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From the page: "Let's hope that Twitter, Bing, and Google are able to minimize the amount of spam showing up in the SERPs while still providing the benefits that real time search results can bring." - Mark Pilatowski

In the new world of social media, Google and other search engines are bringing up Twitter in results more prominently with each revision of their algorithms. A negative blog post like this one, on a site with a powerful presence like the Huffington Post can also rank well and lead to other blogs and posts linking in and out, spreading the story virally. - Mark Pilatowski

"I've been happy with the Firewall plug in from SEO Egghead. It's blocked quite a few attacks on my blogs. http://www.seoegghead.com/softwar... ..." - Mark Pilatowski

"NY Post and Daily News hand out papers for free at subway stations but it is a similar idea. IMO it's a way to artificially boost circulation and increase advertising rates. Obviously it's not working anymore." - Mark Pilatowski

"You might want to look at what's going on with the tax free cigarettes on NY State Indian reservations. Cigarettes are still legal in NY but there is a huge market for tax free cigs due to the exorbitant taxes. Quite a few former drug dealers are now in the cigarette smuggling business and there have been more than a few suspicious deaths and related violence. Imagine what's going to happen when they are banned entirely." - Mark Pilatowski

Local direct mailers are expensive and provide very little ROI for most businesses. Local search is a much better investment and attracts customers who are actually looking for your products or services. - Mark Pilatowski

"Not entirely impressed with the accuracy on some of the search results at Bing but it is not that much worse than Google. I do like some of the features like video and fare cast for travel searches." - Mark Pilatowski

"Are you implying that Billy Ray Cyrus is talented?" - Mark Pilatowski

"Why would they do that? it would make no sense at all for them. They keep all of the revenue for their own TV contract and any bowl appearances instead of being forced to share it with the other teams in a conference. Until they lose the exclusive TV contract with NBC and stop getting bowl bids there is no way they will join a conference." - Mark Pilatowski

New search marketing crew welcome post - Mark Pilatowski

"Hmm, I guess if it's not Nike it doesn't draw outrage? http://www.domeplus.com/images... ... http://nfl.imageg.net/graphic... ..." - Mark Pilatowski

"Hmm, I guess if it's not Nike it doesn't draw outrage? http://www.domeplus.com/images... ... http://nfl.imageg.net/graphic... ..." - Mark Pilatowski

"LOL. I have a few friends who ended up marrying girls who felt the same way. None of them are married anymore." - Mark Pilatowski

"ridiculously awesome" - Mark Pilatowski

"WTF? Just because your ramblings made no sense doesn't mean that you used any "technology terms". In fact I don't see a single "technology term" in your inane spewage." - Mark Pilatowski

"Until the Linux desktop just works it will never be a serious contender to MS or Apple." - Mark Pilatowski

"Seriously, where do you live where homosexuality is thrown in your face everywhere you look? WTF are you even talking about?" - Mark Pilatowski

"They should use it to promote the "If you see something, say something" campaign. http://www.mta.info/mta... ..." - Mark Pilatowski

"If you really want to see some spectacular rhetorical gymnastics, try asking a gay marriage bigot about interracial marriage." - Mark Pilatowski

"WTF does this even mean?" - Mark Pilatowski

FTA- "I use DropBox every day on both of my computers at home. This is about the simplest way to synchronize files between your computers, no matter which Operating System(s) you use." - Mark Pilatowski

"It's also a good way to artificially inflate time spent on the site and page views." - Mark Pilatowski

"It's still not meant to be icy. It should be cool but nor ice cold. You are missing out on a lot of flavor and goodness if you are drinking IPAs that are ice cold." - Mark Pilatowski

"I will never tire of watching Tootoo getting pummeled." - Mark Pilatowski

Finding a reliable hosting company can be difficult if you don't know what to look for. This article provides a good checklist of some of the more important items to consider when selecting a web hosting company. - Mark Pilatowski

"I wish I could digg you up more than once for this. Not sure if he will make lots of money but that is the purpose of this post." - Mark Pilatowski

"Well, this retarded shit made it to the front page of Digg. Mission accomplished." - Mark Pilatowski

Funny how they needed a report to tell them that it has failed. I could have let them in on that information years ago. - Mark Pilatowski from twhirl

Either that, or it's reverse psychology. ;) - Mike Abundo

Mattie, that may be true BUT some of those visitors may actually enjoy your blog and keep coming back. Social news sites offer an excellent opportunity to increase readership and improve your reach online. Sure you may deal with some knuckleheads but the good outweighs the bad in the end. - Mark Pilatowski from twhirl

From the page: "Do you remember 2001? What were doing? The same job? maybe in school? Married? Single? Well it is only 7 years ago but Google has decided to take us for search stroll back in time with Google 2001 for their 10th anniversary" - Mark Pilatowski

SEO is dead, ranking is useless and other fairy tales. Well peeps, it seems it's that time again and peeps are shovelling crap once more. Not that it's anything new, but worth me taking time away from my sabbatical to rant off a bit. - Mark Pilatowski