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A Guide to Social Marketing on Yahoo! Answers

Filed in MY BEST POSTS, Social Media, Yahoo by Matt McGee on February 11, 2008 9 Comments
A Guide to Social Marketing on Yahoo! Answers

Are you into social media marketing? If so, Yahoo! Answers probably isn’t very high on your radar. Sites like digg, StumbleUpon, and del.icio.us are talked about much more often. But when used correctly, Yahoo! Answers can be a vital complement to a social marketing plan. I’ve been using Yahoo! Answers for almost two years now; […]

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Yahoo Buzzlog: The Most Underrated Keyword Tool

Filed in SEO, Yahoo by Matt McGee on September 25, 2007 5 Comments
Yahoo Buzzlog: The Most Underrated Keyword Tool

Let’s pretend you’re a dentist. Or pretend you’re the webmaster for a dentist. And you know you need to build some good content on your web site, preferably content that both describes your business and matches what people search for. Don’t you think it would be valuable to know that these are the Top 10 […]

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When NOT to Rely on Yahoo’s Inbound Link Counts

Filed in Yahoo by Matt McGee on July 3, 2007 5 Comments
When NOT to Rely on Yahoo’s Inbound Link Counts

There’s a fair amount of discussion this week about Yahoo’s inbound link counts, particularly within the search marketing community. The following will come off to some as sour grapes since I’m not on Rand’s / Lee’s list with my measly 55k links, but that’s okay. 🙂 The problem with using Yahoo for this kind of […]

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Google Loves You … Yahoo Doesn’t?

Filed in Yahoo by Matt McGee on May 17, 2007 1 Comment
Google Loves You … Yahoo Doesn’t?

If that sounds familiar to you, head over to Search Engine Roundtable, where Barry is offering a chance to get some help: I have created a thread just for you to post examples at our forums, submit it to Site Ranking Poorly in Yahoo But Well in Google and I will do what I can […]

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Yahoo Upgrades Local Search

Filed in Local Search, Yahoo by Matt McGee on May 16, 2007 2 Comments
Yahoo Upgrades Local Search

This needs to be mentioned: Yahoo has announced new features and a new look for Yahoo Maps. In particular, I’m paying attention to the inclusion of neighborhood footprints in two cities (New York and San Francisco) with more to come, and the “search by point of interest” feature. This is important from an SEO perspective […]

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Yahoo! (I think!) for a new Yahoo Attribute

Filed in Yahoo by Matt McGee on May 2, 2007 0 Comments
Yahoo! (I think!) for a new Yahoo Attribute

Yahoo has introduced a new tag (technically, an “attribute”) that will allow you to tell their spider, “Hey! Don’t bother with this part of the page!” Yes, that’s correct — this part of the page. It’s kinda like using a robots.txt file to skip an entire page, but now you can tell the spider to […]

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