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More than the sum of their parts: 5 SEO Tools that work better together

I’ll admit, you can do good SEO without fancy tools. However, when you are at an agency managing multiple SEO accounts and have keywords, links and blog posts flying through your head all day you really need some tools to help with efficiency. I have found a set of tools I work with every day that practically do my job for me. Each of these tools is good all on its own, but together they make a killer SEO combo. 

1. Firefox with a few Add-ons

What is it good for? To find issues with websites & on-page optimization.
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Blogosphere Lessons: Why You Should Can the Canned Content.

It’s really no secret that we’re fans of unique, compelling content at Thunder.
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“You’d Be A Fool Not To Fool” | April Fool’s Day Link Building

Two weeks ago I experienced my first April Fools as an SEO. This year, unlike last year, I knew ahead of time & excitedly kept an eye out for any & all tomfoolery I could find. After spending a decent amount of time through out the day searching, reading & seeing the sheer volume of pranks being pulled across the web.
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A Look Into Link Building at Thunder SEO

With my recent move into business development for Thunder SEO, I’ve been starting to think more granularly about the online marketing services that we offer, why we offer them, and how those services get…
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Book Review: Search Engine Optimization Secrets

I just finished Danny Dover & Erik Dafforn‘s new book Search Engine Optimization Secrets last night. I must say, “Wow!” This is the single most thorough resource to take an SEO from beginner to intermediate/advanced overnight. He has listed some major gems in the book; I have bookmarked nearly 20 pages that contain little tricks I wasn’t aware of until now.
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Social Media in Natural Disasters

Social media is without a doubt changing how we communicate & it has been for sometime. From keeping in contact with friends, interacting with companies, donating to charities, sharing information, consuming media, & getting up to the second news updates from around the world. It was and still is pivotal in the uprising throughout the Middle East as the world get the news nearly instantaneously from those living it.
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Rand Fishkin’s InfusionCon Presentation and Post-Panda UGC

Presenter and SEO-ambassador extraordinaire Rand Fishkin uploaded his SEO presentation for InsuionCon early this week. Consise, insightful and cutting-edge as always, his presentation covers the 10 basic steps to great SEO, and illustrates these…
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To Link Exchange Or Not To Link Exchange

I thought by now most everyone was in agreement not to spend too much time and energy on straight-up link exchanges. Google has made it clear that random outbound links on a page aren’t really that helpful as the page probably (i) doesn’t have great content (since when did links count as content?) and (ii) has so many links about different topics that the page really isn’t relevant or authoritative for any topic.
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Thunder SEO is Hiring! SEO Ninjas Apply Here!

We’re looking for someone who’s PASSIONATE about SEO; who wants to know what’s new; who follows SEO experts throughout the world and QUESTIONS what they say; who’s constantly thinking "what works?", "what doesn’t?", "how can I test that?"; who wants to be a VOICE in the industry; who wants to SUCCEED for themselves, their clients and the company. In short, we want a SEO NINJA. Oh (very important!), this person also knows how (and wants) to help other businesses with their online marketing – this is an AGENCY after all.
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Do Directories Really Matter for Local Search Rankings in Google?

One or two years ago, I stood on my soap box and explained the utter importance of consistent listings of a company’s Name, Address and Phone Number ("NAP") in high-authority directories to rank in Google Map results (also known as "citations"). Nowadays, with the blending of local search and organic listings in Google’s “local search” results, the question of directories becomes intriguing (and plausible) because it seems that a directory-strategy alone will not achieve the map rankings a business might desire.
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