Daily Search Forum Recap: December 27, 2013
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Video Recap of Weekly...
View ArticlePosts with the Highest Pageviews on Search Engine Journal for 2013 by...
It’s amazing how much has changed in just 365 days. What was popular with visitors? Tactical, plain-speaking advice with regards to SEO, social media and Facebook in particular. Also racking up the...
View ArticleDid Matt Cutts Endorse Rap Genius Link Spam?
On TWIG Matt Cutts spoke about the importance of defunding spammers & breaking their spirits. If you want to stop spam, the most straight forward way to do it is to deny people money because they...
View Article3 Steps to Take When You Suspect an Algorithmic Penalty From Google by...
The dreaded Google penalty. It can strike you out of the blue quickly, and is very unpleasant to deal with. In the face of plummeting web traffic, you have to pinpoint the cause and then take steps to...
View ArticleAfter Guest Blogging…What’s Left for “Safe” Link Building? by @marceladevivo
Image Courtesy of Shutterstock As link building tactics get shot down by the Big G, online marketers are left wondering what’s left. Guest blogging has been devalued, alongside every other known...
View ArticleThe Definitive Guide to Recovering From a Manual Search Penalty by...
A search penalty is a fearsome thing. It’s the grown-up equivalent of “come to the principal’s office,” but the consequences are far worse. Once you’ve been hit with a manual penalty from Google, what...
View ArticleWhat I Learnt From Beating Google’s First Update of 2014 by @SearchHighway
For those of us who track our own websites, you may have noticed a Google update roll out on the 8th of January that’s been causing large fluctuations in the SERPs since then. This was the 6th largest...
View Article5 Types of Sites That Could Benefit from Broken Link Building by @AlesiaKrush
Like a prodigal family member, broken link building got re-embraced by SEOs after the series of Google algorithm updates known as Penguin. Google Penguin and a slew of manual actions Google took...
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