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30 Nov This post is from from my other blog here One of these days I might make roundup posts of the best things I have read during the month, but then there is always my Stumbleupon account. A good list of high quality posts.
30 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Now be honest, if someone compared what you said in a blog post, to what Seth Godin said and continued with:- "And reading between the lines of both of these masters, there's WISDOM that needs to be recognized, distilled, analyzed and internalized by every blogger and marketer." Would you stumble the post? I have a great deal of respect for Dr Mani and his charitable work. He also happens to be an email marketing master.
30 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Awards such as the Open Web Awards are a great way for members of a community to show support for the free services they find valuable, and giving something back to the people who run them. What's In It For Me?Honestly… nothing directly, unless the community owner pays you to vote for them, either directly or with prizes.
I must admit I am not a big supporter of offering prizes and gifts to encourage participation. As an example I can encourage you to join the Collective Thoughts Community on MyBlogLog, but I am not going to offer a specific incentive.
I have found ...
29 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Come vote for your favorites, Sphinn, Mixx, Mybloglog, Blogcatalog etc
28 Nov This post is from from my other blog here
One of the people who I trust to give me good information is Rich Schefren.
I don't know anyone who is so fanatical about collating quality information so that they can pass it on to others. I have seen how Rich gives advice to his consulting clients first hand, not just in large conferences, but as a fly-on-the-wall in more intimate sessions. Attention Age Doctrine ...Click here to read the entire blog post
28 Nov This post is from from my other blog here
The current 28 blogging partners (increasing daily) have been provided with a list of categories to accept nominations for, and it is down to each blog to decide how to proceed with collecting nominations, whether to make individual posts for each category, or to handle things from a single post. Voting will take place in a much more refined manner.
27 Nov This post is from from my other blog here I am going to attempt to debunk almost every Wordpress SEO "Expert" article ever written, and in some respects this article even debunks some of the things I have written in the past. This article does not reference Google Toolbar PageRank in any way First of all you are going to need to do a little homework. Eric Enge interview with Matt CuttsThe Eric Enge interview with Matt Cutts was truly exceptional and revealed a number of gotchas that for some reason continue to be circulated. Key takeaways
Matt Cutts: … Now, robots.txt says you are not allowed to crawl a page, and Google therefore ...
27 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Shana with a quite touching story with the deja vu of gender issues now online marketing is more social
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26 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Hopefully if you ever get caught up in the whirlwind of a blog storm, and receive 10s, maybe even hundreds of links to one of your articles, that the topic of both the page being linked to, and the pages being linked from are related to your online business, and the topic of your blog. It is quite likely that you have been developing other articles on similar topics for months, receiving very little online attention, and even more worrying, if you create follow-on articles providing important updates, they are less likely to be seen. The majority of traffic will by default ...
25 Nov This post is from from my other blog here How Fast is your website at loading? Lots of top online money making blogs are analysed for the size of their web documents.
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22 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Great advice from Chris on what to do when it seems your traffic has peaked. I think Techcrunch should read Chris on Problogger ;) 
21 Nov This post is from from my other blog here
That is why I was pleased to accept playing a role in both promoting and judging their Open Web Awards, though full details are not yet available of exactly what that will entail. Selected PartnersTechdirt /Message Blognation Andy Beard Collective Thoughts Gadgetell Watch Mojo How to Split an Atom Luca Filigheddu.com Marketing Pilgrim Pulse 2.0 Sponsor or Join InMashable are looking for sponsors and more blog partners The Open Web Awards will be a co-production between Mashable and Cohn & Wolfe Tags: awards, mashable, open_web_awards, web2.0 Related posts
21 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Muhammad Saleem has written a great introductory guide on how to approach social media. It is good to see it appearing as a seed story on Techmeme.
Ben wrote a related article "Are You Sabotaging Your Social Stories?" explaining why you could be wasting your efforts with Social Media Marketing. Shana is delving into Social Media Marketing for Small Business. You don't have to be running a blog to use social media to promote your website. Tamar just keeps on hitting home runs, but it hasn't always been that way. If you thought social media was a quick fix for easy exposure, consider the stats ...
21 Nov This post is from from my other blog here I know that lots of my readers sell stuff through Ebay, in fact many of them make a full time living doing it. Ebay have now launched their own Social News site to highlight the weird and wonderful best items for sale on Ebay, past and present.
What is strange is that it doesn't appear on their community "sneak peek" though it is still in beta. There also doesn't appear to be any mention of it on the Ebay blog. How much traffic a site like this could drive really depends on how much Ebay decide to promote it, but it if you are ...
20 Nov This post is from from my other blog here If you plan to go out flashing, you need to do some planning first 
20 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Looks like SEOs don't even get a chance to repent anymore. 
20 Nov This post is from from my other blog here I have written my first article over at our new "Team Blog" Collective Thoughts, and decided on a provocative title to start that will lead into a series of posts on various topics relating to social media marketing goals and performance metrics. 10 Reasons Why Social Media Marketing Sucks… Don't forget to leave some feedback and comments as they will influence what order and the content covered in the followup articles. No tag for this post. Related posts
20 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Big companies like Network Solutions can ruin the reputations of legitimate SEOs
20 Nov This post is from from my other blog here What are you tracking on your blog? Here is Jennifer's list From the page: "With that knowledge, I now track a variety of things. * Number of visitors referred from social media efforts (each visitor = one penny profit) * Number of links generated by social media efforts (links create more visitors, visitors = profits) * Which links send which types of visitors (understanding what types of sites send which visitor segments is invaluable to future link building efforts) * Number of comments in response to my posts (comments = engagement, engagement = return visitors, visitors = profit) * Which links send buyers ... Click here to read the entire blog post
20 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Avinash Kaushik with an in depth look at how to calculate blog growth using real metrics
20 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Whilst the blogosphere has been ranting or raving about Amazon's new Kindle Ebook reader, I have been sleeping on the idea. Sure it is easy to earn yourself a quick $40 or whatever by promoting it, by dropping text links all over the place such as this one:-
Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device Or you can use some other creatives such as a nice sidebar widget (might not show in a feed reader) Amazon's Success Is At Least In Part Their Affiliate ProgramFor years affiliates have been driving traffic to Amazon. They don't get the benefit of recurring or lifetime commissions, the affiliate ...
19 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Snoskred isn't your normal blogger. She spends a huge amount of her time scam baiting Nigerians. The information provided is frequently unique and vital. For someone who undertakes such hobbies for no personal gain, to help prevent others falling into harms way online to be speaking out against Google in such terms, there has been a huge shift in trust. From the page: "What's The Big Deal? So Google have removed the numerical page rank of some websites. So what, I hear some of you say. Big deal. What does it matter? In the grand scheme of things, it probably doesnât matter so ... Click here to read the entire blog post
19 Nov This post is from from my other blog here I can't believe I am Stumbling one of Shoemoney's posts... actually yes I can because he compares a lot of numbers from various services, and this helps me justify (to others) why I keep running the same ones. People frequently overlook the value of returning visitors - capturing new subscribers is key to a successful blog.
19 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Skellie comes up with some useful Guerrilla Marketing ideas for your website or blog, both online and offline, including things like tattoos, t-shirts and bumper stickers.
17 Nov This post is from from my other blog here From the page: "In psychology class, back when I was in collage, long time ago, I remember behavioral psychology had the stimulus - response model - you put some meat in front of a dog, he salivates. But a curious thing happened when you intermittently rewarded a stimulus (in this case, the loss of Pagerank) - people became nervous and anxious because they did not know what to expect - so they started living in a state of higher anxiety - because they never knew what to expect."
17 Nov This post is from from my other blog here From the page: "I think a simple way to start telling the difference is my post title: Who benefits? It's time to get rid of the sappy "no evil" theory about Google, and look at them for what they are: a shareholder driven corporation, like everyone else."
17 Nov This post is from from my other blog here I think this is one possibly for the water cooler on Sphinn, because I find it comical in a sad kind of way. Ted Murphy rightly questions Google quite openly to explain why PPP bloggers are being punished for not using nofollow on links, yet many prominent bloggers post quite blatant pagerank passing links to their advertisers every chance they get. Not only do they mention their advertisers in "Thanks To Our Advertisers" posts, but they also name drop them every chance they get as a form of disclosure. As an example, almost every time PayPerPost was discussed on Techcrunch , either Text ...
17 Nov This post is from from my other blog here From the page: "At 9:27 this morning, Fox Business Morning for Breakfast co-anchor Alexis Glick eagerly reported Apple (AAPL) had taken an 8% stake in AMD. Fox's guest contributor, Charles Payne, immediately analyzed the deal and pronounced it a brilliant move for both parties. The problem? It wasn't Apple buying AMD. It also, unfortunately, wasn't a mysterious pan-Arabian country called "Abu Dubai," as Glick announced when she corrected the Apple report. (It was Abu Dhabi.) Marvelous transcript after jump."
17 Nov This post is from from my other blog here At the recent BlogWorld Expo, I discussed two companies that "get" social media and one that doesn’t. The two that get it were Nike and Dell. Nike’s excellent community efforts–especially Nike+–and Dell’s efforts with forums and blogs are helping both companies join online conversations. Both companies are benefiting from either higher sales–40% of Nike+ [...] Pilgrim Partners: Want to Reach 7500+ Marketers? - you can put your company here AND on the Marketing Pilgrim website.
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here From the page: "Now, one more thing, and this little tidbit is in defense of the internet giant, whose name Trevor has just asked us all not to speak for the rest of the day. They said PR was an internal mechanism. They informed us it was proprietary information. They warned advertisers and consumers not to rely on it for decision making purposes. They have only changed what was theirs to change. They haven't taken anything from anyone, because it never belonged to any of us anyway. It was always theirs and frankly, they can have it back. And also ... Click here to read the entire blog post
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Aaron Walls reply to Matt Cutt's (Google Webspam)potential lynching of Aaron on his popular blog. I find this comment made by Aaron most profound, maybe he is going to keep the "truth" within the cooments from now on, as it is less likely to upset Google, but unfortunately also less likely to be seen by hi RSS readers. From the page: "Most people who get labeled as spammers do not have a loud soap box to stand on and voice what they see as wrong or hypocritical with the process. And if they do they are typically too emotionally tied to the ... Click here to read the entire blog post
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here From the page: "The reason there will be more? When a company of 13,000 or so employees takes on individual bloggers and shamelessly bullies them into behaving the way they demand they behave or else, that is big news. I was bullied when I was a kid at school. I'm damned if I will let them bully me now that I'm an adult. I'm not the only one who feels that way. It isn't really about page rank to me - it is about bullying. They could give my page rank back and I would still feel this way. I ... Click here to read the entire blog post
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here From the page: "Alexa? I mean, that sets the bar pretty darn low. Is PR really more meaningless than Alexa? Alexa has all kinds of bias problems and panel self-selection problems and general problems with providing meaningful stats. It's the same with all the metrics, it's really easy to game any of them. Each provides a very broad view of a site which becomes arguably more accurate the higher the ranking."
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here I am not sure I would have portrayed anyone from Google as quite so holy, well unless you really can survive without Google. 
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here From the page: "I was reviewing my DiamondsDirect.com post and noticing that Google had (manually?) corrected all of the embarassing bits I noted in that post, while avoiding acknowledging their censorship of the web via profiling (parked pages, innovative methods etc). In the past I have vocally encouraged Googleâs support for creativity and the expansion of the web. But for many years I have also noted that Googleâs business model leads it towards biased censorship and anti-competitive practices. It looks like we are seeing plenty of that now."
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16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Some great blogging friends of mine have started a cracking new blog that is really useful for anyone interested in call centres. This is a great choice for a niche blog. From the page: "Andrew Flusche and Brandon Hopkins are call center consultants. Many people are familiar with the call center industry but not many have the experience and understanding that Flusche and Hopkins do. With this site we hope the help you with all of your call center needs. We don't just want to provide a place for you to read great articles, but we want to provide you with tips and strategies ... Click here to read the entire blog post
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here From the page: "Why Say Goodbye? So this morning I wake up to the refreshing news (thanks to email from a fellow blogger who went to a 0) that I now have a page rank of 0. ZERO. I can't see what I've done wrong, or why I deserve such treatment. But what I can tell you is, I'm finished using Google. Here's a list of the things I am using instead. If you feel angry at them for how they have treated me and other bloggers, you can feel free to do the same. In my opinion many of the ... Click here to read the entire blog post
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here From the page: "Is Google trying to out perform Microsoft in monopolizing the Internet? All the shorcuts applications in the tool bar are Google, Google, and more Google."
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here A fun look at Google, Paid links, with a Monty Python twist 
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here One of the great things about our new collective thoughts blog is that sometimes many of the writers don't fully agree with the point of view expressed by the other writers. I think SEO goes hand in hand with social media, but at the same time Social media isn't about SEO, it is a relationship thing.
15 Nov This post is from from my other blog here From the page: "It's fascinating to go through the list and see how many interesting and unique blogs. I'm thrilled that some of the "old bloggers", like Seth, Rosie, and me, are still getting attention, but I was also delighted with the top blogs on travel, arts and crafts, shopping, charity, pets, and so many other varied subjects these bloggers specialize in."
15 Nov This post is from from my other blog here From the page: "Look people....RELAX!!!! If you don't like BlogRush...don't use it. If you think your blog real estate is TOO valuable for a FREE, Traffic-Driving widget....don't use it. But if you think John Reese is planning on taking over the world, build an evil empire and hold the internet hostage....stop talking to your imaginary friends and get back on your medication."
15 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Official statement finally from Izea (PayPerPost) on their blog regarding Google PageRank Updates. "We now know from some of our friends inside of Google (thanks "bob") that they are now looking for phrases such as PPP, PayPerPost,ReviewMe, Payu2blog, etc. in the text of your post. For that reason I would suggest refraining from using any type of this text in the body of your posts, sponsored or not. When you disclose thank the sponsor, not PPP."
15 Nov This post is from from my other blog here I have been receiving emails and comments today about yet another PageRank downturn for multiple sites. Andrew Ooi has compiled a short list of Malaysian sites, many were as much as a PR5 previously, and currently show a PageRank of zero (a white bar) Examples include:- Colleen's Simple Kind of Life and 5xmom The numbers seem to be stable across multiple data centers There doesn't seen to be any change in prominent Search Marketing sites such as Search Engine Round Table and Search Engine Journal, and other popular bloggers such as Emom and Yaro still seem to have their degraded but still "head above water" ...
14 Nov This post is from from my other blog here
I am keeping this extremely simple:- New blog = Collective Thoughts Subscribe to this feed If you feel like it, we would welcome new members to our new community on MyBlogLog as well. We are still trying to work out some problems with adding co-authors on Mybloglog This blog is a joint effort (all writers have equal ...
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