There’s no doubt now that your social media presence influences your rankings within the search engine results pages.  However, what is up for debate is the specific mechanisms by which social media signals influence your site’s SEO. In lieu of a definitive answer from Google (which we’re not exactly crossing our fingers for!), we’ve compiled the existing Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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3 Steps to Using Social Media to Improve Your SEO

In the old days, there were clear cut ways to game search engines and rank well for whatever keyword you pleased. You could keyword stuff, spam exact match anchor text through article directories or social bookmarks, or create link networks to manipulate your way to the top and profit

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The One Question Google Panda Has Taught Us To Ask Ourselves

@VinceBlackham tweeted a very funny video the other day and I thought I would share it with you.

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Friday Humor: A Funny Video “She’s Too Good For Everyone”

I learned a great lesson from a friend long ago. She said I need to be able to track each hour of my day and make sure I am paid for each hour. My time and your time is valuable, but many clients are “meeting happy”

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How Much Money Are Your Meetings Costing You?

Recently, Mozilla announced that they are testing default encrypted Google searches on the Firefox browser. The change, which is expected to reach all Firefox users within the next several months, will severely limit publishers’ analytics data related to how Google searchers are finding their websites. Since approximately 25% of the browser market is controlled by Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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Keyword Not Provided Percentage to Grow: Firefox Adding Default Encryption for Google Searches

It’s a dark day indeed for online video, H.264 has seemingly won the war without any real battles being fought. Google has yet to remove H.264 from Chrome and now someone high up at Firefox has pretty much stated that they’re throwing in the towel as well.

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Firefox to Stop Pushing WebM and Give in to H.264? What’s that Mean to You

In a world dominated by men in nearly every facet of commerce, it is important for women to come together in order to showcase their skills, ideas and growing presence in what was once the old boys’ club of business. With the internet still a burgeoning place offering endless opportunities to savvy social marketers, women Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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5 Social Media Events Organized by and for Women (2012)

YouTube is about to join the fold of Google+ in a more tightly knit and cohesive way. No longer will you be able to simply Like a video, now you’ll be giving it a +1 according to recent reports  of a big switch over at the world’s largest online video site

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Google Doesn’t Like Likes: YouTube Adopting +1 Button Instead?

Another week, another fresh batch of the most popular videos. Some are from brands–and this week, we have an excellent selection of great branded videos for you–and others are from individuals.

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The Week’s Best Viral Videos & Video Marketing Lessons – Hockey Dancing Edition

Despite Disney apparently doing everything in its power to try to make John Carter into something it isn’t, it mustered a disappointing $30 million in its opening weekend and fell short to The Lorax in its second week.  However, one thing everyone needs to keep in mind is that movies are more global than ever, and Carter is poised to at least make its money back with worldwide numbers when all is said and done, so don’t focus solely on North American box office.  This week, 21 Jump Street is all alone save for some limited releases.  21 Jump Street is the antithesis of John Carter .

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Hollywood Video Marketing Efforts: 21 Jump Street Shows How It’s Done