Share Many Facebook profiles are not public and can’t be found. Most links on Twitter can’t be followed by search engines, which helps prevent spam. Google treats links from most sites the same. A link from an .edu or .gov does not necessarily carry more weight for search engines (although I find this hard to… [Continue Reading]
Video: How Do Sites Get Ranked When They Don’t Use Keywords on the Site
October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Share Question: A site for my client’s competitor shows up on a SERP for keywords that never show up in the site anywhere (not even hidden in the source code). How is this even possible, and isn’t this spam? What can my client do about it? Here’s a real life example of what he’s talking… [Continue Reading]
Video: Matt Cutts on Automated Content for a Website
October 5, 2010 By 7 Comments
Share Question: Does Google see automatically generated content as a bad thing (i.e. spam)? If I publish uncopyrighted content on my site that is available from other sources/sites via a WordPress plugin, and Google found out, are there any penalties? Steve from Austin, Texas Google can see automatically generated content as a bad thing. Automatically… [Continue Reading]
How to Make eCommerce Pages SEO Friendly
September 2, 2010 By 5 Comments
Share This is a great video by SEOMoz about making eCommerce Pages SEO friendly and linkable. Rand talks about how to make product pages unique, linkable, and search engine friendly. Even if you sell the same products that hundreds of other people sell online, you can be unique enough to dominate SERPs. Key Takeaways from… [Continue Reading]
How Social Networks Use SEO
June 24, 2010 By 4 Comments
Share I have been talking a lot lately with clients about how a social network profile can help your online business. A few points I focus on include: Backlinks on other credible sites Direct interaction with your target audience Online networking with big players in your field Ability to monitor competitor involvement and strategy Online… [Continue Reading]
Top 6 Ways to Acquire Local Search Engine Traffic
April 28, 2010 By 10 Comments
Share For years, small businesses have been plagued with the dilemma of the high cost of online marketing. I always tell small business owners, “If you can’t afford to pay someone to do it for you, there are plenty of resources to help you learn how to do it.” After all, that’s how most of… [Continue Reading]
Does Increased Traffic Improve SEO Rankings?
March 26, 2010 By 5 Comments
Share All I have to do is just start a website and “Viola” – the traffic will just appear. I’ve heard, if I get lots of traffic, Google will take note of that and move me up the charts. I’m thinking about buying a list so I can get the big traffic and be ranked… [Continue Reading]
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