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Thu
21
Dec '06

Were You a Good Christian SEO This Year?

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Excerpt: Have you been a good Christian this year?  No?  So let's resolve to be better next year!  Many of you have heard about Christian web hosting.  But have you ever heard about Christian SEO?This may come as a surprise -- but even Google answers to a higher power.  That powe ...
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Tue
19
Dec '06

DMOZ Is Back. But Why Should You Care?

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Excerpt: If you log into your DMOZ editor account today, you'll see the following message:On October 20th, the DMOZ editor server experienced a serious failure. The technical issues have been resolved and the site is back up and working.You are now able to log in and edit just like before. However, despi ...
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Mon
18
Dec '06

5 Things You Didn't Know About Jaimie

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Excerpt: Tag.  You're it.  SEOs are just like kids -- but we do get paid a whole lot more.  So here's 5 things you probably didn't know about me (and probably also don't care):1. I'm Jewish just like Rand.  Probably a little more religious -- I don't eat pork and I ...
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Thu
14
Dec '06

Is EliteRetreat Dead?

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Excerpt: A little more than a month ago, Aaron Wall, Lee Dodd, Jeremy Schoemaker, and Dave Taylor announced Elite Retreat.  There was a lot of buzz, a lot of linking from bloggers, and even I pondered whether I should go.  All of these guys rock.  What held me up was the price: $4850, not incl ...
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Thu
14
Dec '06

Yahoo! Cannibalizes Google's Search Appliance Market

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Excerpt: Yahoo recently announced that they are releasing a free enterprise search tool to the masses.  I would argue (and so have many others) that this cannibalizes the market for Google.  The software runs on both Linux and Windows.  Google has had one of these for years -- but it costs mon ...
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Thu
14
Dec '06

Sitemaps Standard Still Non-Functional

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Excerpt: I was all excited about the sitemaps standard when I first heard about it.  The catch is, it's not clear when everyone will support it.  This URL indicates that the following URL-template:<searchengine_URL>/ping?sitemap=sitemap_urlis used to ping the various search engines to let ...
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Wed
13
Dec '06

Be an Egghead: Looking for Guest Bloggers

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Excerpt: Some of you may have noticed my appearance has been a bit spotty lately.  That's because I'm working feverishly on putting the final finishing touches on my book -- chapters 9, 10, 11.  Some material has changed since the first drafts and I now must rewrite it.  This industry ...
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Thu
7
Dec '06

Top 5 Bizarre Web Searches In My Stats

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Excerpt: Smart search engine marketers like you and me know to write rich content.  This helps to target the the oh-so-famous long tail of user searches.  But some people search for weird stuff; and sometimes Google just doesn't cut it on the relevancy.  In that case, we search engine mark ...
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