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Dell Better At Social Media Than SEO?

By Andy Beard | Published: December 8, 2009

Lots of reports are out today about how effectively Dell is using social media marketing and especially Twitter to generate revenue, $6.5M in sales are the headlines, I wonder what that translates to in margins.

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WordPress Hacked? Total Security Lockdown

By Andy Beard | Published: December 8, 2009

It is no huge secret that I have had this WordPress blog hacked twice this year but some consolation is that I am not alone.

Helpful resources

Alex recently launched a DVD course on WordPress security that is available for FREE + shipping
Stop – I know what you are thinking – FREE + Shipping these days normally comes with lots of strings attached, forced continuity often hidden etc. Whilst Alex does cross-sell a few related products, the main offer is genuinely free.

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Are Blogger | Blogspot Blogs SEO Friendly?

By Andy Beard | Published: May 31, 2009
Just because Blogger / Blogspot is owned by Google doesn't make it SEO Friendly For years I have been reading absurd suggestions that Google's Blogger / Blogspot service is SEO friendly. At one time this was semi-true, and it is even possible with the current incarnation. However if you use the service "as intended", without expert knowledge, you might find yourself up a creek without a paddle. I am writing this on a Sunday, thus I am going to avoid vulgarities, cussing, and even an attention grabbing headline. The Google engineers at Blogger deserve that and more. Blogspot currently stinks for SEO.
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Viral Marketing Safeguards

By Andy Beard | Published: April 18, 2008
  • Did your site get banned from Google because of viral widgets?
  • Has Technorati banned your blog because of WordPress theme spam in their index
  • Do the links in your viral ebooks now point to an affiliate program or landing page that no longer exists?
  • Did you recommend a web host that is no longer a good choice?

I would even extend that to buying any form of paid link or sponsored review, and possibly also links from directories, social networks, blog commenting etc.

Last June I provided a very simple guide to avoid being banned from Technorati but the same principle applies to

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Optimizing HTML Links In The Aftermath Of A Blog Storm

By Andy Beard | Published: November 26, 2007
Hopefully if you ever get caught up in the whirlwind of a blog storm, and receive 10s, maybe even hundreds of links to one of your articles, that the topic of both the page being linked to, and the pages being linked from are related to your online business, and the topic of your blog. It is quite likely that you have been developing other articles on similar topics for months, receiving very little online attention, and even more worrying, if you create follow-on articles providing important updates, they are less likely to be seen. The majority of traffic will by default enter your site (the landing page) on the page that received the most links, and this traffic might continue for days, weeks, months and even years. Incoming HTML Links To A Single Article
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  • RAP Bank

    I have just signed up for RAP Bank myself - call this a mini-review.
    It seems to be one of the smartest ideas for a long time as a great way to consolidate 100s of affiliate programs under a single entity for promotion.

    It is also one of the best implementations of WordPress I have ever seen.
    It is not without its bugs, as this is effectively pre-launch. For example I just found a bug in the keyword based search RSS feeds (yes RSS feeds for any term will be hot), but it looks like they might be onto a winner.
    Check it out - signup for the basic service is free.

    >Affiliate Program

    P.S. It is not immediately obvious who is running the site, but looking at my Paypal receipt (yes I signed up for Vendor Plus) I believe the site is run by Bill Ortell From Rap-Extras.com who is RAP certified and does the membership add-on that is highly popular.