by Tripp Hamilton | Feb 4, 2015 | Online marketing, Reconsideration, SEO
The onset of manually-applied Google penalties had many internet marketers scrambling to remove once-valuable links that were now threatening to devalue their clients’ and their own websites. Fortunately for these webmasters, Google released the disavow tool in...
by Tripp Hamilton | Jan 30, 2015 | Online marketing, SEO, Social Media
Negative SEO, you may know someone who has been a victim of this underhanded, easily-replicated technique to hurt webmasters and their websites. In an effort to prevent negative SEO, I have come up with a short list of rules to abide as to avoid any SEO from amoral...
by Michael Fine | Jan 21, 2015 | Google+, LinkedIn, Online marketing, SEO
Every time I create a “top” list, I start to hear Casey Kasem’s voice somewhere saying “now let’s get back to the countdown.” Creating this list is important because whether you’re an SEO expert or a beginner, these accounts below will help you gain a firm grasp in...
by Tripp Hamilton | Jan 6, 2015 | Google, News, Online marketing
In late September, Yahoo reported that it would be shutting down one of the most well-known and respected directories on the web, the Yahoo business directory. A few days before the end of 2014, on December 26th, Yahoo did as it said and shut it down, or so many...
by Tripp Hamilton | Dec 15, 2014 | Content Marketing, Google, Online marketing, SEO
Reconsideration Request Survey from Google Search Quality Team We had a penalty lifted two weeks ago and received a message from Google requesting the Site Owner to answer 6 questions to “help Google improve how [they] handle reconsideration requests”. Here’s a...
by Russ Jones | Dec 11, 2014 | SEO
For all of you blackhats freaking out, please read my disclaimer below detailing how this is meant to show that PBNs do not make economic sense on a small scale. Only if economies of scale are reached through larger investment do they make a viable financial model....
by Tripp Hamilton | Dec 10, 2014 | Google, Link Removal, SEO
How do I Submit a Reconsideration Request? What follows is our step-by-step guide on the proper process by which to upload a reconsideration request to your Google Webmaster Tools account. It may seem like a daunting task at first, however, this is one of the easiest...
by Michael Fine | Dec 5, 2014 | Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, SEO, SMX Social Media, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube & Video
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...
by Tripp Hamilton | Dec 4, 2014 | Link Removal, SEO
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...
by mtraphagen | Oct 9, 2013 | Google, Hive Digital, News, Online marketing, SEO
New Penguin Penalty Checker Site Assess Your Google Penalty Risk Penguin Analysis is a new site that can help you assess how at risk your site might be for a Google Penguin penalty. It’s the latest innovation from our awesome link removal experts at...
by mtraphagen | Jan 8, 2013 | Content Marketing, Google, Google+, News, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media
According to Dan Petrovic of Dejan SEO, as of 5 January 2012 Google stopped following (for link juice purposes) links placed in posts on Google+. The primary link is still followed. This is the first link you put into a post on Google+ if you allow G+ to turn it into...
by mtraphagen | Nov 8, 2012 | Google, Internet Summit, SEO, Social Media
Search Engine Optimization in a “Post-SEO” World Melanie Phung – Director of New Media, PBS Search engines are in a constant battle against spam.] Shift from just keywords and links to many signals. New SEOs must be sophisticated digital strategists,...
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