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Content Distribution & Syndication

7 reasons to use Google Webmaster Tools

April 27, 2010
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I’m constantly looking for ways to get a better understanding of how sites rank for keywords in organic search results.  And, while there are plenty of tools out there to help you analyze your web site, one that is often overlooked is Google Webmaster Tools. Webmaster Tools, a free Google product, was often seen as [...]

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Brand monitoring with Google Alerts

February 11, 2009
Brand Monitoring with Google Alerts

Alerts is another in the stable of Google Experiments which wear the “beta” badge well into their useful lifespan. Google Alerts is a free, easy to use tool that you can use to monitor brands whether your tasked with reputation management or just need to keep a finger on the pulse of an industry.

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A very good use of the series of tubes

January 20, 2009

The new website for the White House launched today with a decisively different look and feel, and a much different stance toward the online medium.

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All the top marketing stories (Alltop)

August 22, 2008

By visiting a single category on Alltop you can cover top stories from a collection of hand-picked blogs as opposed to hunting-and-pecking from multiple feeds in a feed reader.

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MySpace – Not a place for search engine marketing

June 16, 2008

Seeing msplinks.com coming up as a referrer in your weblogs? It’s just MySpace redirecting outbound links.

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How to promote a blog for free

February 9, 2008

Have a blog to promote? Tips tips will help. And, they are all free!

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Google’s Matt Cutts on content duplication penalty

February 1, 2008

Google’s Matt Cutts weighs in on the syndication of original content on the same web site and on the web at large.

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Poking from your place or mine—apps go beyond Facebook

January 27, 2008

Do Facebook Apps have greater value if they can exist beyond Facebook?  We’re about to find out. Last Friday on Facebook’s Developer News blog ,Wei Zhu unveiled the JavaScript Client Library for Facebook API which allows calling Facebook API’s from any web site.  Currently in beta, the script library allows entire Facebook Apps to reside [...]

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