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How to Be a Good Content Curator

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Being a good content curator or curating good content is one of the latest social media buzz terms to emerge this year. While I loathe actually using the term, the concept is good, and I think it’s something everyone can use to add value to their blogging, social media, or outbound marketing strategy.

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Google Throws Publishers Under Bus with Prerendering of Pages

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Google recently announced they will start to pre-render pages in Chrome to “improve the user experience.” IMHO this represents nothing more than the latest effort by Google to throw publishers under the bus to gain market share for one of their products and ultimately give them more data about their users to better target their [...]

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How to Build Website Trust and Authority

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While Google’s Panda update has many different aspects, one thing is certain: Google is looking for signals of trust, authority, and real branding. They are looking for signals that thin content mfa sites and thin content affiliates will have a hard time building. If you are a website or business owner, what are some thing [...]

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Building a Mobile Website Should be Your #1 IT Project

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If I had the ability to reach through the screen, grab you by the shoulders, look you in the eye, and tell you that building a mobile version of your website should be your number one IT project this year, I would. While I may be on the bleeding edge of mobile consumption, the adoption [...]

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How to Create an Amazing About Us Page

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About Us pages are one of the essential elements of a trusted website (see How to Make Your Website Seem More Legitimate); however, most people dread writing them or treat them as an after thought. But, with a little creativity, you can turn an ordinary “About Us” page into something really interesting. In this post, [...]

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Can Small Businesses Really Do Their Own SEO

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Recently, during the Q&A part of a conference session I was attending, someone asked, “Can small businesses do their own SEO?” It’s not an easy question to answer but, in a post Panda Update world … I think the answer is no.

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Linkbait and Content Marketing – What Are Your Goals

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One of the most difficult conversations I have with new or perspective clients is about Linkbait and content marketing and explaining how its real goal isn’t to drive sales but to build links, build awareness, and send social signals to the search engines. To make this post useful and actionable, I’m going to take you [...]

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Linkbait Failure – Not Understanding the Need For Instant Gratification

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Whenever I see someone else’s linkbait that fails, one of the common reasons is the failure to understand the need for instant gratification. I came across a text book example of this recently so I thought I would share it with you.

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Using Images for Better Linkbait

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The following is part of a series on image optimization. In this post, we’re going to be talking about images for increasing the success of linkbait.

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How Businesses Should React to Negative Social Media & Reviews

How Can Businesses React to Negative Social Media & Reviews

Social Media still scares many businesses both large and small. But hiding from social media isn’t the answer. The real answer lies in embracing it … in all of its brutal, raw honesty.

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Image of the Day – For Traffic and Social Engagment

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The following is part of a multi part series on image optimization. In this post we’re looking at driving traffic with with “image of the day” type of posts.

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How Many Websites Should I Run

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A question that I get asked fairly regularly is “how many websites should I run? Am I better with one website or lots of little ones?” The question has some different aspects, so, as someone who runs more than one website, I’ll try to share some of my experience.

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Optimizing for Creative Commons Images

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The following post is part of a series on image optimization. In this post we’re going to look at optimization techniques for creative commons images.

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Google Traffic – Confusing Love and Money

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I recently came across an article that was bemoaning the fact that the travel blogging space has become overrun with low level search intended writing, and the actual feet on the ground, first hand, personal travel experiences are disappearing from the web. IMHO this author has confused love and money, a common complaint in the web publishing world.

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Why Google’s +1 Needs an On Page Component

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Last week Google announced a new addition to the search engine results page: the +1 button. While there was a huge amount of press surrounding the launch, after playing with it for a few days, I don’t think it’s going to work unless it has an on page component … soon.

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How to Optimize Your Images For Search Engine Traffic

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The following is part of a multiple part series covering image optimization techniques. This article is intended for beginners through intermediate SEO’s; if this doesn’t pertain to you, you may want to skim as most of this will probably be review material for you.

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