A new study just released by the Chicago University’s Booth Business School suggests that people find it more difficult to resist the urge to use Twitter or Facebook than to resist sex, sleep, cigarettes or alcohol. The study, which examined 205 German men and women between the ages of 18 and 85, concluded that social Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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Twitter is Impossible to Resist: Study Indicates Social Media Urges Stronger than Sex

OptiMine is Bid Optimization Software that claims it “improves paid search results by 25 percent or more and backs up the results with the industry’s only performance-based price guarantee.” OptiMine is focused on maximizing the performance of paid search campaigns to achieve financial goals. Their strategy is to analyze the individual click, cost, conversion and Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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Global Keyword Bid Optimization With OptiMine

Google’s Matt Cutts answers a question about how SafeSearch works. The link Matt mentions is below the video.

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Matt Cutts Explains How SafeSearch Works

I am a big believer that the term “link building” should be abolished and forever re-branded as “relationship building.” Successfully creating and managing relationships is what will get you links, not sending out mass impersonal emails asking for links. Think of link building as networking – people are more likely to link to people they Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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Utilizing Existing Partnerships to Score Easy SEO Wins

I’ve recommended from the beginning that businesses should use Google+, but with the launch of Search Plus Your World, the web marketer’s game has changed… And getting that Google+ account is critical. But just having an account will not help you. You must optimize it to get the best results from Search Plus Your World

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How to Create an Effective Google+ SEO Content Strategy

I’m sure you’ve seen those handy guides in magazines that tell you to eat 13 pretzels instead of 100 M&M’s or taco pizza instead of taco salad. This is like that, only less delicious.

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Do This, Not That: SEO Content Edition!

There are so many myths out there about Panda and what it means. This infographic from Single Grain makes it very easy for you to understand what Panda is, what can hurt your site, link building tips and offers suggestions on what to do if your website was affected. Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

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Easy Way to Understand Google’s Panda

When Twitter announced they were instituting a new censorship policy, the micro-blogging platform faced an immediate and severe backlash from the majority of the web community. Now, as a result of a previously announced change to the Blogger platform that was initially announced on January 9th, the Blogger platform has also come under scrutiny.

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Google Blogger URL Redirects Censor International Users

There are loads of companies, be it small or large, itching to dive into social media platforms.

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Opinion: What can go wrong in social media?

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