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Exploring the Fascinating History of SEO

Content Hacker

The Legend of SEO It starts with an angry, expletive-filled phone call from the manager of the band Jefferson Starship to Bob Heyman , who was then the VP of audience development at a company called Cybernautics. Somehow, the page had gotten buried in the SERPs amid promotion from fan sites. Why was Jefferson Starship’s manager angry?

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How to Target Generation Z Through Paid Ads

Neil Patel

Because the oldest Gen Zers are reaching an age where they can make their own purchasing decisions, you have a whole new audience you can target with your paid ads. Of 18 to 21-year-olds who weren’t in high school in 2018, 57 percent were in college, compared to 52 percent of Millennials in 2003, and 43 percent of Gen Xers in 1987.

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12 Most Insightful eCommerce Blogs To Follow for the New Year

ContentWriters

As blogging began to grow, WordPress came on the scene in 2003, and in 2004, Merriam-Webster named “blog” as the top word of the year, saying it was the most often looked-up word on its site during the previous twelve months. The ability to identify and join with a particular audience. billion pages per month.

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21 Successful Marketing Campaign Examples That’ll Inspire You

Smart Blogger

In this post, we’ll share 21 successful marketing campaign examples, each one giving you a fresh perspective on how to promote your company. Consider : How can you stand out to your audience by challenging a standard in your industry? ” Consider : How can you tap into the emotions of your audience? The video was a hit.

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Confessions of a Retired Black Hat SEO: 7 Crazy Tactics That Yielded Big Gains

Neil Patel

The audience was so loyal that I partnered with them to run a contest. When people would embed one of those hit counters into their site, they would automatically also link out to whatever site I wanted to promote. Not too shabby for a site full of cat memes. What is a black hat vs. white hat SEO strategy?

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The Pros and Cons of Having Multiple Blogs

ProBlogger

My first niche blog was a camera review blog I started in late 2003. A few months in, it had a sizeable audience and was making a bit of money. And I knew I had a better change of building an audience with a ‘how to’ blog more than with a review blog. The rest of my blogs. It worked really well. Still, it was growing.

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210: Launching a Blog: How Many Posts Do You Need?

ProBlogger

I’m the blogger behind problogger.com – a blog, podcast, event, job board and a series of ebooks all designed to help you as a blogger to grow your blog, to start that blog, to grow it and to create content that’s going to help your audience. And then, hopefully to monetize that as well. Having those posts there in reserve was really useful.

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