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- December 24th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Link Building Lessons from the Island of the Misfit Toys
I heard a rumor that the iPhone has been banned to the Island of Misfit Toys, and despite a lawsuit from AT&T, Verizon is sticking to the story. Maybe some of you remember the misfit toys from Rud…
- December 23rd, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Getting Over my Fear of Guns
Like many other Americans, I am afraid of guns. That might sound kind of silly coming from someone that really never held a gun in their hands at all, but for me, I guess the fact that I didn’…
- December 22nd, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Awesome Christmas Lights
Anyone can put some Christmas lights up on their home and say that they are celebrating the holidays. However there are some people who really go all out. They decorate their homes so elaborately that…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
5 Step Recipe to Prepare for Google’s Caffeine Update
Back in August we blogged about Google’s Caffeine ‘next-generation infrastructure’ change, and if Caffeine fits the bill for better search. Recently search insiders stated the index…
- December 19th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Candle Chandeliers Are Cool
There are some types of products that are always cool. That’s not true of most products. Most products are only cool when they’re made by a certain company or they’re styled a certai…
- December 18th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Stupid
Don’t Steal from the Cops
Here is another criminal that has to go down in history for being one of the dumbest criminals ever. His crime? He stole a couple of candy bars and a toboggan hat .. from a police station. Who goes in…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Browsing Through the Mall
It seems that everyone spends more time in the shopping malls at this time of the year, and I am no different. I think that this is the fourth shopping trip that I have made over the past week,…
- December 17th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Using the Long Tail of Search to Attract Leads
It was a great disappointment to hear that Chris Anderson is taking a hiatus from his Long Tail blog. If you don’t know Chris, I should tell you that he’s written some great informat…
- December 15th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
50 Topics to Help You Get Started on Your Corporate Blog
Adding a company blog is a great idea for many different reasons: internal links, as a communication channel for your company, to show your creativity, create yourself as an authority in your industry…
- December 13th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Lighting Should Always Be Green
Let’s face it; it’s cool to be green. The thing about this is that being green isn’t just trendy. It might be trendy in some parts of the world but it’s also something t…
- December 12th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Wonderful San Francisco Photo Blog
There is a relatively new blog that is being published called Caliber. It’s a collaborative photography blog by a group of San Francisco photographers. The posts are primarily photos but there a…
- December 10th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
What Do You Think of Google Real Time Search?
Just to bring us all up to speed, Google Real Time Search launched last week and also announced partnerships with Facebook and MySpace. According to an article by Danny Sullivan, Google’s pullin…
- December 9th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Stupid
Parkour Guys Do Something Stupid
Parkour is a really ol urban sport. However, as with all extreme sports, there are some stupid people who take it all too far. That was the case recently with some some crazy parkour pe…
- December 8th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Personalized Search: What’s the Impact on SEO?
Google’s recent announcement about their extension of personalized search options to users who aren’t signed-in to their Google account has created another round of buzz in the SEO indus…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Personalized Search: What’s the Impact on SEO?
Google’s recent announcement about their extension of personalized search options to users who aren’t signed-in to their Google account has created another round of buzz in the SEO indus…
- December 4th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Stupid
Sleeping Next to your Dead Wife is Not Okay
Grief is a difficult thing. We understand that. Everyone has to go through their own process of letting go when a loved one dies. The key phrase there, though, is "letting go". You can’t…
- December 3rd, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Double Umbrella Solves Common Problem
Winter is almost upon us. For many parts of the world this means that we’re about to start experiencing rainy season. Experienced correctly, the rain can be really romantic. It makes a great bac…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Ten Tips for Better Website Content Writing
I see this everyday: websites that provide great information, are updated regularly, and designed with the utmost of care but are lacking the essential: search engine optimized content! Just putting u…
- November 30th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
LinkedIn: Hopping on the Open Source Bandwagon
Open source, the practice in production and development that promotes access to an end product’s source materials like their source code (per Wikipedia), has been a trending theme in social medi…
- November 27th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Order for the Person Behind You at Mystery Cafe
You walk into a restaurant and place your order. Let’s say that you order a big plate of noodles and veggies. Your order arrives and it’s a sandwich. Of course you would take it ba…
- November 26th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Stupid
You Don’t Need a Shoe Stretcher
Have you ever noticed how many products there are on the market today that you don’t need? I’m sure that you have since there are a lot of ridiculous products out there. What…
- November 25th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Happy Linksgiving!
Amazingly enough Thanksgiving is here, and what better time to give thanks….with links! We’ve compiled a list of Thanksgiving inspired SEO sites for your viewing pleasure. Have some to add…
- November 24th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Hootsuite Gets a Facelift
If you haven’t discovered the wonderful social media tool Hootsuite it’s about time you did. Last night a few of us here at Vertical Measures, myself included, were going crazy because Hoo…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Top 10 Features of Chrome OS
Due out in late 2010, Google’s new operating system Chrome OS is already drawing some rants, raves, and criticism. Ben Parr over at Mashable has been writing lately about Chrome OS and what he h…
- November 19th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Cool Anti-Aging Products
There are a lot of anti-aging products on the market today which are not cool at all. They may be damaging to your body, your general health or the environment. They may take a long time to sh…
- November 18th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Stupid
Wedding Rings Made from Wisdom Teeth
Wedding rings are supposed to be something that you exchange with your partner to symbolize your everlasting love for one another. Unfortunately, with the divorce rate as high as it is, many people ha…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
PubCon 2009 Las Vegas – A Guide To Competitive Analysis
One of the best sessions I attended during PubCon 2009 in Las Vegas was one about Competitive Analysis. In SEO and Internet Marketing, competitive analysis is most often used to try to discover how a…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Join Our Webinar! “SEO & Link Building Strategies for 2010″
If you haven’t started planning for 2010 you should start, it’s right around the corner! Planning for next years internet marketing and search engine optimization early will allow you to g…
- November 17th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
This One Time, at WordCamp…
As a supporter of the open source initiative and GPL, I was happy to get to attend Phoenix WordCamp 2009! If you’re not sure what WordCamp is all about, just imagine 500 nerds getting together u…
- November 13th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
“Boost Your Juice 2″ Contest Winners Announced!
We’re proud to announce the winners of our "Boost Your Juice 2" Contest, which set out to give health and/or wellness websites an opportunity to win $5,000 in internet marketing services…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Pubcon Las Vegas Day 3: Session Wrapup
What a great week it has been here in Las Vegas, but I have to admit I am ready to head home. Late nights, early mornings, too many vodka cranberries, and way too much money spent on those darn slot m…
- November 12th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Stupid
Protein-Infused Vodka. Hm.
There is a new product out on the liquor market. It’s called Devotion Vodka. While it sounds like a vodka that is designed to act as a love potion, it’s actually a drink…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Pubcon 2009 Top 50 SEO Tips So Far
As one of the 3 lucky Vertical Measures employees soaking in all the fantastic, valuable knowledge here at Pubcon 2009 in Las Vegas I wanted to share all the best SEO related information in a fas…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Pubcon Las Vegas Day 2: Social Media Sessions
Today in Pubcon’s social media sessions broader topics were discussed. Day 1 at Pubcon seemed to focus on Twitter, and today each of the sessions broadened the scope to help the attendees see th…
- November 11th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Laughing Sal and the Old Arcade Museum
One of the most overlooked San Francisco attractions is an arcade museum called Musee Mecanique. It’s odd that this attraction is often left out of the guidebooks because it’s locat…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Pubcon Las Vegas Day 1: Twitter Sessions
Three Vertical Measures employees attended Pubcon 2009 this year, and as the social media architect I had the privilege of attending the social media sessions. The social media topic du jour this year…
- November 9th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Announcing “Boost Your Juice 2″ Finalists: Vote for Your Favorite
If you’ve been following our "Boost Your Juice 2" contest then you know today is the big announcement day! We received many submissions, but only five lucky entries were chosen by our st…
- November 6th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Stupid
No Mold Gold Teeth
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that absolutely everything about these fake gold "bling" teeth makes them a really stupid product. Sure, there are some people who really love…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Furniture Comes to Life
I have known a lot of custom woodworkers in my lifetime. In fact, I’m really lucky because several of the wooden pieces of furniture that I have in my home were custom-designed and built for me…
- November 5th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
What’s This? More Real Time Search Options!?
I’ve already admitted my recent addiction to real time search. I love it, and I’ll tell you why. My experience on the Internet has been one in which most interactions take place after the…
- November 3rd, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Behind the Scenes of Our Website Redesign
If you’ve checked out our newly redesigned website lately you’ll see we opted for a more personal feel by adding photos to each of our pages. What you might not know, however, is th…
- November 2nd, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Announcing Our New Site
In case you haven’t noticed yet our site redesign is now live! Thanks to Chris, our Director of Search Marketing, for working so hard and coordinating the web design. We wanted to get some feedb…
- October 30th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
Toyota Hybrid Sports Car: So 21st Century!
The Toyota FT-HS pictured above is a really cool looking sportscar isn’t it? It’s also a hybrid car. The futuristic design of the vehicle combined with the fact that it’s a g…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Happy Hall-SEO-Ween!
Happy Hall-SEO-Ween to all of our freakishly awesome and ghoulishly white hat SEO’s and SEM’s out there. In the spirit of the holiday we wanted to share some great Halloween inspired SEO f…
- October 29th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Stupid
A Light That Looks Like a Window?
Check out this ridiculous light fixture that you can buy if you have close to $400 to waste on a single area of lighting for your home. The light fixture is designed to be mounted so that it s…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Your Green Marketing Strategy
I’m your typical alternative conscious tech guy. I start my day with some Yoga and meditation, I ride my bike to work (almost every day), and we even started recycling in our office. Befor…
- October 27th, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
Monthly Tip Blip: In Life and in Links, You Get What You Pay For
From the very beginning, Internet technologies have effected changes in the way we define value. In most respects, online activities such as surfing, searching, and social participation are the…
- October 23rd, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Cool
What Makes Cisco a Cool Company
Cisco Systems is a multinational technology corporation. It is familiar to a lot of people who work with computers. In fact, so many different companies now require Cisco Certification f…
- October 22nd, 2009
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arniek has posted a new entry on: This Is Just Stupid
Afraid to Get a Hearing Aid?
I was just reading an article about a man who is afraid to get a hearing aid. He is worried that people will see him as mentally inferior if he is wearing a hearing aid. There are two things abou…
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arniek has posted a new entry on: Link Building Best Practices
More Options for Real Time Search
I’m obsessed with real time search! and I don’t think it’s just me (Google just announced social search), and in my last article, I talked about Twitter real time search and trends.&…
