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<title>Social Media News | Published News</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:25:05 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Ways Local Domains Crush Dot Coms In International SEO]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-marketing/6-ways-local-domains-crush-dot-coms-in-international-seo/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-marketing/6-ways-local-domains-crush-dot-coms-in-international-seo/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:25:05 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mediaguy</dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-marketing/6-ways-local-domains-crush-dot-coms-in-international-seo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In 2003 I first began speaking on international SEO at conferences and seminars and have lost count of the number of times I've heard the question, "Is it better to use local domains or dot coms with a folder or sub-domain for my site?" To me, the answer to this question was obvious even a decade ago but the debate has continued to rage. The next question in popularity is always "...and do I need local hosting?"<br /><br />I'll address the hosting issue<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Get Website Traffic from Social Bookmarking]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google/get-website-traffic-from-social-bookmarking/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google/get-website-traffic-from-social-bookmarking/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:09:14 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rockon11</dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google/get-website-traffic-from-social-bookmarking/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As you know, traffic is the life line of your business. To survive you need to have visitors to your website, specially those visitors who are keen to purchase your product and services. Getting such a targeted traffic for your website is a great challenge especially for the new ones.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[15 Ways PR Agencies Can Help Companies With Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media/15-ways-pr-agencies-can-help-companies-with-social-media/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media/15-ways-pr-agencies-can-help-companies-with-social-media/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:09:14 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media/15-ways-pr-agencies-can-help-companies-with-social-media/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As social media has grown in acceptance within companies over the past few years, one debate never seems to go away -- whether agencies should be involved in social media communications, or whether the only way to maintain an "authentic voice" is for companies to undertake it all themselves. Agencies can help:<br /><br />Not surprisingly (given that I work for a PR agency), I sit in the camp that says that agencies have a significant role to play for ma<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fast Flip and what Google Understands about the Future of News]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google/fast-flip-and-what-google-understands-about-the-future-of-news/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google/fast-flip-and-what-google-understands-about-the-future-of-news/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:09:14 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google/fast-flip-and-what-google-understands-about-the-future-of-news/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google knows a lot about the future of news - more than many publishers. It's evident in Google's new product, Fast Flip, which allows news consumers to "flip" through news stories. What's striking about Fast Flip is that Google is innovating precisely where publishers used to lead innovation. Fast Flip is a new package for news. The publishing business has always been about packaging content. Newspapers. Magazines. Newsletters<br /><br />In digital med<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dont Overdo On Page SEO Tweaking]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/dont-overdo-on-page-seo-tweaking/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/dont-overdo-on-page-seo-tweaking/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:09:14 CST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mediaguy</dc:creator>
<category>Search Engine Strategies</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/dont-overdo-on-page-seo-tweaking/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Clients can easily become obsessed with on-page SEO, constantly tweaking title tags, headings, and on-page content. While these activities are important at the right place and time, people shouldn't get obsessed with it. Do the necessary work up front, make some decisions, and then move on.<br /><br />Tweaking on-page content on existing pages quickly begins to offer you diminishing returns. In addition, you probably have limited resources for SEO. As a<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media/10-of-the-best-social-media-tools-for-entrepreneurs/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media/10-of-the-best-social-media-tools-for-entrepreneurs/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:59:59 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>drupalseo</dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media/10-of-the-best-social-media-tools-for-entrepreneurs/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Whether your company is just starting out, just starting to turn a profit or already on the verge of an acquisition, as an entrepreneur you'll be constantly evaluating the tools that will help get your business to the next stage.<br /><br />Even if the ink on the business plan isn't dry yet, you want to be armed with the social media tools that will play an important role in company communication, product and brand promotions, and business development f<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Cost of Landing Page Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/the-cost-of-landing-page-optimization/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/the-cost-of-landing-page-optimization/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:34:40 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mediaguy</dc:creator>
<category>Search Engine Strategies</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/the-cost-of-landing-page-optimization/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A certain kind of mental re-framing is required as part of the proper perspective for ongoing landing page optimization.<br /><br />Each Landing Page Test Has a Cost<br /><br />You will have to expend time and effort to set up the test, monitor data collection, and analyze the results. Even if your test is successful, you still have to consider alternative marketing activities that you could have been engaged in rather than testing, and the lost opportunity cos<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Geo Tags What Are They and Why You Need Them]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google-optimization/geo-tags-what-are-they-and-why-you-need-them/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google-optimization/geo-tags-what-are-they-and-why-you-need-them/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:34:40 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mediaguy</dc:creator>
<category>Google Optimization</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google-optimization/geo-tags-what-are-they-and-why-you-need-them/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If your business either has a traditional brick and mortar store front, or your site can value by being associated with your location, then you can benefit from Geo Tags. If your location is irrelevant to your online success, then Geo Tags will be of little use to you.<br /><br />Geo Tags are trivially easy to implement and they can help to improve your ranking results for searches specific to your area. This ultimately results in higher search rankings<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Spam Forums at Your Own Risk]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/spam-forums-at-your-own-risk/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/spam-forums-at-your-own-risk/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:23:09 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/spam-forums-at-your-own-risk/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was lax for years and years about letting in just about anyone to Cre8asiteforums and letting them create their existence there. However, it became clear that the moderators and myself were spending most of our days deleting spam and banning members who spammed the Community.  We're often assisted by the Community because members hate spam and report spam posts to the staff.<br /><br />For the past year or so, every new member is screened before they <br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mining 850 Million Free Links from GeoCities]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/yahoo-news/mining-850-million-free-links-from-geocities/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/yahoo-news/mining-850-million-free-links-from-geocities/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:23:09 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Yahoo News</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/yahoo-news/mining-850-million-free-links-from-geocities/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Now that GeoCities is shut down, you can use them to find some great link prospects. Use Yahoo's linkdomain operator to find links pointing to Geocities. Add the keyword or topic you're targeting. This combination finds pages that and link to Geocities and have your keyword on their page.<br /><br />linkdomain:geocities.com SEO<br /><br />When you find a prospect, politely contact the site owner to point out that Yahoo has closed GeoCities but that you may have<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEOmoz Tips Offer Testimonials Get Links]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/seomoz-tips-offer-testimonials-get-links/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/seomoz-tips-offer-testimonials-get-links/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:11:09 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/seomoz-tips-offer-testimonials-get-links/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You can often customize the link location and anchor text (so long as it's relevant and sensible) - just ask when you send over the testimonial (or, better yet, send over the exact HTML code that will embed the right link so all the receiver has to do is copy + paste). 2) Testimonials are frequently sitewide, but even when they're not, they tend to reside on popular, important pages (even homepages sometimes - an otherwise impossible place to ge<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Another 20 Hard Core SEO Tips]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/another-20-hard-core-seo-tips/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/another-20-hard-core-seo-tips/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:11:09 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Search Engine Strategies</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/another-20-hard-core-seo-tips/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Another 20 Hard Core SEO Tips - The List: 1. Take your most popular article and write a sequel to it every year. 2. Launch 3 blogs on their own domains. Don't build any links for them. Don't promote them in any way. Use a different blog application for each one. 3. Pick your 3 favorite SEO bloggers. On their next three articles find something to disagree with and ONLY disagree with them in their comments. 4. Find an SEO forum you have never visi<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing your Reputation through Search Results]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/reputation-monitoring/managing-your-reputation-through-search-results/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/reputation-monitoring/managing-your-reputation-through-search-results/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:51:07 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mediaguy</dc:creator>
<category>Reputation Monitoring</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/reputation-monitoring/managing-your-reputation-through-search-results/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The first step in reputation management is preemptive: Think twice before putting your personal information online. Remember that although something might be appropriate for the context in which you're publishing it, search engines can make it very easy to find that information later, out of context, including by people who don't normally visit the site where you originally posted it.<br /><br />If something you dislike has already been published, the n<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Social Media Marketing is Expected of Big Brands]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/why-social-media-marketing-is-expected-of-big-brands/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/why-social-media-marketing-is-expected-of-big-brands/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:51:07 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mediaguy</dc:creator>
<category>Social Media Trends</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/why-social-media-marketing-is-expected-of-big-brands/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With the announcement of Google Public Sector, the adaptation of Google's standard applications for use within the US Federal Government, it becomes clear to those behind the ball that Web 2.0 is a real thing, and mandatory. As a veteran, I know firsthand that this did not happen overnight…or even a fortnight.<br /><br />Facebook and Twitter have become the leading internal and external communications tools within the United Methodist Church. This move <br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crawling and Indexing Its Not as Simple as Just In or Out]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google-optimization/crawling-and-indexing-its-not-as-simple-as-just-in-or-out/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google-optimization/crawling-and-indexing-its-not-as-simple-as-just-in-or-out/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:21:00 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Google Optimization</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/google-optimization/crawling-and-indexing-its-not-as-simple-as-just-in-or-out/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The takeaways here aren't tremendous, but they can be valuable to help explain to SEO outsiders why pages may not be drawing traffic even though metrics like appearing in your XML sitemaps, showing in Google Blogsearch queries or appearing to be crawled in Google Webmaster Tools suggest they should. If you want to determine if a page (or set of pages) are actually included in the engines' main indices, there's only two definitive ways to know: 1<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google’s Next Generation Search Technology]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/blogging/google%E2%80%99s-next-generation-search-technology/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/blogging/google%E2%80%99s-next-generation-search-technology/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:10:41 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hivankar987</dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/blogging/google%E2%80%99s-next-generation-search-technology/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google's Caffeine is the next generation search technology that is most widely spoken about in the search industry. Google has code named its new search engine as ‘Caffeine'. The search giants are challenging it to be a new version of the world dominating search engine and they have also said that it would be much more faster than the existing search engines and that they would be even more accurate.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[free wordpress themes]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/marketing-and-seo-videos/free-wordpress-themes/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/marketing-and-seo-videos/free-wordpress-themes/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:10:27 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aleenbrads</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and SEO Videos</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/marketing-and-seo-videos/free-wordpress-themes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So rather that here i have find some real cool collection of free premium wordpress themes,I have found 36 premium wordpress themes that comes for FREE<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Drive Traffic to your Web Site with Twitter Automated Systems and Get More Twitter Followers]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/blogging/drive-traffic-to-your-web-site-with-twitter-automated-systems-and-get-more-twitter-followers/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/blogging/drive-traffic-to-your-web-site-with-twitter-automated-systems-and-get-more-twitter-followers/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:10:27 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mazz02</dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/blogging/drive-traffic-to-your-web-site-with-twitter-automated-systems-and-get-more-twitter-followers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Twitter Automation tools greatly enhance the ability to use Twitter effectively and efficiently for your personal or business use. With the aid of these tools, One can automate a variety of Twitter functions, saving time and increasing productivity. You can auto tweet, generate thousands of highly targeted followers hands free, auto follow and unfollow those who follow or unfollow you, and much more.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Link Buying The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/link-buying-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/link-buying-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:10:27 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/link-buying-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you don't buy links it is hard to influence the anchor text, particularly if you are doing SEO at the enterprise level AND want to get deep links into commercially oriented pages. Companies spend billions of dollars a year on organic SEO because ranking a few spots higher in Google can be worth a lot of money. If you know a #5 ranking is worth x, then there is a good chance that a #1 ranking can be worth something like 8x.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo To Compete With Microsoft Despite The Recent Deal]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/ask-news/yahoo-to-compete-with-microsoft-despite-the-recent-deal/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/ask-news/yahoo-to-compete-with-microsoft-despite-the-recent-deal/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:39:32 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>king99</dc:creator>
<category>Ask News</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/ask-news/yahoo-to-compete-with-microsoft-despite-the-recent-deal/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Though Yahoo would be powering its queries relying on Microsoft's Bing, it has announced that it would be competing against Microsoft's Bing with its advanced and improved search interface that it is sure would impress the users and make the search process simple and user friendly.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2009 Search Engine Ranking Factors from SEOmoz - A Must Read!]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-marketing/2009-search-engine-ranking-factors-from-seomoz---a-must-read/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-marketing/2009-search-engine-ranking-factors-from-seomoz---a-must-read/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:03:12 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-marketing/2009-search-engine-ranking-factors-from-seomoz---a-must-read/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Every two years, SEOmoz surveys top SEO experts in the field worldwide on their opinions of the algorithmic elements that comprise search engine rankings. This year features contributors from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, the Ukraine, the Dominican Republic and many more.<br /><br />Each participant was asked to rate more than 100 search ranking factors along with specific questions about hot issues in the SEO field. This document<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What 70 Plus Hours Of Backlink Checking And Research Shows]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/what-70-plus-hours-of-backlink-checking-and-research-shows/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/what-70-plus-hours-of-backlink-checking-and-research-shows/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:15:26 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/what-70-plus-hours-of-backlink-checking-and-research-shows/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What are your direct competitors doing in the way of getting more backlinks? My research in over 30 verticals sheds some light on the question. This is part 1 of 2. In this part, I'll address three issues: 1. Practical uses for this competitive intelligence, 2. My methodology in conducting this research, 3. Some fun data points for niche research...<br /><br />The selected domains were plugged into Majestic SEO's excellent Historical Backlink Tool. Plug<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Case Study Using Contests To Build Links]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/a-case-study-using-contests-to-build-links/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/a-case-study-using-contests-to-build-links/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:37:21 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/a-case-study-using-contests-to-build-links/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When you're building links, it's natural to use tactics you're comfortable with, so we started our research looking at topically relevant link bait and white papers written in the last year. The idea was to find a trendy topic, hire an industry authority to write a three part series and pimp the content from the client's site. It's a good strategy and usually works, so off we went culling Digg, Delicious and industry media sites like OpenForum a<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Art of the Landing Page with 7 Tips For Increasing Conversions]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/the-art-of-the-landing-page-with-7-tips-for-increasing-conversions/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/the-art-of-the-landing-page-with-7-tips-for-increasing-conversions/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:55:35 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Search Engine Strategies</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/the-art-of-the-landing-page-with-7-tips-for-increasing-conversions/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Landing page optimization and testing can have a dramatic impact on your online marketing profitability. But even without testing you can quickly eliminate several common mistakes that can instantly skyrocket conversion rates.<br /><br />These approaches work across a surprisingly wide variety of circumstances and industries:<br /><br />1. Remove Choices: You should be very clear about your desired conversion action (whether it's a sale, download, form-fill, or<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Fix your Nofollow Screwup]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/how-to-fix-your-nofollow-screwup/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/how-to-fix-your-nofollow-screwup/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:55:35 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Search Engine Strategies</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/how-to-fix-your-nofollow-screwup/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You manage a large Web site with thousands or millions of pages of content and sometime in the last two years you resorted to using rel='nofollow' on internal links in the hope of "improving" your search performance. Having drunk the kool-aid you looked at metrics and concluded that maybe it worked. And you felt it continued working even long after Google actually deprived you of all that PageRank you thought you were channeling. So here you are<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Kills Windows 7 Activation Leak]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/web-technology/microsoft-kills-windows-7-activation-leak/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/web-technology/microsoft-kills-windows-7-activation-leak/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:08:03 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chetan238</dc:creator>
<category>Web Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/web-technology/microsoft-kills-windows-7-activation-leak/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft's director of official Windows Alex Kochis formally approved the leak of a "unique product key" for Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (release to manufacturers), saying that the leaked key was intended to make active copies of the latest OS pre-installed by a specific OEM partner (Lenovo).<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Many PPC Ads Should You Test?]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/paid-search/how-many-ppc-ads-should-you-test/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/paid-search/how-many-ppc-ads-should-you-test/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:08:03 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/paid-search/how-many-ppc-ads-should-you-test/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There are many essential ways to improve your AdWords account's performance, but one of my favorites is ad testing. When I review people's existing AdWords accounts, one of the most common bad habits I see is running just one ad per Ad Group. This is a missed opportunity. You're losing revenue and ROI by not testing ads.<br /><br />Ad Testing has huge benefits for the advertiser; Discover scientifically which offer gets the best response from your prosp<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Understanding Linking Intent - The Spam Connection]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/understanding-linking-intent---the-spam-connection/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/understanding-linking-intent---the-spam-connection/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:08:03 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/understanding-linking-intent---the-spam-connection/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A good friend of mine sent me an interesting question a while back, "Dear Dave, can you give me some pointers on how search engines determine link intent?"<br /><br />It's hard to say what constitutes 'intent' when it comes to various aspects of linking and search engines. It really isn't that straight forward and understanding 'query intent' tends to be the most researched area for search peeps.<br /><br />And as far as patents/papers, I doubt there is really <br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[YouTube - 2009 Social Media Predictions]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/youtube---2009-social-media-predictions/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/youtube---2009-social-media-predictions/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:39:24 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>shajivvnr</dc:creator>
<category>Social Media Trends</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/youtube---2009-social-media-predictions/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ripple6: How to build communities]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/ripple6-how-to-build-communities/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/ripple6-how-to-build-communities/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:05:49 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mediaguy</dc:creator>
<category>Social Media Trends</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/ripple6-how-to-build-communities/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ripple6 founder Sang Kim says his company has learned a lot from trial and error since the community management system launched under the name Mom Junction in 2007. In this interview with Robert Scoble, Kim talks about what he's learned, including how to create what he calls "cloud communities," how to scale them and how to reward and engage community members.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deep Social Media Brand Engagement Correlates with Financial Performance]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/deep-social-media-brand-engagement-correlates-with-financial-performance/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/deep-social-media-brand-engagement-correlates-with-financial-performance/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:05:49 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mediaguy</dc:creator>
<category>Social Media Trends</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/deep-social-media-brand-engagement-correlates-with-financial-performance/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Released is a new research report that was written in conjunction with Wetpaint called "ENGAGEMENTdb". The study looked at how the 100 most valuable brands -- as identified by the 2008 BusinessWeek/Interbrand Best Global Brands ranking -- engaged in 11 different online social media channels. The report is available at http://bit.ly/KRGNt and the main site is at engagementdb.com (includes ways for you to do a quick ranking of your engagement). A <br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview with Digg-Clone for Designers DesignBump | Inside the Webb]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-bookmarking/interview-with-digg-clone-for-designers-designbump--inside-the-webb/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-bookmarking/interview-with-digg-clone-for-designers-designbump--inside-the-webb/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:25:30 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ascendancy</dc:creator>
<category>Social Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-bookmarking/interview-with-digg-clone-for-designers-designbump--inside-the-webb/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[DesignBump promotes the most popular articles about web, graphic, and print design from all across the internet. Members of the Design Bump community vote up the best articles, and the most popular ones will hit the front page. I got an interview with the site's creator John Campbell to get the inside scoop on this hot new social media/news clone for designers.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Using Web Tools to Ensure Transparency and Accountability]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/wordpress-news/-using-web-tools-to-ensure-transparency-and-accountability/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/wordpress-news/-using-web-tools-to-ensure-transparency-and-accountability/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:31 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>divinedonna</dc:creator>
<category>WordPress News</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/wordpress-news/-using-web-tools-to-ensure-transparency-and-accountability/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In a world rocked by recession, Barack Obama's stirring "Call to Service" has been resonating like never before.  More people than ever are inclined, or just available, to help and the recently passed national service bill reinforces the new community spirit.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook Vanity URLs Coming this Weekend]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/facebook-vanity-urls-coming-this-weekend/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/facebook-vanity-urls-coming-this-weekend/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:04:04 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Social Media Trends</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media-trends/facebook-vanity-urls-coming-this-weekend/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Facebook's 200-plus million members will be able to customize the URLs to their profiles starting at midnight Eastern on Saturday, according to a post on the Facebook blog. Currently, users' profile URLs have been structured as a string of numbers. At least for now, it doesn't look like the switch is mandatory.<br /><br />This is a move that will help Facebook profiles get better traction in search engines, potentially upping traffic--and give people-se<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wolfram Alpha Next Major Search Breakthrough?]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/other-search-engines/wolfram-alpha-next-major-search-breakthrough/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/other-search-engines/wolfram-alpha-next-major-search-breakthrough/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:04:04 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Other Search Engines</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/other-search-engines/wolfram-alpha-next-major-search-breakthrough/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In May, Wolfram will unveil his latest creation, now called Wolfram Alpha. It applies his work with Mathematica and NKS (A New Kind of Science) to Web search. "All one needs to be able to do is to take questions people ask in natural language, and represent them in a precise form that fits into the computations one can do," Wolfram said in a recent blog post. "I'm happy to say that with a mixture of many clever algorithms and heuristics, lots of<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Link Marketing for Drop Shipping Retailers]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/link-marketing-for-drop-shipping-retailers/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/link-marketing-for-drop-shipping-retailers/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:04:04 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/link-marketing-for-drop-shipping-retailers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The easiest way to promote this type of content is by targeting a specific audience in social media, forums, newsletters, and blogs. If the content is truly unique, these people will naturally spread it to others. Word of mouth marketing will help propel this content and get it noticed. That will lead to more links. The most overlooked promotional methods in link marketing are traditional marketing techniques that have been used forever in the o<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter taking the Social out of Social Discovery]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media/twitter-taking-the-social-out-of-social-discovery/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media/twitter-taking-the-social-out-of-social-discovery/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:32:00 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/social-media/twitter-taking-the-social-out-of-social-discovery/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The most trending topic on twitter right now as I am writing this post is #fixreplies. It is shocking to me that after weeks of proclaiming that twitter is all about social discovery, we see the biggest Bonehead Decision that twitter could have made. There are posts from around the industry talking about Twitter putting a Muzzle on your friends. Originally, by default, twitter would not show you the @replies sent to other users until you went in<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[11 Sources of Duplicate Content You are Probably Unaware of]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/11-sources-of-duplicate-content-you-are-probably-unaware-of/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/11-sources-of-duplicate-content-you-are-probably-unaware-of/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:27:40 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Search Engine Strategies</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/search-engine-strategies/11-sources-of-duplicate-content-you-are-probably-unaware-of/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some 'experts' will tell you that you don't need to worry about duplicate content if you have enough incoming links. True. But you need a mighty big pile of links in order to successfully counteract the effects of duplicate content. It's sort of like eating loads of sugar and taking insulin to counteract it - sooner or later you'll pay for your indiscretion. I've also seen experts saying that if your duplicate content is on your site, it's OK, a<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Link Development Guide with Tons of Useful Tips on Link Building for SEO]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/link-development-guide-with-tons-of-useful-tips-on-link-building-for-seo/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/link-development-guide-with-tons-of-useful-tips-on-link-building-for-seo/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:27:40 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>socialseo</dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/link-building/link-development-guide-with-tons-of-useful-tips-on-link-building-for-seo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Link development is tough. Not everyone can create amazing linkbait, as easy as the experts make it sound. It's not an easy proposition to get people to link to your website if you're a local realtor, mortgage broker, or holistic doctor for that matter. It is POSSIBLE though with the right approach to actually solicit and develop links that will help your search engine rankings. From LOTS of trial and error, here's the link building process I've<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview with Blog2Life: Blogging Tips, Tricks, and Secrets! | Inside the Webb]]></title>
<link>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/blogging/interview-with-blog2life-blogging-tips-tricks-and-secrets--inside-the-webb/</link>
<comments>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/blogging/interview-with-blog2life-blogging-tips-tricks-and-secrets--inside-the-webb/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:07:45 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ascendancy</dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://www.socialseo.com/socialnews/category/blogging/interview-with-blog2life-blogging-tips-tricks-and-secrets--inside-the-webb/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interview with the creator of Blog2Life, Jamie Carter. He discusses how he approaches blogging and internet marketing, and how he plans to help and educate others through his blog. <br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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