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Some recent ones I have been using is:
Einet.net (PR8)
JoeAnt
BOTW
V7N (often have discount codes in the V7N directory forum)
Galaxy
And I would LOOOVE if someone returned the favor by suggesting more high-authority paid directories in the $15-$75 range too!
A "Unique View" defined:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=36c600b76eed8740&hl=en
It's old, but probably still pretty accurate. It's a heated debate with all signs pointing to an inaccurate form of measurement. Most of the blog posts you read about this stemmed from that discussion I do believe. Such as, http://www.atlantaanalytics.com/practicing-web-analytics/how-does-youtube-video-view-count-work/ and http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/07/22/view-counts-on-youtube/ - Note the deeper analyzing happening at 308 views.
External or Embedded Videos Counting Towards View Count:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=26f5093fbce9f85a&hl=en
Simply put, Yes, they certainly do.. the legit ones count anyways!
I think knowing why you want the follower counts would help us provide a better way to obtain the data.
For example, I look at profile metrics/authority when I'm setting a new profile up in a specific vertical. BUT, I know that I can use Topsy's twitter search to identify those authoritative tweeple. They have a nice hover-over feature that will show you follower stats for each user talking about the search query. I can also use TweetAdder to do this manually. I don't need to slow down, neigh, I would rather not slow down to record or even read a list of follower counts.
If you truly do want the data for bulk processing within a site, some sort of new tool.. then pulling it directly from Twitter may be the answer. It really depends.
PRweb & if money isn't really the issue, go with BusinessWire. The PRweb.com link itself will probably be the most valuable from a PRWeb release though, unless you get picked up outside of the typical syndication network. BusinessWire works the same way, but has a better professional image.
If you have the money and do not have newsworthy announcements, look into facilitating an outreach campaign or buying some friendships of authoritative sites within your industry. Donating to relevant foundations, sponsoring local events (with websites) and work harder to get known online, digitally within your industry online.
There are tools & strategies that will help you identify the resource-related authority sites within your industry too.
Here are your options:
I just noticed on the Linkscape calendar the update that was supposed to happen yesterday is pushed back to the 6th.
It would be better not knowing. Is this a possibility? Or use the calendar internally, I don't care. Credibility in any announcement or claim looses muster once you do not do what you say you are going to do over and over again. Just a thought..
Maile Ohye stated (at SESSF 2010), when an image is linking out, the alt img text is just as important as anchor text is in a contextual link. That is something to keep in mind when you are going through your link profile..
Are both pages serving the same purpose?
I would NOT 404 it. I'm a firm believer in not deleting pages. If anything, it sounds like a job for the canonical tag to me.
Sure,
Ontolo does this fairly well with data from OpenSiteExplorer. It is also possible to do it with excel &vlookups, this will probably be the only option that won't cost you more $$. The domain comparison is an often overlooked little trick, even SEO Elite included this comparison view back when we were all pulling links from Yahoo's index.
If you run the clique hunter in MajesticSEO, you'll even get a pretty little bubble chart though 
https://dandomain.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Title-tag/132397-15889
Translation sucks a bit, but I think it's saying it can be set at the page level in the CMS dashboard.
There are so many variables now.
Data centers - Many different DC's showing different results. One could have had a new update/refresh pushed through, the others may not.
Increased activity in rankings (up & down daily)
User-error, especially when taking in geographic locations, personalized results and history.
Rank trackers have been through hell. You have the brand-related SERP pages with three less total listings as well.. just this last week.
Out of the thousands of keywords I watch daily, many will show substantially different rankings for WEEKS before I see it here. The good thing is, I look like genius since I have identified the pattern between data centers and, within reason, can predict our ranking change within a few days.
Never. Stop. Link Building.
Look at it like buying real estate. You want to protect your investment, you want to build it up as best as you can, and one day, if you choose to sell it, it'll resale quite nicely.
Sure, if you have other open projects, you can now kick up their priority status a bit, but always continue to drive authority to the domain.
Do you rank for 1-3 short tail keywords? What about long-tail keywords? What about variations? Market defined variations? #pointstoponder
Here's what you need to know:
Don't believe me? Look at how many search-results pages walmart.com has ranking now across all their verticals. Sure, on-site is very important but driving authority to the domain is something that NEEDS to happen and can take months to process, let alone, facilitate the link building campaigns.
Linking Strategies:
It's always tough to say without seeing the site. As you know, so many variables are involved. That is strange & it would be helpful to look back at the cache to see which one it picked up before you dropped off those specific SERPs. My guess is you'll be back where you started within a few days.
It's like checking your own reflexes. You just have to somehow blindside yourself while in tickle monster mode. But those of us who are not compatible with tickling should start our own linkedin group.
Sure.
It is fairly simple Chandana. Much like marketing yourself offline, you need to establish valuable contacts and relationships within your professional industry. The same goes for the web. Search engines derive authority from links, citations, likes, tweets and any measurable metric they can tally. However, links are still the most important.
Showing Google your companies digital footprint (or web presence) is vast, robust and mentioned on sites they trust will actually make a site with GOOD on-site SEO very powerful. Without that, you'll only see a handful of your pages indexed and served in positions of prominence.
If link building truly is a priority, I would look up Garrett French and read his articles, look at his tools and the Ontolo link building book.
