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Over the weekend, I posted on my nascent blog about a quality problem I have been having with one of my clients. For the past several months, my firm has been handling SEO duties for Promises Treatment Centers - the Malibu rehab facility. Many of you probably know where I am headed with this. Since February 23rd, our numbers have exploded. Uniques up 4300%, page views up 3600%  and 541 new links. This just happens to coincide with the arrival at Promises of a certain celebrity exhibiting some rather bizarre behavior.
My dilemma was whether to and how take advantage of Britney’s arrival for longer term gains in the SE department. Ideas from the crass (like a where in the world is Britney Spears game) to the noble (a site expressing support for Britney during her treatment at Promises) ran through my head. What better form of linkbait? People […]

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