I think it is clear by this point that Internet Marketing has pretty much taken it on the chin. With the devaluing of "content farm" content (I think we all know what content farms are now...basically content directories like article directories), many webmasters have seen substantial drops in SERP rankings as well as revenue. No where has this been more evident than some of the top article directories as they are reporting significant drops in organic search traffic.

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We have all heard of the dreaded "Google Slap" or the famed "Google Sandbox Effect". Do these things really exist? In webmaster and SEO forums you will see threads started where fledgling webmasters have applied all of the questionable (in terms of ethics) techniques to their sites that are pushed on such forums with the hopes of "launching" their "new" site to the top of the search engine results pages, only to run into a brick wall, so to speak.
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Syndication has been a fundamental part of advertising since print has been in existence. The really nice thing about it is the fact that if you actually provide valuable information, you will brand yourself in the process. I'm not talking about branding yourself like you would cattle, I'm talking about building a reputation as a resource in your industry or niche. I'm referring to your becoming the "go-to" guy for what matters in that industry or niche. Blogging is a great way to do this...

A Healthy Blog...is the goal of any blogger. A good, solid traffic number brings with it sign-ups, list members, impressions for banners you may be renting out and hopefully, ultimately, money. After all, a blog has to pay for itself one way or another, right? One of the best and most efficient ways that any blog can boost its popularity is by rewarding its visitors with a little link love as I call it. In time, you will find that showering your visitors with a little appreciation, in addition to...

SP. Keywords are really the heart of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). It is through the use of keywords that search engines determine what subject your web-page or web-site is relevant with respect to. Obviously, some keywords naturally draw more traffic than others, so if a web-page ranks well for any given high-traffic keyword, then the owner of that web-page will undoubtedly reap the benefits thereof. But there are certain dangers inherent to the putting of too much focus on keywords as opposed...