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eBay has recently seen a sharp drop in traffic as they cut their affiliate stream and Google ad spend.
When you are a default category leader you no longer compete against others in your category....

"All Truth passes through Three Stages: First, it is Ridiculed...
Second, it is Violently Opposed...
Third, it is Accepted as being Self-Evident."
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1778-1860)
As an entrepren...

The Inside AdWords blog announced the beta launch of Google's Search-based Keyword Tool. To some degree the tool is a Compete.com knock off, but with a number of exceptions
this tool is free
Google...

Here are some interesting links of note.
Danny Sullivan whinges about all the flavors of spam killing the utility of the web.
John Andrews on the absurdity of calling affiliate links spam.
Slightly...

There is a big difference between working on your own sites, and working on sites that belong to others.
When you work on your own sites, you can execute changes quickly, and you don't need to co...

Under-monetize to buy mindshare. (almost every category Google is in)
Offer a free version to make sure everyone who may want to has a chance to experience your product and/or service. (almost eve...

Jim Boykin recently claimed to have kicked the paid links habit:
So, the best thing for my company to do, if we want to stay out of the fire, is to make sure that We Build Pages adheres to the Goog...

When you're pitching for SEO business, what objections do you hear most often?
Knowing what objections to expect, and how to handle them will help you win business. Here are nine common objections...

I met Greg Jarboe at my very first SEO conference about 5 years ago and have chatted with him many times over the years. Recently we conducted an interview via email.
You are speaking at Chicago S...

Not really. But kinda.
Google have announced the release of SearchWiki, a way for you to customize search by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results. Don't like a result? Yo...