Amusing: The other day, Daniel Tan released another press release, this time on a smaller release site and added the anchor text “leasreepressmm” pointing to the blog of Matt Cutts. His goal was to get Matt’s blog to rank for leasreepressmm ,and guess what, it worked. read more...

Seriously. No recovery. Ever. There has been some discussion lately inside and outside the WebmasterWorld of the eventual possibility that no one will recover from Penguin. There will be no mass recovery and you will never get your rankings back from a year ago. Not to sound like the bearer of bad SEO news but after such a long demotion the reality of the situation is starting to set in for many read more...

Some handy tips to make content for an eCommerce website that will both please Google and increase sales. read more...

People spend a lot of time scratching their heads, trying to understand how Google reads their backlinks. They want to know what links they should seek to their websites that are still “safe”. read more...

What happens when your content starts to bring in readers to another site rather than yours?

As in “another site outranks your original content in Google search“?

http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/search-engine-ranking-debate/ read more...

In the spotlight this week:

* YouTube is shutting down;
* Google’s new “innovations”;
* Facebook Home;
* Digg is resurrecting from the dead;
* How to Milk Slideshare for Moo’ Traffic;
* Content marketing song about content marketing;
* and more…
Let’s get down to business.

http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/weekly-marketing-skinny-april-6-2013
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A WebmasterWorld thread has a webmaster sharing a notification message he received via Google Webmaster Tool. The interesting part is that this notification is very specific that although the site has a penalty... read more...

Could this have anything to do with Digg releasing last week that it’s going to start up a Google Reader type service as Google is shutting down the Google Reader service in a short period. read more...

The older I get, the more I realize how smart my mother and Dr. Seuss are. read more...

I read everything. You get the skinny. Get the skinny on the marketing happenings of the past week.

In this issue of Weekly Marketing Skinny:


* Google reader alternatives
* Google Panda update?
* Penguin update
* Google Glass kicked out of a bar
* English (Pirate) on Facebook
* latest FTC guidelines for disclosures
* and much more
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If you’ve exhausted the list of popular keyword research programs that are available today, you might be interested in the following five unusual keyword research sources. read more...

How to get more Facebook fans James Bond style: killer tips for killer results.

Warning: don't click on this link if you want a quick fix.
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Pandas got you down? Penguins gnawing at your website? SEO is tougher than ever in 2013, now that almost every link-building scheme that once was useful at best and useless at worst has now become a gigantic kick in the pants. read more...

Thesis? Genesis? Premium Wordpress theme or free theme? We tested them both. You get the skinny to make your decision easier. read more...

How to Use Google Plus? Should you even consider spending your time on Google Plus?

Consider this: it's now reported that Google Plus has moved up to become the second largest social media network.

Now Twitter is dragging behind.

To learn how to use Google Plus:
http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/google-plus-social-network-tutorial/

To learn more about driving traffic from social read more...

Prior to using the Blog Planner I would stumble through each day doing what I thought I needed to do but never really having a specific plan of what needed to be done to achieve my ultimate goals. read more...

Making a video go viral can never be guaranteed but all eight of these videos have one thing in common, they were HUGE worldwide hits last year. read more...

Even when Traffic Generation Café was a brand new blog, I did one thing VERY well: drive traffic from Twitter by getting more and more Twitter followers each day.

I followed three rules: automation, the right bait, and the right foundation.

Learn more about those rules and how to actually apply them to your business to get more Twitter followers. read more...

When it comes to business – SEO is a unique monster, because unlike most vertical markets, you don’t need products, vendor relationships, distribution channels, or even start up capital. But without the right approach, leveraging search for business can feel a lot like trying to capture lightning in a bottle. read more...

Four of the most important components you have to have in place if you want to maximize your guest blogging traffic, conversion rates, and SEO benefits. read more...