The SEO News Blog with Pat Marcello

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• Watch the 2010 Oscars : Academy Awards Online: It’s that time of the year again folks, with the 82nd Academy Award… http://bit.ly/cRG0×3 #
• What Do You Do With Your Blog to Make it Stand Out from the Crowd?:  ProBlogger Blog Tips : Last week on Twitter I… http://bit.ly/aMly3J #
• Losing Andrew Carnegie:  Seth’s Blog : Carnegie apparently said, ‘Take away my people, but leave my factories and … http://bit.ly/9vayb8 # continue reading »

There’s a simple new plugin for your WordPress blog that will block malicious URL Requests. It’s simple to install, but you will have to do it the old fashioned way from the plugin site. Here’s where to find the article on the plugin and how to do it here:

http://www.wprecipes.com/wordpress-plugin-protect-your-blog-from-malicious-url-requests

I’m guessing that if you read my blog, you’re pretty savvy about adding plugins, but since WordPress has given us the ability to add them right from our blogs for the past several months, you may not know how to handle this. Here’s all you need to do:

• Go to the above address and copy the plugin code from WPRecipes.com here: http://www.wprecipes.com/wordpress-plugin-protect-your-blog-from-malicious-url-requests

• Open a text editor like Notepad, TextPad or WordPad and paste it into a blank document. (Mac users you know what your text editor is; sorry I don’t.) continue reading »

• 2 Incredible Internet Marketing Stories and Lessons:  Shoemoney : I always say I learn 100x more from my failures … http://bit.ly/d0Y1iF #
• Kristi West of Spend Less And Save More An Interview:  Murray Newlands : Kristi West of Spend Less And Save More a… http://bit.ly/aBJnIs #
• Blogging Tips: Use of More Tag & Excerpts:  ClickNewz! Internet Marketing Blog : Simple blogging tips for using th… http://bit.ly/a5ViyZ #
• Stick Out Your Finger (Not That One!) and Create a Meaningful Blogging Experience:  ProBlogger Blog Tips : Guest p… http://bit.ly/a6ohdI #
• Everyone’s model of work is a job:  Seth’s Blog : That’s is the conclusion of a very long essay on startups by Pau… http://bit.ly/bKYKZh # continue reading »

• Google Buzz Not a Twitter or Facebook Killer, Says Google Exec: GMAIL USERS: You’re welcome to join the discussion… http://bit.ly/aZuGU3 #
• Last chance for bonus prizes:  Seth’s Blog : There are a few bonus upsides available when you buy a copy of Linchp… http://bit.ly/cctzId #
• Outsourced Customer Support Must Be Understandable & Competent:  Affiliate Marketing Blog : Yesterday, I called AT… http://bit.ly/cdLN4E #
• Affiliate Summit West 2010 Session Videos are Now Available:  Shawn Collins : Videos from Affiliate Summit West 20… http://bit.ly/az3aLv #
• Social Media Week ReCap: InternetGeekGirl is back in action:  Internet Geek Girl : I know it’s been awhile since I… http://bit.ly/8XEfTe #
• How to Reset the Lamp Counter on your Panasonic DLP Television:  Jangro.com : This guide will tell you how to rese… http://bit.ly/aXKoLC #
• Natural SEO London Meetup:  Murray Newlands : Natural SEO London Meetup on the 9th of AprilIt causes hot debate. O… http://bit.ly/9hmL4w # continue reading »

• Affiliate Marketing 3.0:  Shawn Collins : I will be speaking at Search Engine Strategies in New York on Thursday, … http://bit.ly/aSFrwt #
• Google Buzz Has Completely Changed the Game: Here’s How: The Social Analyst is a weekly column by Mashable Co-Edit… http://bit.ly/9HhE14 #
• How the PGA Tour Uses Social Media to Connect with Fans: For sports leagues, social media represents an unpreceden… http://bit.ly/cZlrHm #
• Working Online: Success in a Biz You LOVE:  ClickNewz! Internet Marketing Blog : This month marks the beginning of… http://bit.ly/cQi7Y2 #
• How a $50 packet of Tim Tams could get you a Blogger Job:  ProBlogger Blog Tips : Guest post by Ainslie Hunter fro… http://bit.ly/9D6LE4 #
• Invent a holiday:  Seth’s Blog : Find an emotion that needs social approval in order to be easily expressed. Hook … http://bit.ly/b9S72C # continue reading »

• How Social Gaming is Improving Education: For decades, educators have been scrambling to find better ways to prepa… http://bit.ly/agyJZO #
• Audience Conference 2010 why you should go:  Murray Newlands : Audience Conference 2010 why you should go?Last yea… http://bit.ly/9Bk7TQ #
• This Week in the ShoeMoney Marketplace: New listings placed this week in the ShoeMoney Marketplace: OFFCOST.com – … http://bit.ly/bo26lV #
• Dot Com Pho Learning To Read Edition:  John Chow : We got tired of eating Pho every week so this week, we decided … http://bit.ly/b7yxPz #
• PPVToCPA Case Study Kicks Off:  Andrew Wee : This is the first in a series of posts for a PPV/CPV (pay per view/co… http://bit.ly/a1uY8m #
• 19 “sneaky” little traffic tricks http://aweber.com/b/1moAn #
• Please Help Me Kick Breast Cancers Arse:  Missy Ward : In 2007, I founded http://AffiliateMarketersGiveBack.com (A… http://bit.ly/91tkkB #
• Google Buys Super Bowl Ad? [RUMOR]: Google may run a commercial during tomorrow’s Super Bowl, according to a myste… http://bit.ly/c7Qkmk # continue reading »

• complete and total website crash http://aweber.com/b/1ZgKX #
• Apple CEO: Google Wants To “Kill The iPhone”: According to a hearsay report in Wired, Steve Jobs allegedly said th… http://bit.ly/9aQAov #
• This Week in the ShoeMoney Marketplace: New listings placed this week in the ShoeMoney Marketplace: LogoMyWay.com … http://bit.ly/aBsOGh #
• Installing Android development environment on Ubuntu 9.04: I wanted to play with writing Android apps on my home L… http://bit.ly/ad3MHi #
• Irony: You Need A Map To Find Google Street View On The iPhone: We came to a strange realization on Friday at SEL … http://bit.ly/bjtdG7 #
• Lost Fans – ARE YOU FRICKIN READY!!!!?!?!?: Its almost upon us. The final Season of LOST! I almost don’t want it t… http://bit.ly/cY163t # continue reading »

• This Week in the ShoeMoney Marketplace: New listings placed this week in the ShoeMoney Marketplace: Unlimited Pres… http://bit.ly/7M8vEs #
• @susiq2 welcome… a real tragedy, eh? in reply to susiq2 #
• Satellite Images Of Haiti Earthquake From Google & Bing Maps: Both Google Maps and Bing Maps offer ways to see the… http://bit.ly/8BJKDy #
• Ballmer Critical Of Google’s China Decision: At a conference in Houston on Thursday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer s… http://bit.ly/4n5V2c #
• The Pitfalls Of Budget-Constrained Bidding: The downsides to overbidding on keywords are both plain and painful: l… http://bit.ly/5WA08k #
• PubCon 2009 talk: State of the Index: If you followed @googlewmc on Twitter you would already know about this, but… http://bit.ly/4GFHBG # continue reading »

• One Small Step For Marketers, One Giant Leap In Profit http://bit.ly/5nCbfL #
• Windows 7… Need a new scanner now and a new web cam. Oh, brother. Any recommendations? #
• Still recovering after a nasty computer crash. If you’ve sent an email and I haven’t responded… that’s why. Please resend, k? #
• there’s something wrong with your Twitter account! http://aweber.com/b/13waj #
• Report: It’s A Good Time To Be A Web Analyst, Not Quite So A Google Analytics Competitor http://bit.ly/8XFASL #
• Google Plans To Buy Its Way Into Real Estate http://bit.ly/5mxQAQ #
• Check out this Q&A http://aweber.com/b/1PiSj #
• Do You Know Shoemoney? http://goo.gl/fb/pq9l # continue reading »

• Chek this out: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-06 #OVBlogger: Chek this out: Twitter Weekly Up.. http://bit.ly/5GZuQi #
• Chek this out: Google Creates Local “Favorite Places,” Connects Online And Offline With Mobile Ba.. http://bit.ly/8bk9In #
• Chek this out: The Decisive Advantage Of Optimizing For The Long Tail http://bit.ly/4raqJ5 #
• Chek this out: Yahoo Launches Ad Interest Manager: Yahoo has just rolled out its Ad Interest Mana.. http://bit.ly/8PW1Xq #
• This is a great tip: Google Goggles: Image Triggered Search http://bit.ly/5oUpYw
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• Chek this out: Link Builder’s Toolkit: Saving Time on Writing an Email Pitch: I think many of us .. http://bit.ly/669eoG #
• This is a great tip: Link Builder’s Toolkit: Saving Time on Writing an Email P.. http://bit.ly/669eoG
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• This is a great tip: Social Media Marketing Snake Oil: This post is a response.. http://bit.ly/5aHpIW
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