I’ve been reading a great thriller recently – it’s an old n’ dusty Stephen King thriller from the mid-90′s – but it wasn’t the fearful imagery that the thriller writer in question managed to raise my buns from the couch but the written words contained within certain passages of text that we are all interconnected by ‘hidden cables’ that got me edgy and then some.

So what do I mean by ‘hidden cables’? We’ll to take a quick insight of my thinking I want to draw on a few heatable discussions that have taken centre stage this year in the search world. Please, be aware that I’m not mud-raking, merely using examples to illustrate my point.

The first and most famous was Lyndon’s global link bait that not only split your sides with laughing at the sheer absurdity of it all but also split a community into groups decrying each other in a scale unknown to the search community before or since. Many undercurrent thoughts went to play on this escapade myself included. So, looking back what made myself pick-up Lyndon’s torch and help fight his corner, go public with my thoughts, cut social media ties that will strain to be the same again.

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First things first, let me say that although I am an SEO guy I love social media to bits and have been involved with various sm sites for some time now. This post has been sitting on my to do list and at last I have found time to rank my top ten favourite social media sites.

I know there are a lot more out there that I haven’t added, so it would be good to see similar lists growing and perhaps we can gather a universal poll of our favourite social media sites.

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Imagine you are about to launch a new website. You have viewed and critiqued the search engine results pages for your niche and feel that your site has a credible chance of breaching those top positions and soon enough will be driving traffic, leads and sales straight to your door. It’s not that hard to imagine – I see it all the time.

Then I ask, ‘What you considering for online marketing?’ The caught-in-the-headlights stare says it all, this wasn’t in the business plan. This is when the fear kicks in.

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Some weeks back I allowed Google to share my little ol’ SEO Marketing website traffic data via Google Analytics and allow it to be used in their pet Benchmarking project. Over the last few days I have noticed that finally I can compare my site against sites of a similar size (although how they define size is something I would like them to expand on) and see if our site is punching above its weight or are we truly that weak that we find it difficult to punch our way out of a wet paper bag?

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There has been an outbreak of blog hack attacks recently – I should know I have been the unwelcome victim of one. The main focus of the blog hack attacks is older versions of the free WordPress blogs that are less than the latest 2.5 version release.

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I have been skulking around since mid last week after receiving the news that my wee SEO blog had been hacked. Its difficult to explain the feeling, the best I can pit it against was when the sister-in-law had her house burgled – how she cringed at the thought of an unknown someone traipsing through her stuff. Perhaps some may feel that’s quite a strong similarity to assign a blog hack against – to tell the truth that’s just the tip of my anger.

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We have all trodden on it, some of us still do, some give up hope along the way, while a few lay the floorboards for the rest to follow. It is a journey of no fixed entry point and peppered with rabbit holes of which there is no return.

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I was wondering if any of the guys and gals who work in SEO, Internet Marketing or Social Media Marketing/Blogging fancy arranging a night together either before or during the festive period.

It doesn’t have to be a big bash, just a pub close to a chippy or kebab shop so we all don’t have far to stumble towards at closing time.

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I have been involved in the Search Industry for a very short time now in relation to some of the well known faces in the business – I’m just a mere pup.

Now, I’m an SEO, not a marketer, I’m getting better at this blogging business (some may hold an entirely different opinion). In the 4 or 5 months I have been blogging I have been introduced to new and varying concepts like Social Media Marketing Techniques, Link Baiting, PPC and making a few friends along the way.

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As a Scot I’m proud of my country and I’m proud of my heritage. So, when I was on Sphinn today and saw this headline in the up-and-coming section it kinda grabs my attention:

Men Are From Mars, Bloggers Are From Scotland

So I decided to investigate a little further. Upon clicking through to the blog I’m confronted with this:

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