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I know that to many people I encounter the only way to build a web site is in WordPress. This is just not the case, but millions have learned how to build WP themes and/or modify existing themes that are out there. WordPress is great and offers a lot of benefits, but it has drawbacks [...]

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Thursday afternoon, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that requested regulators investigate Google’s “Search plus Your World.” The EPIC complaint alleges that the new Search Plus feature shows favoritism towards Google’s own social network and violates Google+ users’ privacy. Marc Rotenberg, Epic’s Executive Director, said the [...]

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Two years ago two location sharing services targeting the mobile platform, emerged on the scene – Gowalla and Foursquare. Both were touted to become the next big thing. But while one went onto become hugely popular by building a better and much more popular network, with sky rocketing check-ins, the other floundered, so much so [...]

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I am often shocked that many are not aware that the Coast Guard is part of our Armed Forces. Our families wouldn’t be safe without them. I have to say that I am very impressed by the whys and the hows the Coast Guard has set in place in regards to their social media efforts. [...]

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“Why are our hamburgers square? Because we don’t cut corners.” – Dave Thomas A long time ago I did an article on my personal blog comparing airline cuts to the fast food industry. I accused them of using something I call sesame seed economics. Three years later I’m still seeing that type of thought process [...]

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GroSocial and Reid Johns created this infographic. Fantastic timeline of data to use for research. Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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With Apple planning to launch the highly anticipated iPad 3 as early as February of 2012, Google appears to be planning on launching a competing device in the near future.  In a recent interview with an Italian newspaper, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt said; “In the next six months, we plan to market a tablet of [...]

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New to rich snippets? If so this is a fantastic collection of videos to watch. The topics covered include: Introduction to rich snippets Types of rich snippets Rich snippets and product search Snippets and reviews Recipe markup Snippets and events Apps snippets Notifying Google Rich snippets troubleshooting I also recommend you read a post by [...]

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Although last week Yahoo was rumored to be considering selling its Alibaba Group holdings for a sum of $17 billion, the latest rumor indicates Alibaba Group may be considering purchasing all of Yahoo. Alibaba Group, which has now retained the powerful Washington D.C. lobbying firm Duberstein Group Inc., has expressed interest in a Yahoo deal [...]

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This year, I resolve to… 1. Get Organized Is your idea of “keyword research” just a bunch of keywords jammed into in an excel? Effective keyword organization and keyword management is a foundational component of paid and organic search marketing. In PPC, it means grouping similar keywords and matching them with targeted ad text and landing [...]

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Last week we asked if you have the Facebook Timeline enabled and how you felt about it. These poll results are really interesting. Have it and like it – 101 Don’t have it and want it – 34 Have it and hate it – 41 Don’t have it and don’t want it – 97 The [...]

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Here is a collection of New Year’s apps you may need. We are going to start with apps to help you get a cab and avoid drinking and driving over New Year’s weekend. If you have any other apps you would like to suggest please comment below. Cabs Cab4me – iPhone and Android Call a [...]

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I have seen many complaints about the new version of Google Analytics. I have to say that I don’t like it myself and have a hard time finding what I need. I was wondering how you feel about it and if you have any tips, suggestions or recommendations for other analytics programs to supplement GA? [...]

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With over 153 million unique users per month, Nielsen research has named Google the top Internet destination. Facebook, which is the most visited social networking site and second largest Internet destination, received an average number of 137.6 million unique monthly visitors. The combination of the battle to be the top Internet destination, the inevitable Facebook [...]

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Here is a small collection of articles giving suggestions on SEO, content marketing, social media and Internet marketing for 2012. I know we are all hoping for a successful 2012; perhaps some of the information in these articles can help you plan for the upcoming year. SEO Search & Mobile Marketing Trends: SEO Apocalypse 2012 [...]

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Mobile Inquirer released this infographic, Top 5 Mobile Phone Statistics of 2011. It shows the top 10 countries in regards to mobile phone use and the U.S. is not #1 or #2. The top global smartphone operating system for  quarter 3 of 2011 is not iOs or Andriod. Check out the mobile local search stat [...]

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This IG is from AYTM. They surveyed 2,000 US nternet users about their expectations from brands using social media and created this very informative and helpful infographic. If you are considering social media for your business you may want to take a good look at this IG. Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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According to numerous sources, Yahoo is heavily considering the sale of its interests in Alibaba (the Chinese B2B Search Marketplace conglomerate) and Yahoo Japan (which is led autonomously but still part of Yahoo). Sean Ludwig of VentureBeat says that the sale could result in $17 Billion in revenue for Yahoo as it scrambles to figure [...]

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I’m writing this to those of you who have never went or have never heard of the Affiliate Summit conferences. The conference name does imply this is heavily targeted to affiliates, but the online marketing material it covers pertains to anybody. I’ve gone to quite a few over the years and have always gained something [...]

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As we all know Excel and Google Docs can be great tools for any SEO consultant. Hook Google Docs or Excel up to API’s from Google, SEOMoz, SEMRush or any other tool you like to pull in data and you can begin to automate some key tasks like keyword research, ideas for content generation, and [...]

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