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OK, we have discussed great techy gifts for adults and girly girl geek gifts, but we could not leave out the kids. So here are some cool gift ideas for “Geeky” and “Tech” kids (or if you are trying to raise a geek these might be good). We will go from young children to older [...]

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Ever wonder how Google’s “trust” works? Well Google’s Matt Cutts gives you some insight. This is not the whole story, but it does give you some great information you should keep in mind. Also, see related videos below. Some videos that are related: They don’t want us obsessed??? Really? Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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Aaron Wall, an accomplished SEO and the founder of SEOBook, posted an informative and somewhat controversial blog post yesterday regarding the display of ads and Google properties within the search results. The blog post contained the following image of a Google search engine results page for the query “HD Monitor”: Even though Aaron said he [...]

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The shutdown of Yahoo Site Explorer brought us QBL, the 10-second-car for Backlink Analysis It’s been a while since our last review of the Link Research Tools back in March and I want to thank you guys again for the massive feedback. Since then, a lot has happened in SEO, most recently the shutdown of the [...]

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Aaron Wall, an SEO consultant, book author, blogger, and the founder/owner of SEO Book, joins us today to discuss the future of SEO. Search Engine Journal: As long as I can remember, I have heard people saying this is the end of SEO. Do you truly feel that if SEOs do not stand up for [...]

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Early this morning, Adobe announced that it has entered an agreement to purchase Efficient Frontier, which will become part of Adobe’s Digital Marketing Suite. Efficient Frontier is a leader in social, search, and display marketing that utilizes multi-channel optimization to help clients maximize advertising budgets. The multi-channel optimization process utilized by Efficient Frontier leverages extensive [...]

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In the last five years, link bait has grown up. It’s gone from a guerilla tactic to a full-blown sophisticated SEO science. That means a list of “must-have” resources or the “best of” just won’t cut it anymore…you need long posts, stellar design and a high-quality network. Here are the 8 great ways to create [...]

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ONWARDsearch released and infographic yesterday called SEO Salary Guide: For Top 20 U.S. Markets that shows you which U.S. markets offer the highest number of SEO-related jobs and what the salary ranges for those markets are. You can download the guide in PDF form here. Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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Two years ago I would have never imagined sitting in this comfortable desk chair and being welcomed with open arms in to the search marketing industry by Portland’s own Anvil Media, Inc. College was on pace to last until the end of days and professional direction was a spinning compass in the Bermuda Triangle. Not [...]

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There are some excellent Webinars coming up through out the week. SeachEngineJournal.com will be bringing you a weekly update of webinars that might interest you SEO aficionados out there. So sign up for the ones that interest you and learn what you can from each. Here’s what you are looking at for the first week [...]

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Yesterday, YouTube replaced Insight with the brand new YouTube Analytics. The new analytics tool, which is more robust than YouTube Insight, will provide detailed data regarding the audience and how that audience interacts with the video. The YouTube product manager, Ted Hamilton, said the following in a blog post: “One of the great joys of [...]

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I chose the “Girly Girl” geek gift ideas because I think buying for this demographic has to be one of the harder ones. I consider myself a geek and obviously a girl, but I would love Storm Trooper, Marvel or DC Comics items just as much as I love pink/girly items. Finding girly geek gifts [...]

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Although it is in beta testing and currently only available to a small number of approximately 20 advertisers, Twitter has finally launched its self-serve ad platform. The new platform, which enables advertisers to use a self-serve system to purchase advertising without speaking to a human, currently allows the purchase of promoted accounts and promoted tweets. [...]

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Critical Reading - Domain Seizures, De-Indexing And Censorship: Nevada Judge Dramatically Exceeds Limits Of His Authority – Greg Sterling - Lamar Smith Tries To Defend SOPA; Suggests That Infringement Is The Equivalent Of Child Porn – Mike Masnick - SOPA’s most aggressive defender: U.S. Chamber of Commerce – CNET, Declan McCullagh - SOPA: Why YouTube fans [...]

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Matt says he wanted to create the definitive cloaking video; I think this is a great educational video. You can learn more about cloaking in Google’s Webmaster Tools help section. Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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Why and How To Set Up a 301 Redirect on Your Blog Unless you are a SEO nut, you probably do not know what a 301 Redirect is. But there is a really good reason why you need to use one on your blog. To understand why you need one, you have to understand the [...]

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Facebook, who has been considering entering the mobile phone business for years, is reportedly working with HTC to create a Facebook branded smartphone. Although Facebook was reportedly considering several popular phone companies, the company has chosen HTC to develop the new phone. The new phone, which is code-named “Buffy,” will be designed to transition Facebook from [...]

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Search Engine Journal wishes you and your loved ones a safe & happy Thanksgiving!   Infographic by Credit Donkey   Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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HubSpot posted an infographic called “How to Be a Marketing Automation Master“. HubSpot states, “Marketing automation is the use of technology and software to help move prospects and leads through your sales funnel. As part of a whole inbound marketing philosophy, you can use marketing automation to help take the leads you’re generating from blogging, [...]

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