Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Apr 11, 2011, 9:37 am
Are you vacationing this spring? Lots of folks take a trip over Memorial Day weekend, which is coming up soon. I’m planning to enjoy some time off for the holiday while I reflect on the sacrifice of fallen U.S. soldiers. But… I can’t remember the exact date. It’s usually on a Monday, I recal...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Mar 24, 2011, 9:03 am
Have you ever found yourself reading an article and realized that a word or two just seemed insanely out of place? And that if another more obvious word were substituted, the sentence would make perfect sense? Why didn’t the author use the correct wording? You may have been the victim of an articl...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Mar 21, 2011, 8:55 am
All a man wants to do is use the site operator in Google, but noooo…  If you type “site:” in the search field, before you get a chance to type in the domain, Google Instant suggests the most popular search results and look what you get, a bunch of 15 year old girls taking pictures of themsel...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Mar 15, 2011, 2:04 pm
With all the Charlie Sheen eruptions in the news of late, I thought I’d look at the state of the most valuable rendition of Charlie’s name in Internet terms: CharlieSheen.com. It turned out to be a far gnarlier situation than imagined. CharlieSheen.com is on drugs. Here are five reasons why the ...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Jan 24, 2011, 9:01 am
Hey SEO’s, what’s wrong with this Google AdSense advertisement? Don’t you love the way that two businesses have to co-exist on the same Google AdSense ad? One way to avoid SEO malpractice is to restrain yourself from the practice of guaranteed SEO: No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Nov 9, 2010, 3:59 pm
I’m heading out to buy my copy of Call of Duty Black Ops and have a few thoughts before go. Multiplayer online games have been part of my life since the mid-1990′s. It was lonely in those days, firing up the old 28k modem and a bit of hope to connect with friends. I remember wanting to play cert...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Nov 2, 2010, 4:15 pm
Did you notice the ads during this political season? The ad pictured above depicting Democrat incumbant senator Barbara Boxer bull running in Spain is sponsored by her Republican opponent Carly Fiorina. If you hold your mouse over the subtle “i” you will see that the ad is also sponsored by Goog...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Nov 1, 2010, 2:09 pm
So this is how web designers get all those of links. This might work for most folks, but not me. Recently I asked for an estimate from several web design firms for a new project. One of the web design firms replied with a rather lengthy questionairre for to fill out and return. When I saw number 5...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Oct 15, 2010, 12:46 pm
How could you, my fellow and former diggers, think there was so little to love about the latest version of the social media news site, Digg 4? There is plenty. Not seeing the ground for the dirt? I’m going to open your eyes, then and call a shovel a shovel. What’s there to love about Digg 4...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Sep 9, 2010, 11:00 am
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Sep 3, 2010, 11:00 am
Once Digg 4 launched, I was planning on doing an innocent little writeup about how well my favorite social media news site abided by SEO best practices for site relaunches. When Digg 4 “launched” last week, I was shocked to find so many and so frequent errors that I forgot all about Digg SEO. Ho...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Aug 19, 2010, 12:36 pm
We’ve all seen the Twitter Fail Whale error, but this is something new. Around noon today, it looked like all twitter “following” and “follower” stats reset to zero. Dreadfully, I thought, no, please tell me I did not lose all my friends and have to hunt them down, explain and restart t...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Aug 6, 2010, 4:05 pm
Diggileaks? Digggate? Diggournolist? I normally don’t blog about politics, but have little choice today. I just discovered that I am part of a conservative censorship group on Digg.com that has been caught red-handed in a widespread campaign of censorship, having multiple accounts, upvote padd...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Aug 5, 2010, 11:46 am
Have you tried Foursquare, the lightweight mobile app that let’s you “check-in” to various locations you visit? Foursquare shows you what restaurants, coffee shops, stores, etc. your friends are visiting. You win badges along the way depending on what types of places you visit and how far you...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Jul 19, 2010, 4:12 pm
“Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven” -John Milton, Paradise Lost “I’m not your boy.” -Emory Rowland One week has passed since I traded my SEO Manager title for full time entrepreneur. I want to report back to you some things I’ve learned over just the past seven days. Som...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Jul 12, 2010, 11:59 am
Good Morning Everyone! Today is is an exciting day for me. It’s my first day on my new job of working for myself. I can already see that there is a big difference in working for a boss and being the boss. Another thing that strikes me about my first day on the job is how different certain things...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Apr 6, 2010, 9:00 am
Shh… It’s 4:59 pm. Friday. The sushi lunch buffet has faded.  The weather looks promising for the weekend, a slight breeze judging by the swaying trees and fluttering of leaves outside. The person patiently waiting at home seems farther away than the very last row in your spread she...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Mar 22, 2010, 12:00 pm
These are the types of psychological appeals spammers make and someone you know always falls for. Most of this is produced through automated blog commenting software. Want to know how many times all of the SPAM messages below are returned in Google exact match search results? Try 574,266. This tell...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Mar 17, 2010, 8:00 am
Today is George Fischer‘s birthday! He’s a nice guy and will probably link back to you. Help George rank for his name in Google instead of a piping manufacturer with obscene numbers of backlinks. Get SEO tips from a blogger who regularly tests ideas and pushes the limits to find answ...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Mar 10, 2010, 11:00 am
I’m sitting there conversing with Sarah about an important financial transaction and just as things start to get heated, I realize she is a “Virtual Agent.”
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Mar 10, 2010, 11:00 am
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Dec 17, 2009, 9:11 am
I know. There are more Digg tools out there than you can shake a virtual shovel at. I’ve tried many. These are the tools I find myself going back to and using over and over again to build and prune my friends list and track stats. These digg tools: will help you become an influential Digg ...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Dec 17, 2009, 9:11 am
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Nov 16, 2009, 8:12 am
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Nov 16, 2009, 8:12 am
Alligator escapes from Atlanta Zoo? HostGator’s September 09 Newsletter says the company currently has billboards “posted in 10 major U.S. cities and that number will be increasing soon.” I’ve been noticing HostGator billboard ads in the Atlanta area since September. I̵...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Oct 16, 2009, 6:14 am
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Oct 16, 2009, 6:14 am
What I searched: http://www.google.com/search?q=irfanview+clickfire Don’t ask why I searched Google for irfanview clickfire the other day, but the results I received surprised me. I’d seen the rare Google double indented search results, but never more than two results per search quer...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Oct 2, 2009, 8:59 am
I walked into Lowes and was greeted by the grim reaper. Oh, it’s Halloween, I recalled. Yet, the backdrop was a bunch of Christmas trees with price tags attached. Yeah, if you say so. I look forward to celebrating Christmas… but not in October! Let’s get Halloween and Thanksgiving...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Oct 2, 2009, 8:59 am
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Sep 28, 2009, 10:04 am
This year’s WordCamp Birmingham was my first ever WordCamp, locally held conferences that provide a forum for WordPress bloggers to learn and network. Overall, it was about what I expected–smart developers and bloggers making presentations and a good forum for meeting fellow bloggers. A ...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Sep 28, 2009, 10:04 am
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Sep 25, 2009, 9:40 am
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Sep 25, 2009, 9:40 am
I went to the water fountain, leaned down to get a drink of water, and saw this… // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ digg_url = 'http://blog.clickfire.com/rss-image/'; // ]]> Working in the search engine marketing industry means you have to spend all of your time on the Interne...
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Aug 20, 2009, 9:37 am
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Dec 29, 2008, 2:27 pm
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Dec 22, 2008, 1:17 pm
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Dec 1, 2008, 6:48 am
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Emory R. posted an article on Clickfire SEO Blog - Nov 21, 2008, 1:14 am
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