Author Archives: Meriel

What The Facebook IPO Means for SEO

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There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding two major events in the internet marketing community lately: the Facebook IPO release (and subsequent legal debacle), and Google’s new algorithm update. Two monumental events, both making news, both leaving many people up

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How Can Google+ Increase SEO?

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With Social Networks like Facebook & Twitter dominating our online world, Search Engine giant, Google decided to throw their hat in the ring by creating their very own Social Network.  When Google + launched in June of 2011, there was

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Black Friday Confessions from an Online Shopping Addict

I hate shopping malls. For some reason crowds of oblivious people, screaming children, pushy salesfolk, and Kenny G’s Greatest Hits coupled with the smell of bad Chinese food and Auntie Annies has never put me in the mood to spend my money. Over the years of working from home and learning to strategically avoid crowded situations altogether (while growing a perhaps unhealthy affinity for sweatpants and quiet time), my dislike for these sort of shopping situations has only grown. So it should come as no surprise that I’ve always avoided the Black Friday crowds like the plague. Peel my well-fed, groggy butt from my bed at midnight to fight with mobs of psychotic deal seekers in hopes of scoring something for 80% off? No thank you.

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