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Month: May 2008

How the SEO Industry Has Changed My Life

How the SEO Industry Has Changed My Life

Unlike most SEO’s I didn’t actively seek a career in SEO, in fact I hadn’t even considered it when I was given the position. Instead I was handed the position based on my performance in another role with the company I work for. I’m assuming my strong client communication skills and my ability to quickly grasp new concepts played a big part in it, but I’m still not totally sure why I was picked for the position. July will mark…

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Twitter: So Bad It's Good!

Twitter: So Bad It's Good!

Anyone who regularly uses Twitter knows that they have had their share of bugs and downtimes as of late. Blogs and tweets (when they work) have been bashing the social site regularly over the last couple weeks. But I see light in all of this…If you keep an eye out at the issues within Twitter.com itself there is a lot of humor in their problems. Below is a snipet from a screenshot I took this morning when Twitter wouldn’t let…

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RSS Fed Directories A Linking Jackpot?

RSS Fed Directories A Linking Jackpot?

I’ve noticed over the last month or so that many backlinks I am finding in Google, while doing link research for clients, are RSS feeds from free directories. What’s even more intriguing is that these appear to show up towards the top of the results when I use the link operator. Even more interesting, is that the pages that the links are displayed on within the site typically don’t carry any PR and aren’t indexed. My preliminary finding seems to…

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