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SEO Weekly Digest – Issue 54

Friday, December 11th, 2009
The Psychology Behind Link Giving Building links is a long drawn-out process, with many technical aspects intrinsical to the link building campaign. Dave Snyder of Search and Social however touches on the human side of link building and the psychology and emotional aspects involved. Dave also discusses this process from initiation point to result. A must read. Mozilla Doubts Google’s Privacy Mozilla’s community coordinator, Asa Dotzler, is recommending that users concerned about their privacy switch from using Google to Bing. Dotzler cites the following quote from Google CEO Eric Smidt: If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe ...

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SEO Weekly Digest – Issue 53

Friday, December 4th, 2009
Google Releases Site Performance Tool As mentioned by Matt Cutts at PubCon Las Vegas, Google may be introducing page loading time as a ranking factor. Right now, it’s not clear just how much significance will be placed on page speed, but the release of the Google Page Speed tool and the inclusion of a new Site Performance graph in their Google Webmaster Tools suggests that Google intends to help speed up the Web. Be sure to check out Jon Henshaw’s article on how to speed up your website for Google. You should also check out Rhea Drysdale’s article on The SEO’s Guide ...

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SEO Weekly Digest – Issue 51

Friday, November 6th, 2009
Twitter Introduces Search Relevancy Features Trending topics on Twitter are a powerful method of getting behind a cause, promoting a brand, or joining a group of people with whom you have something in common. I’m sure you’ve all seen trending topics which contain spam – i.e spammers use the trending topic’s hashtag so their tweet will be seen by more people. News coming from Twitter yesterday via their blog reveals that they want to do something about it. By showing higher quality results in trends, they hope to cut out the noise and provide relevant results. MSN Bot 1.1 Retires Microsoft announced this ...

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SEO Weekly Digest – Issue 50

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Thesis Export Settings Plugin Many of us use Thesis as our Wordpress theme of choice. For personal usage and for clients, Thesis allows unparalleled customization and tweakage. The one function Thesis lacks is an ability to export those settings and save them for the next time you have to customize the theme. Let me introduce you to the Thesis Settings Export Plugin. With this plugin you can export your Thesis Options, Design Options, and Thesis OpenHook content. With Thesis 1.6 just released, there is no reason whatsever to not be using the best theme available for Wordpress. Google Launches Music Service Google announced ...

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SEO Weekly Digest – Issue 49

Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Microsoft Announces Deals with Twitter and Facebook This week Microsoft announced that they had penned deals with both Twitter and Facebook. The integration of Twitter is available to use, although it is still in BETA. The Twitter updates Bing are providing are updated in real-time and can be sorted by recency or relevancy. When a user enters a search query, Bing will provide the two most shared tweets based on what the user has entered. Google Reaches Agreement with Twitter Hot on the heels of Bing’s announcement, Google revealed via their blog that they had reached an agreement with Twitter. The agreement ...

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SEO Weekly Digest – Issue 48

Friday, October 16th, 2009
SEO Dojo Launch Date Announced David Harry, of the SEO Dojo announced this week that the official launch date of the SEO Dojo is Monday 19th of October – that’s on Monday people! The Dojo is packed full of SEO strategy and actionable information and comes highly recommended. If you’re in the slightest bit interested in becoming a Search geek – go check out the dojo, you won’t be disappointed. Google Removes PageRank from Webmaster Tools An interesting discovery that could finally see the death of PageRank came this week via the Search Engine Roundtable. Inside Google’s webmaster tools it was found ...

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Raven SEO Weekly Digest – Issue 47

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Tools of the SEO Trade Raven is honored and delighted to be in the small set of paid SEO tools that Stephen Spencer of NetConcepts describes as ‘essential for the serious SEO’ in his ‘Tools of the Trade‘ article at Search Engine Land. Our presence alongside the likes of the Internet Marketing Ninjas, SEOMoz, and ShoeMoney speaks volumes for the hard work and dedication that has gone into the development and creation of Raven. It is our goal to create the quintessential and all encompassing suite of SEO tools. Our inclusion in the group ‘Essential Subscription-Based SEO Tools’ is motivation for ...

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Raven SEO Weekly Digest – Issue 46

Friday, October 24th, 2008
7 Recession Strategies for B2B SEO During tough economic times it can be tempting to prioritize and let your search campaign fall by the wayside. Believe it or not, SEO remains one of the most cost-effective marketing strategies. If your site has a history of responding well to your desired search terms, you should be tweaking your site to match the changing market. Search Engine Land has seven inexpensive B2B SEO strategies that you can use to help you come out on top. Big Brand Social Media Interview It’s always fascinating to take a look at how recognized names use Social Media to ...

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Raven SEO Weekly Digest – Issue 45

Friday, October 10th, 2008
SEO Moz’s New Linkscape Creates Webmaster Backlash SEO Moz recently launched their new Linkscape tool which boasts link information on over 30 billion webpages across 200 plus domains. That’s a mighty bold statement considering that it went under the radar of the majority of website owners. However, just because they didn’t see it coming is no reason to believe that the index isn’t so large. IncrediBILL puts forward the argument that with so many web pages being indexed (and refreshed monthly), webmasters are suffering from being under the onslaught of so many bots. In a counter argument to Bill’s, an anonymous ...

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