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Internet Marketing Blog Posts by Search Influence Alumni 
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Crossed Over Into… The Nofollow Zone: Livejournal SEO And What Nofollows Mean For You
It’s been a bit over three years since I’ve used the once-titanic blogging site LiveJournal for anything. LiveJournal’s still got an active community, but it’s true that asking “What’s your LJ name?” of a new acquaintance is a little bit more embarrassing today than it was in 2003. My account’s …
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5 For Friday — Links, Stories & Posts For Your Weekend
Black Friday: 5 Apps That Make Bargain Shopping Easier — Mashable The holidays are upon us, and many businesses local and nationwide are gearing up for the Black Friday sales frenzy. Be a savvy shopper and utilize these handy applications in order to find the best deals, compare prices, check …
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Tebowing, T-Bowing and Accidental Google Rankings
According to Tebowing.com, tebowing is a verb, defined “to get down on a knee and start praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something completely different.” For a little background on the subject, Tim Tebow is a NFL quarterback who currently starts for the Denver Broncos. He’s known …
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Read This! — November 2011
One of the main purposes of our weekly 5 For Friday posts is to highlight weekly news stories that are funny, idea-provoking or just plain interesting. In this brand-new blog series, we’ll be publishing a monthly roundup of links that directly pertain to you and your business. With these tips …
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Gmail Update: Hey, It Doesn’t Suck!
I send and receive a lot of emails every day on my two constantly active Gmail accounts. And if you include the number of individual chats I have going at any given minute, that “a lot” expands exponentially. That’s why I was hesitant about switching to Google’s new Gmail layout …
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5 For Friday — Links, Stories & Posts For Your Weekend
Forget Facebook: 4 Reasons Your Company Needs a Google+ Page — Inc.com While some discouraging stats about the use of Google+ have emerged in recent days, there’s no reason to give up the ghost just yet — particularly with the recent introduction of G+ business pages. If you’re hesitating to …
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Google+ Opens For Businesses — Potential And How To Get Your Face In The SERPs
The new kid on the block has opened itself to businesses in two principal ways. Unlike Facebook, which focuses on admin-managed pages, and Twitter, which couldn’t care less if a person, place, or animal is represented in a feed, Google initially maintained its focus on people in its business-level implementation …
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Influencer Profile: Matt Buys
Search Influence IMA and Content Team member Matt Buys started out in journalism after graduating from Michigan State in 2003. Newspapers were kind enough to fund his restlessness for several years. He worked as a reporter/editor/page designer for the Orlando Sentinel and Rocky Mountain News before switching exclusively to freelance …
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Take A Breath Before You Tweet, OR: Internet ADD Wrecks the Good Ship Netflix
Jeez, it’s been practically seven minutes since I checked for new notifications on Facebook. Refresh, nothing. Ohhh, there’s a picture of a kid I vaguely knew from high school and now he’s linking his tweets into the Facebook feed, let me click over there. Do I follow Kim Kardashian or …
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5 For Friday — Links, Stories & Posts For Your Weekend
Methods for Evaluating Freshness — Justin Briggs After Google’s big “Freshness update” was announced yesterday, the SEO world has been in quite a tizzy. But for those of us who aren’t technically-minded, what does this update actually entail? Justin Briggs, an SEO expert and Big Fish Games marketing champion, gives us …
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