Twenty Years of Writing Down What Google Did This Time.

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Location-Based Linkbait - Foursquare Pre-Oscars Infographic

For those of you wondering how to use data to get links, Foursquare has provided an excellent example:

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BIA/Kelsey Social Local Media Consulting Is Now Live

Yesterday I formally launched a partnership with BIA/Kelsey to provide their clients with a "Social Local Media Advisory Service". Here's the kind of stuff we'll be helping clients with: SLM will…

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I Might Be Hiring A SEO Consultant

Not sure if I am hiring yet, but if you know your way around a big site audit and perhaps also have a skill in GOOG Places optimization and/or linkbuilding and/or blogging and/or html, drop me a…

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Is Groupon Trying To Buy $6 Billion of Google Adwords

If you are feeling tight in Orlando, FL and searching for some Bikram Yoga to loosen up you would probably be compelled to click on the first ad below that promotes "Orlando Bikram Yoga Deals"…

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Google Places Needs Some Pest Control

We've got rats. There I said it. I opened up the door to my furnace and found a scattering of crusty little rat droppings. And to make matters worse I think the rats have mites as I woke up this…

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@MattCutts Pulls a Dirty Harry on JC Penney

Pretty great article in the NYT today on how Google busted J.C. Penney for paid links and torched a lot of their natural search rankings. The Dirty Little Secret of Search is a must-read for any…

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Rule #1: Google Weddings Is About Local & Social

My first reaction to Google Weddings was: #WTF? Google Weddings http://t.co/oTbQzoLless than a minute ago via Tweet ButtonAndrew Shotland localseoguide Upon further reflection I think there may be…

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YP.com SEO Associate Product Manager Position Open

Occasionally I like to put up relevant open positions in the industry as a service to my readers. I have found it to be quite effective in matching companies with great candidates quickly and am…

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#c32011: Shaping the Conversation: Search, Reputation & P2P

Barbara Coll - CEO, Webmama Simon Hayhurst - SVP, Promote Marketing, Autonomy Wendy Lea - CEO, GetSatisfaction Ben Straley - CEO, Meteor Solutions Sorry all, i was a bit distracted during this…

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#c32011: Yelp, Groupon, Merchant Circle & Pelago

We're back at C3 and starting out with "A Conversation With the Networks": Doug Kilponen, SVP Biz Dev, Merchant Circle John Kim, VP, Products, Pelago Sumir Meghani, Director BD, Groupon Jed…

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