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8th February 2007 - Link Blog

Why people hate SEO... (and why SMO is bulls$%t). Jason Calacanis explains SMO, or “Social Media Optimisation”—digg spamming now has its own TLA.

Posted 8th February 2007 at 7:47 am

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