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		<title>SEO Implications of Reduced Corporate Blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I saw an article on ReadWrite that caught my attention&#8230;&#8221;Blogging declines across Inc 500&#8221; which referred to a study from Umass called &#8220;Blogging declines as newer tools rule.&#8221;  The number dropped from 50% to 37% of companies maintaining corporate blog.  Facebook and Twitter, in the meantime continue to grow.   This stands to reason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Place Pages Dropping Some 3rd Party Reviews</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2011/07/thirdpartyreviews-googleplaces.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For businesses who have been &#8220;riding the wave&#8221; of 3rd party reviews on their highly-visible Google Place page, you&#8217;ll want to pay attention to this, and act to shore up your listings. I personally observed this morning a business go from 63 reviews (with 4/5 stars) to 5 reviews (with 2/5 stars) If your business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Expert Leaked &#8211; Will Human Answers Mingle with Search Results Soon?</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2011/06/google-expert-leaked-will-human-answers-mingle-with-search-results-soon.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve heard today that Google may be planning a Quora-like Q/A service (possibly named &#8220;Google Expert&#8221;) that leverages their acquisition of Aardvark and integrates with Google Plus (or Google+, however you like it.)   This model of finding answers by humans fits nicely into the new social search model that seems to be making its way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Ranking Factors &#8211; 2009 and 2011 Compared</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2011/06/seo-ranking-factors-2009-and-2011-compared.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2011/06/seo-ranking-factors-2009-and-2011-compared.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the excellent SEOMOZ ranking factors slide deck, a striking aggregate comparison of new influences and distribution of factors.   Who said SEO is getting easier?]]></description>
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		<title>LinkedIn for Corporate Marketing &#8211; A Cheat Sheet for Busy People</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2011/02/linkedin-link-building-marketing.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2011/02/linkedin-link-building-marketing.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Improving Work]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[link building]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the LinkedIn network&#8217;s capability grows in both popularity and capability, I&#8217;ve been helping more companies than ever understand the potential it offers.  This cheat sheet has been the outcome. This is distinctly from an SEO point of view &#8211; you&#8217;ll notice I&#8217;ve woven in Link Building ideas along with other LinkedIn functionality in every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Tip: Using HootSuite and Google Spreadsheets to Boost Social Rank</title>
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		<comments>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2011/02/quick-tip-using-hootsuite-and-google-spreadsheets-to-boost-social-rank.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you know, search engines (especially Google and Bing) are taking Social Rank into account more than ever.  Those who take the time to share awesome content and build up a reputation will have an ever-increasing influence over the SERPs in the coming years.  So it pays dividends to tilt the social sharing benefit in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Behavior and Crowd Curation in Search Results</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2011/01/social-behavior-and-crowd-curation-in-search-results.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2011/01/social-behavior-and-crowd-curation-in-search-results.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Reputation Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Other than Mobile and Local SEO explosions, Social Rank is a biggie.  So many companies are still saying they have no time for &#8220;Social Media&#8221; unless it can show an immediate ROI.  So, it&#8217;s been hard to explain the benefits to many because of the abstract concept &#8211; but now the reality is hitting home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Google: Places Verification Postcards &#8211; A Tiny Fix that Would Really Help.</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2010/09/dear-google-places-verification-postcards-a-tiny-fix-that-would-really-help.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2010/09/dear-google-places-verification-postcards-a-tiny-fix-that-would-really-help.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO/SEM]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[local seo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When verifying a Google Place page, Google assumes that you&#8217;re a little Mom and Pop location where your friendly postman stops by to hand you your mail and sip coffee for a few minutes.   Or they assume that you can teach a low-paid receptionist to listen for a special Google Places validation robot to call [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Raising The Bar: Google Instant and SEO Snake Oil Don&#8217;t Mix</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2010/09/google-instant-harder-seo.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2010/09/google-instant-harder-seo.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Changes Online]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.buzzmaven.com/?p=4367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In all the banter and confusion about the positives and negatives about Google Instant,  there is at least one common thread that is good for the SEO industry itself:  Snake Oil SEO won&#8217;t cut it in this new world. Delivering traffic via the instant interface is going to be more challenging, whether you are working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Instant and SEO &#8211; Thoughts About How It Changes Things</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2010/09/google-instant-and-seo-thoughts-about-how-it-changes-things.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2010/09/google-instant-and-seo-thoughts-about-how-it-changes-things.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO/SEM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google Instant changes behaviors in search, and thus SEO can change as well.  Originally, I posted a list like this in 2008 about Google Suggest &#8211; and it is revised here. We May See More Traffic to Regional Sites. People regularly enter “cheap gas” and “best dentist” in search engines – without qualifying the searches [...]]]></description>
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