Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 
3rd August 2011, 05:54 PM
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
13th January 2010, 10:18 AM
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12th August 2009, 02:22 PM
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12th August 2009, 08:05 AM
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12th August 2009, 06:31 AM
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10th August 2009, 01:55 PM
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10th August 2009, 01:34 PM
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10th August 2009, 09:10 AM
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Views: 948  Re: Fun (Yet Disturbing) Exercise...
It's actually very eye-opening. Those are some good thoughts though (and unique ones). So far I've had guesses that it's about the proposed health care policy, Bush's prior agenda and the...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
10th August 2009, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 948 Fun (Yet Disturbing) Exercise...
Recently, I came across an interesting article and had a few "light bulb" moments along the way. So without giving too much away, let's go through a fun exercise.
Below is a list of simple...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
23rd March 2009, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 723 Re: Whereto from here?
Hi Bronkim -
Sorry for the delayed response - it's been unusually busy around here. Not that I'm complaining :)
First off, I would definitely start with keyword research. You want to know what...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th March 2009, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 723 Re: Whereto from here?
Hi Bronkim -
Don't ever be embarrassed! Oftentimes when you work so closely with a subject you have a tendency to use jargon which I often forget and don't take into account. This is a good...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th March 2009, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,064 Re: How much does GOOD SEO cost?
Even though I know you revealed the keyword phrase later on in this thread, I just wanted to point out that a good SEO firm/individual would ask you a series of questions about this first.
Such...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th March 2009, 07:10 AM
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th March 2009, 07:05 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 723 Re: Whereto from here?
Hi Bronkim -
A few things...
First, even though you've listed your blog in a few directories (which is a start), it depends upon how important those directories are to the major search engines. ...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
1st March 2009, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 641 Re: How many outbound links is too much?
Hi Michael -
Oling is right about the 100 links but I do want to take it a step further and say that this is 100 links PER page.
But another factor to consider too is where you're linking to. ...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
1st March 2009, 08:46 AM
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
1st March 2009, 08:26 AM
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Views: 1,039 Re: SEO Secret that many web masters ignore...
Links to interior pages (also called deep links) will improve your website ranking more than you could ever imagine.
The search engines specifically look for links that point to interior pages...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
21st February 2009, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,297 Re: Ebook VS Audio Book? Which one is preferred?
I agree (about having both not about driving with Mrs. S :D ).
Years and years ago when I was in "corporate", I had to take a class to identify the different learning styles of those who reported...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
21st February 2009, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 560 Re: SEO: words order
Hi Gabri -
Can you explain a little more? I'm not sure I understand the question.
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
21st February 2009, 12:16 PM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
21st February 2009, 12:01 PM
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Views: 9,866 Re: MSN loophole success???
I didn't say to rely on one source of traffic - I said to "work at it with a search engine that will bring you a vast majority of traffic."
One could argue that the statement "relying on one...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th February 2009, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 90
Views: 9,866 Re: MSN loophole success???
If you read my post, I was simply agreeing with George. But that's beside the point.
The point that I was trying to make was that if you're going to work at getting your site in a good position...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
20th February 2009, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 480 Re: I need some advice.
I would start by creating a website about a topic that you enjoy and then sprinkle in some affiliate marketing and even some AdSense.
You've already dabbled in affiliate marketing so that seems to...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th February 2009, 04:13 PM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th February 2009, 04:02 PM
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Views: 609 Re: How often to post?
"SERPS" stands for Search Engine Results Pages.
You're not being an idiot, there's a lot of terminology out there that we as marketers sometimes take for granted and just assume that everyone...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th February 2009, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 90
Views: 9,866 Re: MSN loophole success???
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to discover that even though it might work well in MSN, it will get your site deindexed by Google.
Anytime you use multiple class C IP addresses,...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
20th February 2009, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 682 Re: WHAT'S WRONG with this site's On-Page SEO?
Here's a few things I spotted right off the bat:
You have the word "Yellow" in your title tag BEFORE your keywords. Either remove it all together or place it at the end of the title tag.
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
20th February 2009, 08:38 AM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
19th February 2009, 05:51 PM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
19th February 2009, 05:42 PM
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Views: 608 Re: Would You Use A Paid Link Building Service?
Hi Donna -
I'm not sure if you mean paying someone (or a service) to do link building for you or paying to get links coming to your site so I'll answer both.
I'd be wary of paying someone else...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
19th February 2009, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 545 Re: Help with SEO
Part of the reason you might be seeing different results is that you may be signed in to Google. When you're signed in, even with Gmail, you'll get search results based on personalization.
Sign...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
16th February 2009, 06:50 PM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
16th February 2009, 05:21 PM
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
16th February 2009, 05:08 PM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
16th February 2009, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 597 New Free & Useful Twitter Application Directory
If you use Twitter, there's a new Twitter resource out (in beta) and is completely free.
Essentially its a database of all current Twitter applications (over 440).
If you're like me, you will...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
13th February 2009, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,107 Re: Regular Or Reciprocal Links? What Is Best?
Like Oling said, I'm also not quite sure what you mean by a "regular link". If you mean a link that is not reciprocal (aka: one-way link), then a one-way link is far better than a reciprocal one.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
13th February 2009, 04:46 PM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
13th February 2009, 04:11 PM
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Views: 597 Re: Traffic Tip #579
That's actually great to see someone doing well using "free".
I've actually found that the list is NOT as responsive if you use "free". But it could be the market.
I still use "free" if I'm...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
13th February 2009, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 159
Views: 6,927 Re: A new low is reached in email subject lines
Thanks for posting this Anna - I've not been around for a couple of days but I did get the SAME EXACT email and I too was pretty ticked that this *marketer* would use this lame bait-and-switch...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
13th February 2009, 03:54 PM
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Views: 808 Re: Best way to use affiliate hoplinks???
Hi Hefeg -
If you'll be advertising via Google AdWords, you'll need to set up a website that has a landing page containing content, as well as have links off to a privacy statement, a contact us...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th February 2009, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 712 Re: Exact Keyword in Domain Name?
Hi Jim -
Steadyon gave you some really good advice.
I'd like to add a couple of things to the mix as well.
I've found that by having your main keyword contained within your domain name does...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
10th February 2009, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 560 Re: PageRank for new websites?
Actually, that's a huge misconception a lot of people have. Higher PR does not mean better organic listings.
The bottom line is, the more one-way links you can get to your site, the more your...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th February 2009, 07:46 AM
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Views: 513 Re: Is Promoting Vendors' Free e-mail Course OK?
Hi Lydia -
Most often you will not get credit for the purchase at a later date by promoting the free email course.
I say "most often" because if the buyer goes back and subsequently purchases...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
10th February 2009, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 560 Re: PageRank for new websites?
First off, great job with the DMOZ directory!
Second, don't worry about the PageRank of the site now. Trust me, because you've got that DMOZ listing, it will go a long way towards building up...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
9th February 2009, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 515 Re: Challenge with updating after SEO
I agree with that.
It's long been a fight of sorts between website designers and SEOers. The website design firm oftentimes wants to include non-SEO friendly design. It's not their fault, they...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
9th February 2009, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 636 Re: .php pages and SEO
Sleaklight is correct. Google will follow .php pages. However, I would suggest that if you're using them as redirects that you also use the nofollow attribute to those links pointing to the .php...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
9th February 2009, 06:42 PM
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
9th February 2009, 06:40 PM
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Views: 970 Re: Dofollow and Nofollow
This will explain it all:
About rel="nofollow" - Webmasters/Site owners Help (http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=96569)
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
7th February 2009, 08:50 AM
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
7th February 2009, 08:24 AM
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Views: 713 Re: Plz Help! How Do I Manage/Promote 60 Websites?
If I had to give you just one piece of advice that would be to work on one site first, get that earning the income you want and then move on to the next site.
60 sites is a lot of work; especially...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
7th February 2009, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 595 Re: SEO Career
:) - Sorry about that. It was probably a bad example.
What I meant by "logic problems" are those game books that you can buy in the same section of the grocery store or book store next to the...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
6th February 2009, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 595 Re: SEO Career
The Good
It pays well. (But this should not be the reason you get into SEO).
It's fun. (If you enjoy a constant change and keeping up with those changes. I used to be addicted to "logic...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
6th February 2009, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,063 Re: High Page Rank B.S!
This is very true. Regardless of how high a PR is on a web page, the number of outgoing links on that same page play a large factor in how much of that PR is "shared". While I'm not a huge advocate...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
3rd February 2009, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 669 Re: First Position on google challenge
Actually, 1.5 million really isn't all that difficult depending upon how well the top listings have already optimized.
If you're up against some very well optimized websites then it will be more...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
3rd February 2009, 09:18 AM
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Views: 727 Re: My PR dropped from 5 to 0 !
If possible, I would replace those pages with the original content ASAP.
Once you have a good ranking on your pages you never, ever want to make large changes to those pages.
Instead, use the...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
3rd February 2009, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 740 Re: <strong>'s font-weight...important?
Hi Jesse -
Personally I think it's just splitting hairs. Either way when search engines find the page and see that a keyword or phrase sticks out it's still considered *a little* important.
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