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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-17

    just realized you can check multiple emails in Lotus Notes and forward all at once — magically rolled up into one email. Excellent! # interested to see what the twitter announcement will be. For once, an announcement during normal working hours. #westcoast # To determine a solution for a complicated issue, I try to channel…

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-10

    Most interesting is the increase in ad impression #s RT @GoogleWebmaster Google Instant: Impact on Search queries # Excellent overview of Search in Asia: Untangling The Confusing Search Scene In Asia http://t.co/cpPlm3P via @sengineland # Powered by Twitter Tools

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  • 4 ibm.com examples of Web Effectiveness

    A few weeks ago, I was asked for some examples of Web site effectiveness.  Here are a few from ibm.com. What  elements make a Web site effective? Think Global: Not everyone speaks English or lives in the US.  Make it easy for people  to choose a country, region, or language no matter where they begin…

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  • gradient zeitgiest

    Seth Godin says I need to work on my presentation/graphic skills. Well, not me, particularly — everyone. As a word-focused SEOer, I tend to ignore graphics. In fact, I have an adversarial relationship with graphics. But I’m trying to branch out. On my list of graphics educational material is Presentation Zen — this site and…

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  • Help the Oregon Food Bank

    I stole this directly from Food Dude at Portland Food & Drink because he moved me to donate to the Oregon Food Bank with his post. When you look at what the OFB achieves, it’s really quite staggering. Less than 5 percent of expenditures go to fund raising and administrative costs. They distributed 792,000 emergency…

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  • Reflections on SMX Advanced Seattle 2008

    This is not a summary of what I learned, just some random thoughts on the conference itself. I am not an SEO insider. I do inhouse SEO and do not mingle with the big players. First off, this was far better than Search Engine Strategies conferences. I’ve attended 2 SES in the past (last one…

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  • blogging about twittering and twittering about blogging

    Great list of pro and con articles and tools for twittering at SEO 2.0 blog: Twitter Dilemma: To Tweet or Not to Tweet? Pros, Cons, 50+ Links & Tools. I was late to the twitter party and I admit it can be a huge time waste. The best use I have found for it is…

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  • linkbuilding — white hat version

    Recently, on my advice, our site turned down a submission for an article on link building. My gut reaction when asked about any article on link building is that is too much a gray area of SEO and we shouldn’t even open ourselves up to that. I admit to an invested interest here in keeping…

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  • blog buzz, SEO, and desired user action

    This post on SEO Moz: R0n Paul is the Snakes on a Plane of 2008 got me thinking about the goals of blog buzz and also the goals of SEO. I think there is an assumption out there that all links are good links and all blog buzz will help your product or strategy. And…

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  • wordpress upgrade complete

    That was not too bad.  I am happy to be back FTPing.  Getting back to my roots.  ha

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