Excerpt: It's now pretty clear that companies must monitor their online reputations.  It's also not such a great idea to tick off bloggers in the first place.  News is likely to spread, and fellow bloggers may send links freely.  Reporting something stupid is great link bait!  As ...
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Tue
5
Sep '06

blog.yourcompany.com vs. yourcompany.com/blog

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Excerpt: It has become popular for companies to create corporate blogs for promotional purposes.  Blogging, for various reasons, just seems to facilitate "buzz."  Strictly from a "mechanical" SEO perspective, though, does it make sense to house the blog in a subdomain -- that is ...
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Fri
1
Sep '06

I Am a Better Blogger "Then" You

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Excerpt: It's funny that of all the bloggers in this little SEO-blogosphere, it is one of those "evil" black hatters who had to admonish us for our poor grammar.I'm often very surprised at the horrible grammar mistakes in major SEO blogs.  I'm not going to point any fingers either, ...
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Thu
31
Aug '06

ROTD: Mod_rewrite Rule To Remove Trailing "index.php"

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Excerpt: This handy set of rules for mod_rewrite automatically redirects any URL ending in "/index.php" to the same URL ending in "/."  It works for the root directory as well as subdirectories.RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ /.*/index\.(php|html)\ HTTPRewriteRule (.*)index\.(php|ht ...
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Wed
30
Aug '06

How To Get Into DMOZ

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Excerpt: I had to write about it eventually.  DMOZ is a horribly corrupt, flawed system.  Personally, I hope it goes away.  With the evaporation in importance of the Yahoo! Directory and the closure of Zeal, the writing on the wall is no longer just writing.  It's happening.  And ...
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