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This Message Will Self-Destruct in 10 Seconds
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This Message Will Self-Destruct in 10 Seconds

You have anywhere from 4-10 seconds to engage my attention before I’m gone... Before I click away, close the window and head over to your competitor’s site for a dose of instant gratification. I shouldn’t have to piece together the objective of your page—this isn’t a TV crime drama, and even if it were, the plot would be more obvious than ...

What is Search Engine Optimization?
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What is Search Engine Optimization?

Search Engine Optimization: The Loudest Voice Wins Put yourself in the shoes of a small business owner. Think of how large the rest of the world is and how miniscule you are in comparison. Consider just how important it is to elevate your marketing message above the competing noise and to reach a single potential customer. In an environment as robust and...

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Where to Submit Your Site to Search Engines
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Where to Submit Your Site to Search Engines

A lot of people ask, "Where do I submit my site to search engines?" If you're new to SEO, it's a lot easier than you think. You see all these advertisements that for $20 they will submit your site to 10,000 search engines. Well, the truth is, that's a scam. There aren't 10,000 search engines, at least not 10,000 that will end up delivering any traffic to yo...

Who Else Hates Annoying Web Ads?
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Who Else Hates Annoying Web Ads?

If content is king when it comes to SEO, user experience is god. It happens everyday. I visit the typical major site to see an annoying ad for a home loan company (I think; I've blinded myself to these ads appear). That's a bad omen for my user experience on the site. Sometimes the ad has people dancing on roof tops, a man or men doing a weird f...

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Big News & Little News
Rand Fishkin

Big News & Little News

Yesterday brought us the biggest news the SEO world has had in sometime - Google's Webmaster Central is showing relatively accurate and complete link data. When stacked against Yahoo!'s Site Explorer, this stuff looks pretty amazing. Webmasters are going to find themselves with a lot more link anal...

Two Cents on Personalized Search
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Two Cents on Personalized Search

Have you paid any attention to personalized search yet? If you stay logged into one of your Google accounts such as Gmail, your search history will start to accumulate. As your history grows Google starts to modify the SERPs that they send you in ways that they think will be more pleasing. I first noticed this a few days ago when Google seemed to know which site belonged to me in the SERPs....

SEOmoz V3 Podcast
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SEOmoz V3 Podcast

This is a podcast highlighting all the new stuff we've added to SEOmoz with the launch of our new site. I tried to cover all the new features we added, including explaining MozPoints and the details of our premium membership. SEOmoz Version 3 - New Bells and Whistles ...

Taking Advantage of Google News
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Taking Advantage of Google News

Google News can be a powerful tool for finding super targeted websites to get amazing traffic from. I know I am not alone when looking for places with great authority to send me traffic so, I think this tip could be beneficial for those frustrated with figuring out great places to get started with press.I am not taking anything away from the typical PR sites like ...

Guillaume's Round-Up of SEOmoz's Best SEO Training Posts - Part 1
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Guillaume's Round-Up of SEOmoz's Best SEO Training Posts - Part 1

I just spent the last 5 hours going through 30-35% of the entire SEOmoz posts because we're training new interns here, and I wanted them to get a good idea of the whole concept of SEO, some known people, and I basically went through the last 600 articles published by SEOmoz, as well as a few other sources. This is like the wrap up of the most insightfuls only SEO related posts in the ...