Google's constant algorithm changes are leaving behind them a trail of broken websites and tear-stained cheeks. Here's the no-nonsense guide to making sure your website excels with the new changes. 1. Become a hub of information that is relevant and highly viral. On the Internet, there are "centers of gravity" in every industry that other…
January 2013 might be remembered as one of the weirdest months for Google updates, maybe ever. With only one official update, the past few weeks were filled enough speculation and intrigue to last all year. Panda 24 On January 22, Google announced Panda 24, their first, and so far only, algorithm update of the year.…
[caption id="attachment_32106" align="alignright" width="234" caption="Matt Cutts, SEO Extrordinaire"][/caption] Negative SEO is not only very rare, but it's also easy to combat with Google's Disavow Links Tool. That's what Google Webspam Team Head Matt Cutts said in a recent Youtube video on the controversial subject. In the five-minute video aimed at webmasters, Cutts says that there's…
The concept of HTML 5 was introduced a couple of years ago, but as always with modern web technologies, it wasn’t implemented right away across most websites on the internet. But the modern online space is changing as we speak, and these days, having an HTML 5 friendly site becomes important for many reasons. SEO…
The rapidly growing social search market just got a little more crowded, and interesting, with the launch of Yandex, a voice-operated social search app that's available to iPhone users. Yandex is described by its developers as an experimental product that's embracing some cutting edge search and design techniques. For starters, the whole thing is voice…
Is the affiliate marketing community's collective obsession with SEO causing webmasters to overlook some website design fundamentals? That's the point SearchEngineLand columnist Andrew Shortland makes in a column titled, 10 Simple Things SMB Websites Need to Fix Before SEO. While Shortland's tips are aimed at brick-and-mortar businesses, a few of them should are very relevant…
Do the brains at Google ever tire of search algorithm updates? If the fourth quarter of 2012 is any indication, the answer to that question is a resounding, "no." Here's what they hatched as 2012 came to a close: Panda 20/Exact Match Domain (EMD) Update - In the first week of October Google hit the…
Did Google roll out a major algorithm update last week? The search engine says they didn't, but on SEO forums, webmaster are telling a very different story. SEOs first noticed the update-that-didn't-happen last Thursday. Among the signs pointing towards an update were reports of major traffic drops and collapsing page rankings. But Google very quickly…
It's been one helluva year for the SEO world. In between all of the (endless) Panda updates, the introduction of Google Penguin and the end of link networks (just to name a few), there's been no shortage of fresh SEO content for the CAP audience. Read on for the most read, most commented on and…
Okay, so a lot of this is going to be highly speculative based on the way Yandex has operated with their plans in the past, and some of it will simply be a guide on best practices that are likely to stay the same for the long haul. The fact is, that with affiliates being…
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