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Links are one of the largest untracked forms of online currency, and as soon as the IRS discovers this they will try to find a way to tax them. Every link is an indication of an exchange of real value, even if the parties are linking naively. Here is one example where an innocent link…
Search Engine Strategies SEO Conference 2013 working 20% coupon code! I have been to many Search Engine Strategies conferences, and this was the first search engine optimization event I traveled to. Danny Sullivan no longer owns and runs this show, but it still has a lot of great speakers and information for SEO’s. Go to…
Social media marketing is an intensely fast-paced environment, and in order to be effective agencies and brands must continuously ask themselves how return on investment and success can be measured. For different brands and businesses, the hallmarks of success are more signups, business and subscribers; but there is no doubt that drawing traffic to your…
In order to make a good impression, you must have something to say. This is as true in the world of the Internet as it is in the physical world. Saying your piece is not difficult to do in Internet forums, discussion boards and blogs. Best of all, you can drive traffic to your own…
Google recently rolled out a new algorithm update that has affected 3% (according to Google employee Matt Cutts) of common web keyword searches. The newly released update is called Google Penguin and its aim is to increase search relevancy by penalizing websites that use unethical SEO tactics to increase their site’s Page Rank. The main…
As online marketers we spend a lot of time coming up with awesome content to drum up publicity, social buzz and, ultimately, links for our websites. But how much time do we actually spend promoting that content? It’s entirely natural to concentrate all our energies on the creation side of things – after all, only…
Although Google algorithm updates usually make the headlines on tech blogs, the search engine’s recent Google Venice update received little attention. SEO content creators realize that the update is important, but many don’t realize that Venice could entirely change the way that businesses approach search engine optimization and marketing. To put it simply, Google’s Venice…
The major search engines use a relatively unknown feature for quickly indexing and submitting sitemaps: autodiscovery. The way this works is by adding 1 line of code in your robots.txt file: Sitemap: http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml
With the latest Google algorithm update, codenamed panda, Negative SEO has now become an issue everyone must be concerned about. It is now possible for mailcious SEO’s and hackers to negatively affect search engine rankings simply by pointing some of the wrong links at your website. Building links from authoritative websites that have a real…
Matt Cutts is the godfather of the Google search engine, and has dictatorial power over what is allowed in the natural search results. Normally he holds his cards close to his chest and is reluctant to offer any insight into what may work best with their algorithm. Luckily this video by seosammie gives us insight…
