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SALT LAKE CITY — With more than 175 million users, it can be difficult to get your voice heard on Twitter, especially by those in your industry. Because of this, companies like SEO.com, politicians, celebrities and other Twitter users are hosting Twitter chats. The chats, similar to Internet chat rooms, are started ... Read more

…There can be no further doubt that it’s mainstream. Yes, a discussion around search engine optimisation has featured on never-ending Radio 4 farming-community soap opera The Archers. You’re probably wondering ...

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Last week I asked on Twitter to see what common SEO mistakes were still being made by retail websites. This received a great response, so I thought I’d share the ...

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My very first blog post here at SEO.com was titled SEOs are Marketers Too. I don’t know if I realized how forward thinking this concept was at the time. It seemed pretty natural to me, but as I learned more about this industry, I realized that not many others saw it the ... Read more

* Just a few years ago SEO was really simple. You had to be in the top 10 or rather in the top 3 for relevant keywords. Then the traffic ...

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As an SEO it is essential to report on the metrics that will show the progression of the project that you are working on. These reports need to provide the ...

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For those of you who missed the Livestream of yesterday’s F8 Facebook Conference, CEO Mark Zuckerburg announced some major changes to the future of Facebook, which in a nutshell is ...

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* If you want to become qualified in Google Analytics, Google offer an online exam called the Google Analytics Individual Qualification.  It’s a useful qualification to have when working with ...

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The questions you ask affect the answers you get. Simply wording your questions differently with clarity and insight can change their purpose. Are you asking the right SEO questions? Have you lost sight of what is really important in your SEO? The following “Question Graphic” asks direct questions about important characteristics of ... Read more

When social media marketers ran Facebook campaigns that were aimed at driving traffic toward their websites, they had to resort to tools such as Google Analytics in order to measure ...

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It was only a matter of time but in less than 90 days Google+ has gone from being invite-only to available to everyone! The announcement made today on the Google blog also includes announcements for expanded Hangout features and search options. In nearly 3 months, the Google+ project has seen 91 different ... Read more

Search engine optimization and public relations need to become best friends. Why? Because SEO as we knew it two years ago is dead. As our approaches to link building are constantly evolving, a stronger tie between these two marketing fronts is being seen. With that said, let’s examine just how these two ... Read more

* Recently there has been much talk about Klout. You could call it a swelling hype. Usually a new service goes all out to get noticed but Klout has been ...

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SALT LAKE CITY — SEO.com, a Utah-based search engine optimization firm, congratulates four of its clients that made the 2011 Inc. 5000. The list ranks the 5,000 fastest-growing U.S. private companies based on revenue growth over four years. The diverse group of businesses, from a pet store to a clothing manufacturer, was ... Read more

If you’re already using paid search marketing, how can you improve your results? Here are nine tips for sharpening up your campaigns. Use conversion tracking & Google Analytics Which keywords ...

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Last week I ran a Facebook poll to ask what people considered to be their favourite search conference in the UK. This received a great response (197 votes in total) ...

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I’m always looking for ways to improve our social media audits at SEOptimise to make them more insightful and actionable. While there is no perfect way to approach writing a ...

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* When recently asked “what is your favorite SEO tool?” I could think of none other than Google Webmaster Tools. While many SEO experts will probably disagree and suggest to ...

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Earlier today I thought it would be interesting to find out what peoples favourite search conference in the UK is. Update 15th Sept – the votes have started to settle ...

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As a self-confessed grammar geek, I’m frequently dismayed by the sloppy standard of writing I am continually confronted with throughout the course of the seven days a week I spend ...

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If you have worked in SEO for any period of time, I’m sure you will be familiar with a number of the better known tools around, tools such as SEOmoz ...

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We at SEO.com are honored to have been named the top search marketing agency by Website Magazine in their October 2011 publication. This is the second time this year that the magazine has published their rankings and also the second time this year that we’ve been named #1. As many know, picking ... Read more

It’s that time of the year again when 600 enthusiastic online marketers descend on Brighton for the annual SEO conference organised by Kelvin Newman. With the agenda packed full of ...

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Kevin and I are speaking at a4uexpo London in October in the session Post Panda: Affiliates’ Guide to Surviving Google (2.30pm day one). We’re currently working on the presentation and ...

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The results are in! We now have 202 votes for yesterday’s ‘do you buy links for SEO‘ poll – and it’s fair to say the results are very interesting. The ...

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Following Matt’s SEO ethics post and having had many interesting discussions about buying links with some SEO’s recently, I thought it would be interesting to run a quick anonymous poll ...

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Last week Google announced a change to the way they classify internal and external links in Webmaster Tools. The update shouldn’t change the number of links, but should report your links in a more accurate way in regards to where they are coming from. In the past, links from subdomains (ie: example.seo.com) ... Read more

A bit of an old one, but a common question I get asked by clients is about their international SEO strategy. Which option is best? A new domain, subdomains or ...

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I love tools that provide increased clarity in organic search campaign performance, and I also love finding new ways to use data to report the value of organic search to clients more clearly and precisely. The GA team has been busy rolling out fancy new reports and features all summer, and two ... Read more