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Internet Marketing Blog Posts by Search Influence Alumni 
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Top 5 for the Weekend
Happy Friday everyone! It’s been quite a while since we’ve done this little series, here, but we’ve been meaning to bring it back. Well, after a quiet week of non-blogging, we thought this would be as good a time as any. So without further ado, I bring you the triumphant …
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Google Places iPhone app – Not convinced yet…
Yesterday, Google announced and released its vast (almost too vast) catalogue of data on the brand new Places app. Places can be a nightmare for anyone looking for specific businesses on the web, especially if you’re in SEO. The app is a fairly elegant solution to this problem. At first …
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Lab organs and keg-stands: practicing smart online image branding
A Kansas City nursing student recently sparked controversy by posting a Facebook picture of herself with with human placenta in the context of a lab dissection. Doyle Byrnes, a 22-year-old senior, appears smiling broadly and leaning over the specimen while wearing scrubs and a stethoscope, with no visible shenanigans or …
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Mayor Maker iPhone app does what the name says
Oh, foursquare! I can’t decide whether I want to dump you or go steady by offering you my class ring to wear around your neck. With Facebook jumping on the location-based check in craze, it’s just easier to do it on the app I use constantly as opposed to the …
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An Overview Of Google Analytics
Upon installing the Google Analytics code on your Web site, you will have an abundant amount of information to navigate through relating traffic sources and visitor information. To begin analyzing your Web site’s data, go to http://www.google.com/analytics/ – Click “Access Analytics” (blue button on the right side) and login using your …
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foursquare Gets Fancy with Photos & Comments
foursquare tries to stay relevant by including photo and comments, too bad Facebook is closing in on them with their fully integrated check-in services.
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Top 5 Search Marketing Bloggers You Should Be Stalking in 2011
The top 5 search marketing bloggers you should be following if you want to better understand SEO, PPC, and SMM in 2011
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Merging Facebook Places with Facebook Fan Pages
For those businesses that have taken advantage of Facebook Fan pages, brace yourself for some upcoming changes. Facebook Places, the network’s location-based service, now allows Fan Pages to merge with their “Place” page. This “Place page” is usually generated from information collected from the internet, particularly other location-based services such …
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The Effect of Google Instant on Long Tail Search Behaviors
We have been watching some recent Google product changes over the last few months to monitor the effects on site traffic, and in November we see most websites moved along at a positive level with their organic search numbers. Nothing startling. Everything is on track. But for a significant few …
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Buyer Beware – How Negative Reviews Led to Positive Google Rankings
The old adage that any publicity is good publicity might ring true for the way Google produces its search rankings.
