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The One Reason Twitter Will Fail

There is no question that Twitter was the darling of 2009.  Whole vocabularies that could fill a Twebster Dictionary were built up as people slathered and frothed their way to a social media hyper-frenzy. I… more

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Got Aardvark?

In February 2010 Aardvark was acquired by Google.  Right now you are saying “Who? What is an Aardvark?  Why are your telling me this?”  Next you are probably wondering if a whole new dictionary is going pop out… more

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7 Min SEO Tip – Keyword Research

There is no question that SEO is a complex topic.  URLs, 404s, 301s, Google, Caffeine Updates, Yahoo is now Bing, Mobile strategy, local search, more acronyms that you can shake a stick at… and the list goes… more

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Why Google Loses

This is part 2 of a series on Google.  For the alternate take, read Part 1 – Why Google Wins Since its Launch in 1998, Google’s path to success has been seemingly uninterrupted and spectacular.  When many… more

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Why Google Wins

This is part 1 in a two part series about the future of Google. Read part 2 – Why Google Loses Google has been a part of most of our lives for the past decade…. more

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3 Min SEO Tip – Url, titles and h1

Now that you have learned how to do keyword research and maybe even tested out a few of your keywords with a PPC campaign, it is time to start evaluating the content of your pages…. more

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SEO Tip – Dominate Google’s First Page For Your Name

When was the last time you Googled yourself? I am willing to bet that you have in the last couple months!  But who else has Googled you?  Potential employers, potential partners (romantic and otherwise!) or… more

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How To Run A 99Designs.com Contest

Crowd sourced design is one of the best uses of internet technologies that I have seen in awhile. And no one is doing it better than San Francisco-based 99designs.com.  Earlier this year, the crowd-sourcing contest… more

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3 Min SEO Tip – Local Search

Local Search Made Simple: 1.  Register your business with Google 2.  Get reviews Register with Google First step of any local search campaign is deciding on your keywords.  Odds are its <your city name><your business… more

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3 Reasons Why Soccer is the World’s Most Popular Sport

Besides Pele’s brief appearance for the New York Cosmos in the ’70s soccer has never been hotter in North America.  Fresh on the heels of the World Cup comes the news that the world’s most… more