February 23, 2012

Buying Links is Shallow, Short-Term Thinking. Buying Blogs? Now that’s a Strategy.

Posted by randfish I've been running an experiment with some dark-hatted links for several months, consistently hoping Google will catch them and remove their value.

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Buying Links is Shallow, Short-Term Thinking. Buying Blogs? Now that’s a Strategy.

The New SEO Process (Quit Being Kanye)

Posted by iPullRank The responsibilities of SEO practitioners have changed to include far more of the digital ecosystem, yet for so many, much of the SEO process remains the same. Currently there are several segments of SEO strategy seen as optional that are actually absolutely imperative to the success of an SEO campaign, as well as to the synergy of other initiatives within the marketing mix. In other words, SEO must adopt and adapt in order to be taken seriously and command the type of influence required to drive change

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The New SEO Process (Quit Being Kanye)

Lessons Learned by an Over-Optimizer

Posted by shirtsthatgo This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community.

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Lessons Learned by an Over-Optimizer

What the Wikipedia Study Really Means for SEO

If you would like to peruse the study yourself, you can read Intelligent Positioning’s blog post. To really understand what we can learn from the study, we must first consider its methodology

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The Inside Scoop to Finding Link Building Opportunities with Free Alerts

Posted by neilpatel This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. We all know that when it comes to getting high rankings in the search engines link building is one of the most critical activities you can engage in…whether you are using tactics to get a large amount of links or zeroing in on attracting high-authority links .

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The Inside Scoop to Finding Link Building Opportunities with Free Alerts

Should You Redesign Your Site for SEO?

While search engine optimization is about making changes to a website in order to attract search engine spiders, improve search engine visibility, and generate more visitors and traffic to a site, it has very little to do with website design. SEO is based on the content of a website, not its “look”.

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Should You Redesign Your Site for SEO?

Search Engines Crazy in Love on Valentine’s Day 2012

All the major search engines are celebrating Valentine’s Day this year with special logos or pictures on their home pages. In addition to Google’s Valentine’s Day Doodle featuring Tony Bennett, Bing, Yahoo, Baidu and others are sharing the love.

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Search Engines Crazy in Love on Valentine’s Day 2012

Caphyon SEO Software Reviewed

Caphyon Products has entered its seventh year of providing software programs that enhance website optimization. The company caters to disparate clientele, ranging from professional developers to small business owners who are just uploading their business information online. While most software development companies slash and burn through cash, Caphyon Products incurs no long-term debt and the company reinvests profits into developing additional products

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Caphyon SEO Software Reviewed

Google+: The Ultimate You-Sourced Search Engine

Posted by Erica McGillivray Google+ has crept into SERPs near you. From getting hyper-personalized results popping up everywhere to recommending people to follow or showing you results you've +1'd or posts you've made, Google+ isn't giving you the choice to ignore it

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Google+: The Ultimate You-Sourced Search Engine

New Signals to Search Engines Revisited

Search engines have evolved from primitive crawling technology and now have a very powerful combination of signals. This downloadable PDF “thought paper” shows how end user data, social, mobile, and personalization are shaping the future of search.

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New Signals to Search Engines Revisited