Under the auspices of a little levity going a long way… I was particularly amused to see the strength of the Canadian dollar reflected in the Google keyword estimate tool today.

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~The (SEP) Guy

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The feds seem pretty hesitant to say th "R" word.
But between the sub prime crisis, the credit crunch and plummeting stock markets; you and I both know that it's not a question of "if" a recession going to hit the US but "when?"
Recession is something that the search industry rarely [...]

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If you're a certified geek ( not a nerd ) , its quite likely that you've grown up with epic classics such as the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien. After going on a 9 hour Lord of the Rings triology marathon, I was wondering what the how Frodo, Gandalf, Gimli and Sam [...]

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Fear of The Dark
Are you afraid to implement the SEO techniques you've spent hours learning because you fear you may lose your existing rankings? God forbid your SERPs get knocked to the next page, but you can prevent such an event by taking some simple SEO leaps of faith
Low Risk, Low [...]

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Check out those Google numbers today. A fall from grace impacted by their missing the Street estimates. Talk about loosing your street credibility.
Two things stood out for me…"Most shocking is the steep decline in paid clicks, one of the best metrics to measure Google's underlying advertiser strength. " From [...]

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When I was a kid, I was trained to do category type searches by the Dewey Decimal library system. Later, as I got older, the Yellow Pages reinforced this category type search.
When I needed my Hair Cut I let my fingers do the walking and I looked up Beauty Salons. If I needed [...]

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"The most important word in the vocabulary of SEO is TEST."
"Never stop testing, and your SEO will never stop improving."
"SEO people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals."
David Ogilvy  on Paid Reviews
"There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements. If you make them look [...]

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Let The SEO Drooling Begin…
I am a real sucker for SEO tools that make my work as efficient as possible, and I am literally ecstatic about coming across this little gem of a Firefox extension. The Link Diagnosis Firefox extension plugs directly into the Yahoo Site Explorer API that we all know and love, and [...]

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Yahoo! Because We've Got You Too
Yahoo answers is a great resource for Q&A when you just can't seem to find the information you're looking for. Aside from authority sites such as Wikipedia or dedicated niche forums, where else can you find out how to make falafel the egyptian way? [...]

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