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Has anyone submitted pages that generate sitemaps on the fly as opposed to only submitting static XML files to Bing? For instance, sitemap.php vs sitemap.xml, video sitemap.php vs videositemap.xml?

What options do we have for keyword research now that Google is switching from the Google AdWords Keyword Tool to the Keyword Planner??

A client of mine did article marketing years ago with Ezine, PRlog, ArticlesBase, etc.  Now those links are still linking to their domain.

Do you think they'll see an increase in rankings from removing those links?

Does anyone have any data that could help us to understand the best time to upload a video to YouTube?

Now that Google is debuting its new Google Adwords Keyword tool, how will this affect the way you do keyword research?

Are there other tools you use?

It was Google organic traffic as a whole that spiked. 4 or 5 keywords brought in the extra traffic, and these are keywords I usually rank in position 8 or 9 for.

I own a website, and recently had a HUGE spike in organic search traffic from Google over the weekend.

It seems to be going back down.

Anyone have any idea why? Anyone have any similar experiences?

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Sometimes, its nice to get a pat on the back, and it's always helpful to share tactics that work!

The question is this: what's your biggest success story? Care to share any pictures or stories on how you got to the top? What do you attribute your success to?

Here's one of our success stories - one of our clients wanted to be on the first page for the keyword "Morse Code." We never thought we'd be able to get them on the top of such a competitive keyword, but alas! We never gave up.

Since this is a hobby website and not a website generating a huge amount of cash, it was easier to get incoming links from other people who were interested in the topic.

I'd say we'd attribute our success to having great content and getting others to write blog posts and join in on the fun.

What's your success story and how did you do it?

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I'm pretty disappointed that I've had about 7 emails and comments on my blog about how terrible my picture was. All I wanted was some advice on how to get content in front of other bloggers, but instead, people from SEOmoz have just been emailing me and leaving comments on my website about how horrible my content is.

Bummer.

I just don't understand.  If a question or an answer is decent, I give people a thumbs up.  I don't think I've really seen anyone else give a thumbs up.  Why not?

Simply put, it's a tag that solves a problem.

Problem: Dynamic web pages get into trouble with duplicate content - Google will see a completely different page if the URL is changed in any way.

For instance, Google sees these as two different sites:

www.site.com 
www.site.com/

Just the trailing / will make Google index the page twice - which required much more resources to index all of that duplicate content.

So, the rel="canonical" tag exists to tell Google which version of the content to index - thus enabling less duplicate content.

All you need to do is add the rel="canonical" tag before the tag of your website, and you're good to go!

Does this help explain it?

I agree on both counts - Webmaster Tools has great data, but only 30 days worth.

I download all of the data in Excel once a month and run reports.  I've found that to be the best way.

I get it, I get it... but how much AMAZING content could an air conditioning repair company create?

Yeah, I absolutely agree with Josh.  Thumbs up, Josh!

Hi, Ray,

Typically, directories don't often sort by alphabetical order; they allow the user to choose how they view the results, or, they sort by showing the paid listings first.

With that said, here's what I usually look like when starting a new project & choosing a domain:

• Is the domain name brand-able?
• Can I have keywords in the domain?
• Do I have the option of buying a domain with a high Page Rank?

Right now, having keywords in your domain is a pretty significant factor, but there have been rumors of Google changing it's algorithm to put less weight on the keywords in domain.

If I was in your shoes, I think I'd go with "AUCheapFlights.com" just because it's brand-able & it has keywords.

I hope this helped!

I always have used www.LiquidWeb.com as my hosting company - their customer support just rocks!

They don't do designing, however.

Can you give us some more information on what you're looking to do?

I'd say that I'd have to disagree with, "No point registering keyword rich domain unless it's a short lived affair."

Why is that?  I completely disagree.  Most of my successful websites all are based around keywords, and I've had them for years...

I always agree with domains with keywords in them for sure.

I think I know what you're asking.  Basically, using a "read more" type situation where the content is on the website in the code, but not visible to the user until they click on that area.  Is that correct?

If so, the answer is no, it does not devalue the content at all, and you shouldn't be penalized for it.

Matt Cutts discusses this topic in this video:

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