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Giant Thumbs Up

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Giant Thumbs Up

You see that picture above? You see those poor, frozen bastards? Believe it or not, they aren’t the inmates of some sadistic hand-themed ice prison, they are the residents of Lulea, Sweden. You see, Facebook decided to open a new server hub in their town, and the residents wanted to thank them for the opportunity […]

Don’t Spin Me Right Round (Baby)

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Don’t Spin Me Right Round (Baby)

In the course of the daily research we do here at SEOMG, we encounter a lot of the same questions over and over again. The pattern is pretty clear, everyone agrees on a subject and then Google performs another update and suddenly we have to reheat the same old gristle and see if it tastes […]

Viral Video Advice is Bullsh*t

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Viral Video Advice is Bullsh*t

Are you looking to go viral today? Do you want the magic formula, the secret spell, that alchemical reaction that will transform your tired old content into a vibrant viral rocket, blasting into the social-sphere of your target audience and sending them over the moon with purchasing-joy? Well…too bad. Buck up buttercup, because contrary to […]

Blog For Humans

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Blog For Humans

We talk a lot about the importance of a blog. As Google’s updates progress, the old adage “content is king” is becoming ever more true. It’s not enough to simply have content though, that content needs to be unique to your site and valuable to the reader. In the rush to keep up with the […]

Content Is King – Keep it in the Kingdom

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Content Is King – Keep it in the Kingdom

We’ve been writing a lot about writing lately, and for a good reason. In the brave new world of content-first SEO, the ability to reliably and effectively produce unique, quality copy is becoming a valuable commodity. This can be dangerous for many marketers though, because “quality” is a subjective thing…or at least in was in […]

When Good Content Goes Bad

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When Good Content Goes Bad

The great part about digital marketing is that there is no shortage of advice to be found. No matter what corner of the web you land on, people are telling you how they have cracked the Google algorithm or how they can read pagerank in their Starbucks tea leaves. The only problem is that digital […]

Extra! Extra! SEO for News Websites!

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Extra! Extra! SEO for News Websites!

News sites have unique concerns compared with traditional business and commercial sites. Whereas most places can post a blog or article and leave it be, news sites might have to come back to the same story three or four times as they get new information. This has caused a lot of consternation in the community, […]

Baby, Kill Your Darlings

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Baby, Kill Your Darlings

Blogging is the new writing medium for the masses. Some people lament the fact that anyone can go about publishing content for the world to see, but those people are probably the great-great-grandchildren of the guys who threw rocks at Gutenberg. I honestly believe that the more people writing, the better off we are. This […]

What Your Blog Says About You

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What Your Blog Says About You

How do you tell what your blog is about? Sure, you have ideas in your head and dreams in your heart, but it can be difficult to take a step back and look at what you REALLY are saying every day. With Facebook and Twitter Marketing, it’s easy to scroll back through your old posts and […]

Evergreen Content

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Evergreen Content

How do you ensure the longevity of your Business’s SEO strategy? The only solution that is truly perdurable is producing evergreen content. If you haven’t heard that term before, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Just like evergreen trees never lose all their leaves, evergreen content never loses it’s value. We’ve written before about Billing’s […]

Happy Valentine’s Day! (is an Asinine Cliche)

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Happy Valentine’s Day! (is an Asinine Cliche)

Happy Valentine’s Day to all you lovers out there. How many times will you read a line like that today? If you hang out on the internet for long enough (and don’t we all) the chances are you’ll see it so often you’ll puke up some of those little candy hearts (I guess they weren’t […]