From: google.com

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From: verticalmeasures.com

Here at Vertical Measures and on the SEO & Link Building Best Practices Blog we’ve had the opportunity to sit down with 10 major players in the internet marketing field to discuss their predictions for 2010. What is ahead for 2010 search? What is an issue we should all be concerned about or focused on in [...] Related posts:

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From: google.com

A friend worried out loud to me the other day, “I spent the last seven months doing this [job] and I have nothing to show for it. If I had known I would have spent seven months and gotten nothing, you can bet I would have done something a lot more fun.”

Ten years ago I wrote this post about the decade that ends today.

The oughts (the “uh-ohs”?) were a tough decade on a macro level. Front page news events will give the textbooks plenty to write about in the years to come.

But on a micro level, on a personal level, this was a decade filled with opportunity. The internet transformed our lives forever. Opportunities were created (and many were taken advantage of). And, like every decade, just about everyone missed it. Just about everyone hunkered down and did their job or did what they were told or did what they thought they were supposed to, and just about everyone got very little as a result.

Maybe ten years is too long a period of time to plan for. So how about seven?

Seven years from now, what will you have to show for what you’re doing right now?

If your answer is, “not much,” perhaps you should consider a new plan, one that might generate a different answer, or, at the very least, be a more fun way to waste seven years.

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From: searchenginewatch.com

The 2009 most searched lists just keep coming, this time from voice mobile search provider, Vlingo:

1. YouTube
2. Facebook
3. MySpace
4. Weather
5. Movie Times
6. Twitter
7. Yellow Pages
8. MapQuest
9. craigslist
10. White Pages

So where are the Michael Jackson searches? Vlingo president and CEO Dave Grannan explains:

Unlike traditional Web searches that focus on specific search terms such as ‘Michael Jackson’ or ‘Twilight,’ our data shows that on mobile phones, people tend to search for specific destinations sites and resources. Mobile Web search is very popular on Vlingo, accounting for over 20% of all usage. Based on our users’ top searches, we are seeing mobile extending far beyond SMS and voice communications to encompass multimedia and social networking.

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From: searchenginewatch.com

StumbleUpon has had quite a year. They bought themselves back from eBay and launched a URL shortening service, among other things. Now, they’re revealing the most stumbled sites for their historic year that was 2009.

Here they are, broken down by category:

Arts

Jim Jarmusch Quote - 278K Stumbles

Aled Lewis Illustrations - 253K Stumbles

Pepsi Logo Response - 229K Stumbles

Bizarre/Oddities

99 Things You Should Have Seen On The Internet - 471K Stumbles

Scary Good Facepaint - 374K Stumbles

Slightly Warped Curiosities: Gibraltar Airport - 352K Stumbles

Food/Cooking

26 Cakes Perfect for Geeks - 290K Stumbles

Pasta Pie Recipe - 231K Stumbles

Hasselback Potatoes Recipe - 231K Stumbles

Environment

Air Traffic in 24 Hours - 130K Stumbles

Free Heat from Old Window and Soda Cans - 113K Stumbles

Think About Your Morning Latte - 112K Stumbles

Humor

Cheat Sheet for Travelling Back in Time - 472K Stumbles

Life Summarized in 4 Bottles - 439K Stumbles

As Luck Would Have It… - 369K Stumbles

Music

8 Tracks Mix: Songs that Make You Feel Better - 368K Stumbles

Gizmodo: Proof That Birds are Secret Composers - 313K Stumbles

Fun With Rap Music - 298K Stumbles

Photography

Peter Funch Street Photography - 410K Stumbles

Stunning Wildlife Camouflage - 356K Stumbles

14 Rare Color Photos From the FSA-OWI - 341K Stumbles

Science

Robot/People Art by Kacie Kinzer - 230K Stumbles

Photographs of and from the Hubble Space Telescope - 219K Stumbles

Default Password for Roadside Led Signs - 184K Stumbles

Travel

12 Most Amazing Pools in the World - 196K Stumbles

9 best Train Journeys in the World - 172K Stumbles

Anderson Cooper’s Blog: 28 things I wish I’d known before I started traveling - 165K Stumbles

Video Games

Ball Droppings - 292K Stumbles

Amazing Mario Level - 214K Stumbles

Canabalt - 192K Stumbles

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From: searchenginewatch.com

Google thought it had a right to own Groovle.com, so it took it’s case to the National Arbitration Forum (NAF). (The NAF is an international arbitration service accredited by ICANN.)

But the NAF didn’t agree with Google that Groovle could be confused for the search giant. Groovle does use Google’s custom search. It also provides a service where you can skin your Google homepage with a photograph (similar to Bing without the hotspots).

Still, Groovle just didn’t sound or act enough like Google to warrant the domain being handled over to the folks at Mountain View.

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From: searchenginewatch.com

Indeed is a job search aggregator. If you conduct a job search on Indeed, it will pull opportunities posted to a variety of job boards including Career Builder, Dice, etc. as well as corporate sites.

Today, they’ve revealed the fastest growing job opportunities for 2009.

1. Twitter
2. Cloud Computing
3. iPhone
4. Facebook
5. Corporate Social Responsibility
6. Blogger
7. Pediatrician
8. Hospitalist
9. Social Media
10. Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

With high unemployment rates in the past year, many have chosen to look at new careers. This list may help you find a new path if you’re struggling to find work.

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From: searchenginewatch.com

If you uploaded pictures of your family on Christmas Day to Facebook - or updated your status to dish on all your new goodies - you weren’t alone.

For the first time ever, Facebook ousted Google for most visited site in a day. Or at least, so tweeted Hitwise.

It makes sense. No longer were people frantically searching for presents. The big day arrived and it was time to be social, not searching.

via Mashable

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From: sitepronews.com

Have you heard of “blank page syndrome”?
That’s when you sit down to write and the absolute blankness of the page becomes overwhelming to the point where you just can’t think of anything to write.
For a writer, there is nothing worse than starting out writing with a blank page.
I’ve heard that professional writers will purposefully end [...]

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How To Write Articles Faster with an Article Skeleton

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From: sitepronews.com

As an avid user of Squidoo it became clear to me that there must be a million Squidoo lenses.
That’s what squids (Squidoo users) call a FREE domain and website at Squidoo.
Very impressive, really.
And these sites are touted as perfect for affiliate marketing, and I think they are.
Just remember to pick the right offer and keywords.
Come [...]

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Squidoo – Squidoo Marketing Strategy For Increased Profits

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From: sitepronews.com

As an avid user of Squidoo it became clear to me that there must be a million Squidoo lenses.
That’s what squids (Squidoo users) call a FREE domain and website at Squidoo.
Very impressive, really.
And these sites are touted as perfect for affiliate marketing, and I think they are.
Just remember to pick the right offer and keywords.
Come [...]

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Squidoo – Squidoo Marketing Strategy For Increased Profits

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From: google.com

Posted by randfish

What a year! From traveling to software development, saying goodbye to old friends and growing the team with new ones, we’ve had a tremendously exciting 12 months at SEOmoz. To celebrate, next week, on Wednesday, January 6th 2010, we’ll be hosting an informal meetup at the Elysian Brewery on Capitol Hill in Seattle, WA. Everyone from the Seattle technology, startup and SEO community is welcome to attend, and we’ll be hosting a special guest, Distilled’s Will Critchlow (who’s chosen the worst possible time, weather-wise, to visit our fair city). Please RSVP via the Google form below! 

In addition to the meetup, I thought it would be appropriate (and fun) to celebrate the year with a look back in pictures. Enjoy!

SEOmoz’s Mel Gray, Matt Heilman, Gillian Muessig, Nick Gerner, Sarah Bird & Mike Thompson at Seattle’s Big Climb Event, raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

 

The SEOmoz December holiday party at Olive8 - (Left to Right) Arden, Jimmy, Christine, Sarah, Ben Huff, Timmy, Gillian, Adam, Sam, Jen, Rand, Chas, Kate, Darren, Danny & Nick. Why did we all stuff into the dual showers? Umm… I don’t know. It seemed like a good idea at the time. You can watch our holiday video greeting and more holiday party photos on Facebook.

 

SEOmoz’s Chas Williams and Sarah Bird won most festive attire at our holiday event.

 

Tony Adam (BillShrink), smiling next to his SEOmoz Werewolf/Search Spam card at Pubcon Las Vegas in November

 

Kristy Bolsinger (blog), Kate Morris (blog) & Matt Cutts (blog) at the SEOmoz Werewolf Party at Pubcon Las Vegas

 

Ben Hendrickson and Jen Lopez, attired in full moz regalia, carrying “link juice” by the SEOmoz booth at SMX Advanced in Seattle

 

Ben, Danny (with a mustache! - he’s hidden so look real close), Chas, Scott & Timmy at lunch downstairs from SEOmoz’s offices at the Elysian Brewery on Capitol Hill

 

Sarah Bird hard at work in our cramped conference room

 

Sometimes, when we have tough decisions to make and could go either way, we Roshambo. I lost this round, and we ended up spending $5K on some professional services in our search for a new VP of Engineering.

 

Aimclear’s Marty Weintraub sent us a singing gorilla for the holidays. Tragically, I was out of town, but got to watch the video on Facebook

 

At the beginning of the year, we had some construction work done on the office to help accomodate new arrivals

 

Mozzers hard at work in the conference room (and apparently freezing cold, too).

 

Ben Hendrickson explains ranking models and how we can “prove” H1 tags don’t really matter for SEO

 

Rand, Sarah, and SEOmoz board member & investor, Michelle Goldberg at The Naked Truth (a startup event in Seattle). Leaning on my shoulder is Mystery Guest, who tragically forgot sunglasses (why didn’t I give her mine?!)

 

The Conversion Rate Experts squirrel (yes, they have a mascot) at the SEOmoz/Distilled London PR) Training Seminar in October. Must check on progress of the SEOmoz Ring-tailed Lemur mascot costume.

 

Jon Kelly (Quinstreet), Tony Adam (Billshrink), Andy Liu (BuddyTV) and Neil Patel (Quicksprout) at SEOmoz’s annual party after SMX Advanced in Seattle at the Garage (photo-bombing courtesy of Matt Cutts)

 

Rand on Hubspot TV with Mike Volpe in Hubspot’s Boston offices (Rand: “My grandparents asked what channel I was going to be on.")

 

Rand is subsumed by Kristjan Mar Hauksson’s (of Nordic eMarketing) gigantic Viking hands in an Icelandic ice bar in the capital, Reykjavik following RIMC 2009

 

Dixon Jones (Receptional), Adam Lasnik (Google) & Rand go glacier hiking in Iceland

 

Rand at Searchfest Portland with Anne Kennedy (BeyondInk) and Adam Audette (Audette Media) speaking about SEOmoz’s history & future (apparently I was a bit more animated than most other folks)

 

On a panel at SES London chaired by Mike Grehan (SES), Rand pictured with Brett Tabke (WebmasterWorld), Chris Sherman (Third Door Media), Jill Whalen (HighRankings) and Kevin Ryan (WebVisible)

 

Outside the Chicago Hilton for SES Chicago with Richard Zwicky (Enquisite), Bill Leake (Apogee), Aaron Kahlow (OMS)

 

Jane Copland (Ayima), Danny Dover, Rand & Richard Baxter (SEO Gadget) in London following the Distilled/SEOmoz PRO Training Seminar

 

Mystery Guest gives Rob Kerry (Ayima) a gift in London on our way back from lunch near the Ayima offices. ("Why is my love always a source of linkbait?” - MG)

 

Rand & Will Critchlow (Distilled), standing under their respective time zone clocks in Distilled’s London offices.

 

$5 to the first person who can name the gentleman at the far left, Rand, Sandra & Matthew Finlay (Rising Media), Marcus Tandler (Mediadonis)  at an SMX Munich party

 

Rand with Vanessa Fox (NineByBlue) & Mystery Guest in Bled, Slovenia for a day trip following SMX Munich

 

Rand & Mystery Guest join Nirav Tolia (Fanbase) for lunch in San Francisco during one of Rand’s VC fundraising expeditions to the valley

 

Bob Rains (blog), Lawrence Coburn (Rateitall), Lauren Vaccarello (Salesforce), Todd Malicoat (Stuntdubl) and Donna Rains in a limo during a (loosely SEO related) wine tasting trip in Monterey, CA

 

Laura Lippay (blog), Mystery Guest, Vanessa Fox (NinebyBlue), Lauren Vaccarello (Salesforce) & Jessica Bowman (SEM in House) in San Francisco following the Jane & Robot conference

 

Rand, Tom Critchlow (Distilled), Ken Jurina (Epiar), Dharmesh Shah (OnStartups & Hubspot), David Mihm (blog), Matt Brown (Define Search Strategy), Danny Dover & Nick Gerner at the SEOmoz PRO Training Seattle

 

Mystery Guest homemade retro Star Trek outfits for Halloween this year (and got a wig + Vulcan ears to complete her ensemble)

Rand with his grandparents, Si & Pauline Fishkin at a Broadway musical following SMX East in New York City

 

Rand & Cindy Krum (Rank Mobile) tour Soho during SMX East in New York City

 

Left to Right: Rand, Greg Boser (3Dog Media), Barry Smyth (BSocial), Stephen Pavlovich (Conversion Rate Experts), Rob Kerry (Ayima), Aidan Beanland (Yahoo!7), Michael Motherwell (MMIT Search Australia), Bruce Clay (Bruce Clay, Inc), Greg Grothaus (Google)

 

The SEOmoz whiteboards in our conference room, showing off early concepts of new software (codenamed “Turbomoz") we’re hoping to launch this coming June

 

Ciaran Norris (Mindshare) was interviewed by Channel 4 in the UK on social media, search & Rupert Murdoch’s threats to shut off Google traffic. Tragically, he appeared garbed in naught save rags, and couldn’t be bothered to properly attire with a cravatte. Credit to Jane Copland for the image capture.

 

The SEOmoz crew outside the Garage following our party at SMX Advanced

 

David Temple (SEM Scholar), Gillian Muessig and Barry Smyth (BSocial) at SMX Singapore

Jen Lopez at SMX Advanced with Michael Gray (Wolf Howl)

Oh, and just FYI, the photos above are in no particular chronological order.

 

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NOTE: If you’ve got other photos to share, please feel free to link to ‘em!

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From: google.com

For most products and services, most of the time, people sign up for the Cheapest Reliable Alternative Plan.

If everything appears to be the same, then of course they’re going to pick the cheapest one that’s good enough.

In the face of this understandable strategy, you have a few choices:

You can be cheapest (difficult to sustain).

You can be more reliable (great if you can figure this out).

You can be redefine the playing the field to be the only one (most preferred).

Buying a new microphone or lights for your DJ business doesn’t do any of these three to your competitive status, it merely makes you feel good. Same with re-organizing your office, painting the parking spaces or buying a new laptop. They merely keep you where you were.

The scalable, profitable strategy is to change the game, not to become the most average.

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From: sitepronews.com

Welcome to part three of this three part series on SEO tools and resources. In the last two articles we discussed the variety of Firefox extensions used for SEO as well as an assortment of other free or affordable SEO tools. In this article we’ll discuss some of the resources you’ll want to access [...]

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The SEO’s Toolkit Part Three of Three: Resources

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From: sitepronews.com

Welcome to part three of this three part series on SEO tools and resources. In the last two articles we discussed the variety of Firefox extensions used for SEO as well as an assortment of other free or affordable SEO tools. In this article we’ll discuss some of the resources you’ll want to access [...]

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The SEO’s Toolkit Part Three of Three: Resources

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