Practical Blogging

When I talk SEO, most people new to internet marketing want to know what keywords are and how to use them.  Many still think that appropriate keyword usage is just keyword stuffing at it’s best.  ::sigh::
There is never a reason to ‘fool’ the search engines with keyword stuffing, unless you are a Tool.  And, yes, [...]

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Update: Contest is open to all. This contest is not US only. Yay!

A few months ago I decided that I wanted to do something special this Christmas for my readers and for some kids. While I’ve still been pondering what to do, I got a cool email from a friend over at [...]

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I can never understand what it is that makes a large company think that they are indestructible, but apparently Google continues to believe that because they are the god of search that this will always remain the case. (Disclosure, I work for a search company that was once doing really, really well in search, [...]

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Since I cleaned up my RSS feeds a few weeks ago, ie I deleted every last one of them, I had to go back and add my friends this week. Two are very upset with Google, although Liz seems a bit melancholy about the whole thing and Wendy sounds more on the ‘pissed off’ [...]

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John Pozadzides is one of my favorite people because every time he sends me an email or shows me a post it’s something concrete and useful (and because he founded our MyBlogLog User Group). Over the past few days he’s sent me a few ideas for improving my site that are golden. Again [...]

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Update:  Brian, from the Search Quality Team, just gave me a bit more info.
You probably have a compromised .htacess file, and maybe a .php script dropped in your cgi-bin/ directory, based on cases I’ve seen in the past.  I can’t be sure without access.  These hacking spammers tend to change and adapt.
On our end, we [...]

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Looks like it is an actual ban, since when I logged into the Google Webmaster area today I saw this notice:

It would be much easier for site owners if your account would say ‘this is why you were banned’ when it does the check in this area. Instead it just says, ‘you’re banned, deal [...]

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I’ve been seeing these posts for a few months. I asked Google Adsense, and here’s their response:
Hi Robyn,
Thank you for your question regarding click tracking software such as
MyBlogLog. We do permit these type of programs however, we recommend that
you exercise caution when using third-party software to ensure that you do
not violate the AdSense [...]

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A friend of mine is looking for someone at his agency. I told him I’d post the job here, in hopes of finding the perfect SEM for it. Note: This is not a paid listing, just a good gesture. (Insert Applause)
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Did-it Search Marketing is the leader in cutting edge technologies and [...]

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Google is brokering a deal with DirecTV for broadcast ads. (Techmeme)
Even while they work out the details of this one, it’s clear that Google has decided that advertising for the entire world is their goal. They’ve now got search, contextual, email (gmail), print, radio, cable and now satellite advertising working for them.
I [...]

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