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Rebranding Without All the Fuss
Rebranding through Social Media Whether it’s a name or product change, transitioning to a new business model can be tricky at times. However, social media has the perfect mediums to convey the change to your clients. Recently, Virante rebranded its name to Hive...
How to Submit a Disavow File
How Do I Submit a Disavow File? If you have encountered an unnatural links penalty, it is necessary that you upload a disavow file to your Google Webmaster Tools account prior to submitting a reconsideration request. Even if you have not been hit with a manual...
The Future of SEOs – Tools and Technical
Brent Csutoras of Search Engine Journal interviews our very own Jake Bohall, VP of Marketing at Virante, Inc. Hive Digital! ... during Pubcon in Las Vegas this past October 2014. In the interview, Jake speaks on the topic of how the integration of SEO throughout...
Relative URLs vs. Absolute URLs – Does it matter?
Okay, so this post may come across a little rantish, but it needs to be said.... relative URLs SUCK for SEO. I can't even begin to count the number of times one of our crawlers gets stuck in an endless web of spidering a broken relative url that leads to 404 pages...
Getting a list of links when you only have a domain list
While handling business development for Remove'em, I run across a lot of different situations where a company's internal teams or outside firms have worked to help them review their backlink profiles and prepare a disavow file. In most cases, these companies have...
Link Building Opportunity for Major Weather Websites
Just a few days ago on January 14th, a fast moving squall line moved through North Carolina producing tornadoes and significant disruption. I, like many of you, subscribe to services that text message us when there are weather alerts in the area. However, I didn't...
Getting Highly Optimized Content from Outsourced Content Creation
Admit it - you and me and most everyone you know outsources some of their "SEO" content. It is the textual content that needs to be on pages to make sure there is enough context to a page otherwise filled with a product picture and a buy now button. It is a right of...
Authorshipocalypse! The Great Google Authorship Purge Has Begun
December 2013: Authorship in Search Results Gets Restricted UPDATE 21 January 2013: I have now published results of my study detailing who lost Google Authorship and why. UPDATE: While composing this post, Barry Schwartz of Search Engine Land reported that Google...
Using Google Plus and Pinterest Together For Real Estate
Google Plus & Pinterest = Marketing Dynamo! The ultimate goal of any social media strategy is to get more visitors to your website. It is a long process, but worth it because you have to take the time to grow your followers and build a strong bond with them....
Google Penguin Hunting: An Interview with Russ Jones, CTO of Virante
At Pubcon this October, John Rampton of Search Engine Journal interviewed Russ Jones, CTO of Virante, about how to Penguin-proof a website. The Google Penguin algorithm update, which has now had several updates and refreshings, primarily goes after sites that have...
Negative SEO and Link Removals: Interview with Virante’s Jacob Bohall
By Mark Traphagen At Pubcon in Las Vegas last month, Search Engine Journal conducted a video interview with Jacob Bohall, Vice President for Marketing for Virante Inc, on the topics of negative seo and link removals for Penguin...
Google Plus Update Event: 18 Major Upgrades to Google+
My live tweets from today's Google Plus Update live event. Google's Vic Gundotra announced 18 major upgrades to Google+, centerend around Hangouts, photos, and videos. (Go to bottom of page for a Pinterest pinnable image of these tweets!) Hungry for more details on...