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Read the latest news on search engine optimization (SEO) and strategies to help you ensure maximum visibility and traffic from search engines.
Which Google Plus Features Most Affect Search Rankings?
Watch this live Google+ Hangout on Air webinar (at bottom of this post) I did host by the charming +Yifat Cohen. In it, I discuss ...
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Google Plus Local Places Page FAQ
If you run a local business and have a Google Places account, there’s a pretty good chance you’re aware of what a mess it can ...
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Is Marketing Dead? A Live Hangout on Air Video Discussion
Virante’s Mark Traphagen joined John Blossom (Shore Communications), Mark Thomas (SlingshotSEO), Su Ann Lim (TekPersona), Steve Faktor (IdeaFaktory), and Patrick Healy (Phacient) in a live Google+ Hangout ...
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The Chamber of Commerce Opportunity
Joining your local Chamber of Commerce is smart. Taking advantage of your membership to build a great backlink is even smarter.
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How Relationships Drive Linkbuilding (MozCon 2012)
My notes from a presentation by Jon Henshaw, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer Raven Internet Marketing (@henshaw) If you build links the wrong way, Google will destroy ...
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Google Algorithm Weather Report: Announcing MozCast
My notes from the presentation “A Secret Algo Project Launch” at MozCon 2012 by Dr. Peter J. Meyers, Rogue Scientist for SEOmoz (@dr_pete). Be sure to read until the ...
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30+ Ways to Get Natural Links (from MozCon 2012)
Here are my notes from an excellent talk by Paddy Moogan, Lead SEO Consultant at Distilled (@paddymoogan | Google+ profile) Linkbuilding: It’s not that easy! It’s ...
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Google Authorship: Does It Affect Search Rankings? Google Official Speaks Out
In a new interview on Search Engine Journal, we get some updated insights into the current state of the Google Authorship project from Google Director of ...
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Google+ Events vs. Facebook Events: King of Virtual & King of IRL
My first thought about the new Google+ Events was that no matter how slick and cool it is, this is one feature that could be hurt ...
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Google Testing +1 Button with Site Content Recommendations
In an email to the Google+ Platform Preview group today, Google announced that the following +1 button test, is now visible on the web to ...
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Three Backlinking Mistakes to Avoid
See this post for more details, but the three mistakes are: Assuming backlinks will just “appear.” (You have to work for them, even for the white ...
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How to Own the First Page of Google
(Note: The following post, while accurate in what it presents, is not meant to claim that one can dominate the first page of Google the ...
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How Do I Know What Links To Remove?
For the past six weeks I have been trying to help site owners in the Google’s Webmaster Central. Many of the sites were sailing along ...
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