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http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/get-reviews.jpg While UGC and Reviews can often be a mixed blessing, as long as Google continues to reward rich snippets with enhanced visual listings, it’s probably a good idea to try to make reviews part of your website strategy.For those of you who haven’t seen rich snippets and reviews in action, here’s a sample of what they currently look like http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/webmasters_99170_rsreview-300x46.png To qualify for this program you have to have reviews, format your data using microformats, and submit your website for inclusion in the rich snippet program. While it may change in the future, cu…

http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/distinction.jpg The following is a sponsored post. For this post were going to be talking with Steven Wyer of Reputation Advocate.Steve, for my readers who arent familiar with your firm, can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Reputation Advocate started in 2006 and is based just outside of Nashville, Tennessee in Williamson County. I have a deep history in media, marketing and software development and came to ORM out of a personal need. I was involved in protracted litigation and my own search results didnt reflect the complete reality of the situation. At that time, there were very few options that addressed the …

http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/no-left-turn.jpg “Paid links from off topic sites get devalued and flagged.” A common claim by otherwise savvy SEOs such as Ross Hudgens. Ross, would you take three links from the Wall Street Journal if its reporters write about internet marketing? Would you buy those links? I would. Both for the direct traffic (duh) and the SEO boost (duh). The page is relevant, the readers are interested in the field… what more do you want? Guys like Ross seem to think that if a site isn’t on your topic, then you don’t get any value. The reasoning is that their site is irrelevant, so the links are bogus. That’s obviousl…

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http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/ipad-presentation.jpg As I continue to be amazed at the way people are making use of their iPad, it occurred to me that the potential far outweighs the limitations. For example, lets say you have a presentation or speaking engagement coming up at one of the search conferences. You now have a choice: bring your heavy laptop or bring your lightweight and ultra-portable iPad. Not sure what to do? Here are some ways you can use your iPad at your next speaking gig, and then you can decide the best device to take. Getting Your Presentation Organized There are some great tools you can use on the iPad to help you organize your sp…

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http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/glass-writeboard.jpg About a month ago I went to a client meeting where they had a glass whiteboard in the conference room. This was the first one I had ever seen and I remarked how cool it was. The folks at Clarus GlassBoards were monitoring for keywords on twitter, and reached out to me about sending a sample for review purposes. http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/photo-20-225x300.jpg Glass Whiteboard from Clarus Now if you’ve never seen a glass whiteboard it’s a pretty substantial item, a lot more sturdy and durable than your ordinary dry erase board. Basically it’s a marker board made from tempered safe…

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http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/advertising-usability.jpg As the web matures and begins to displace, replace, or work with established news, information, andentertainmentsources, the advertising that pays for this content to get created is going to change as well. When you combine this with the growth of smart phones like the blackberry, android, and iphone and appliances like the ipad, advertising will soon be faced with new obstacles.… Publishers need to adapt and overcome … and they need to do it quickly if they plan to survive …The problems advertising faces are coming from multiple fronts. First, carriers are abandoning the unlimited, all you can eat b…

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http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VMFd1iR1qSGSlEC5WX3Ec_Cay8s/0/di</img>http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VMFd1iR1qSGSlEC5WX3Ec_Cay8s/1/di</img> http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailybloggr.com%2F2010%2F07%2Ftips-to-use-googles-keyword-research-tool-effectively%2F&source=ManiKarthik&style=compact&service=bit.ly One of the most popular tools used by SEOs in Keyword Rsearch is undoubtedly the Google AdWords tool. There are many other tools available, like WordTracker, Yahoos KW research tool etc, but Googles is most reliable as SEOs consider Googles data more accurate. Oh! Wait, if you dont know w…

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http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/focus-your-keywords.jpg One of the things I often say that most bloggers get wrong is they sacrifice keyword focus for being clever, cute, or entertaining. Yes, it is important that you make your blog posts as interesting as possible; but you should never ignore the opportunity to tie into commercial concepts. Since I often get criticized for telling you what you do wrong but not how to do it right, here are some examples about how to write interesting blog posts that are more keyword focused.First out of the gate is an article from the New York Times about how to get an artificial tan without looking like Snooki from the Jer…

http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/personalized-news.jpg For a moment, I’d like you to think back to high school. Remember how there was always that one kid who would raise their hand and ask the question “Will that be on the test?” Now, thanks to Personalized Google News, we have the answer. … If Google News was limitingthe news sources I read I never would have seen that article or had that idea …Last week Google announced they will be bringing personalization to Google news. I have no love of Google’s personalized search, but I understand that Google thinks it gives them a POD (see point of differentiation). The problem with this personalization is that …

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http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/privacy-loss.jpg Anyone over the age of 30 who spends any amount of time online has to be aware of the gradual erosion of online privacy and how we are slowly moving to a point where our online life has become opted-in by default. … sacrifice your privacy on the altar faster than an Aztec Priest could ever rip out your still-beating heart … A disturbing trend among people in the valley and other technology centric locations is the subjugation or near-complete surrender of one’s work, one’s copyright, intellectual property, and sometimes complete self to the great computer singularity (a concept I am shamelessly stealing fr…

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http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/buying-links-3rd-party.jpg Last week I was having a discussion on Twitter about whether or not some links were bought. Quite a few people were confused about how you can use link buying to your advantage when you buy links to a website you don’t own (aka a third party). I thought I’d do a little ed-ju-macating and share some tips and tricks. First off, standard link buying disclaimer: Buying links is against Google’s guidelines. If you engage in link buying, you may be subject to penalties up to and including complete removal from the index. The following post does not serve as an endorsement of link buying. It is for ente…

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