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Local Citation Finder: Must-Have SEO Tool

Local Citation Finder: Must-Have SEO Tool

| August 9, 2010 | 12 Comments

One of the most common tactics in link building is to look for sites that link to your competitors and try to get the same sites to link to you. The effectiveness of this varies from site to site and industry to industry, but it’s one of the things you do early on when building [...]

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GetListed.org Opens UK Version of Local Search Tool

GetListed.org Opens UK Version of Local Search Tool

| June 17, 2010 | 2 Comments

Good news for local business owners in the UK: GetListed.org has launched a beta version specifically for the UK market. GetListed.org is a terrific tool that helps small business owners find and claim their listings on the primary local search engines.

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BulkWords: Keyword Suggestion & List Generator Tool

BulkWords: Keyword Suggestion & List Generator Tool

| April 16, 2010 | 9 Comments

If you do a lot of keyword research — especially for PPC — you might want to check out a new tool called BulkWords. It combines a keyword suggestion tool and a keyword list generator into one interface that’s easy to use, not to mention easy on the eyes. There are three parts that make [...]

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How to Choose the Right Category in Google’s Local Listings

How to Choose the Right Category in Google’s Local Listings

| February 8, 2010 | 1 Comment

One of the most important things a small business can do with its listing in the Google Local Business Center is choose the right category(ies). In fact, “Associating LBL w/Proper Categories” scored very highly in last year’s Local Search Ranking Factors survey (see image at right). Mike Blumenthal, aka Professor Maps, has just released a [...]

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Keyword Discovery adds Question Phrases

Keyword Discovery adds Question Phrases

| January 22, 2009 | 9 Comments

At the suggestion of one of its customers, Keyword Discovery has added “Question Phrases” to its list of searchable databases. This means you can now enter a keyword and, rather than get back related keywords, you get a list of related questions that searchers have asked. Question Phrases appears as the last choice on the [...]

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Keywordfinder: New & Different Keyword Research Tool

Keywordfinder: New & Different Keyword Research Tool

| November 26, 2008 | 4 Comments

Keywordfinder is a new keyword research tool that I think belongs in your toolbox. It won’t become your primary keyword research tool, but I think there are some situations when you’ll find it useful. Let’s take a look at how it works, and when you might use it. How Keywordfinder Works It’s brain-dead simple to [...]

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Traffic Marks: Terrific New Linkbuilding Tool

Traffic Marks: Terrific New Linkbuilding Tool

| July 30, 2008 | 18 Comments

There’s no shortage of excellent link building in SEOville, and I’ve found another one to add to my own toolset. It’s called Traffic Marks, and I stumbled on it tonight while reading a post from Manoj Jasra’s Web Analytics World. Traffic Marks helps you locate authority sites — sites that would make good places to [...]

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GroupThink: What’s Your Favorite SEO Tool?

| July 2, 2008 | 24 Comments

“GroupThink” is where I turn the blog post over to you. I have my own favorite SEO tools, but it seems like 2-3 times a month someone introduces me to a tool that I’d never heard of before. So … In the comments, tell me about your favorite SEO tool(s), why you like it, what [...]

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