Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,456
Time or Money
Time or Money
First -- when you're talking about having the best anything, there's no quick fix. Whether you want the best website or the best body, it's going to take a huge investment on your...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 02:18 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 768
Update
Update:
While I will not disclose the agency in question in this article, I can assure you that it is not Verve Search. I have the utmost respect for Lisa Myers and her team, they produce great...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 02:17 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 789
A Call To Arms
A Call To Arms
As SEOs it is our duty to provide our clients, or the companies that we work for, with up-to-date tactics based on campaigns that will capitalise upon the changes that the search...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 02:16 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,239
Ignore Other Media Types
Ignore Other Media Types
Segwaying nicely from the previous point: stop relying on simply text-based content for SEO. Much like the publishing (and online publishing) industry, the web has come on...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 02:16 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,686
Duplicate Content
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It’s old news to many SEOs worth their salt now, but since early 2011 (Panda update) duplicate content has been a big no no. This has changed a number of old school (read: crappy) SEO...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 917
Link Spam
Link Spam
Very closely tied to the need for having a content-based approach to SEO, and trust me when I say this… If you are building links through spammy (what Google calls ‘unnatural’)...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 02:14 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 746
Content-Based Approach to SEO
Content-Based Approach to SEO
The days of article spinning, link farms, and low-quality content are long gone. If you are still doing this, stop. If you are, and believe that you’re ‘beating the...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,562
The Problem
The Problem
The problem that I’ve recognised recently (and that I have a particular problem with) is that the fast changes in the SEO field causes a confusion with related disciplines, such as:
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,044
Conclusion
Conclusion
This has been a year of significant change in the SEO industry. Even contemplating strategies for 2014 can feel staggering.
The good news is that looking back, it's easy to see which...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 02:03 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,680
The Long Versus Short Debate
The Long Versus Short Debate
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Which is better, long content or short content? The answer depends on who is creating the content, who is reading it, what it's about, in what context it's being...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,283
Hummingbird Was Just
2014 will be the year of mobile SEO. Hummingbird was just the very small visible tip of a very large iceberg as Google struggles to respond to the rapidly shifting landscape where half of all...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:59 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,072
Content Marketing is Bigger than Ever
Content marketing will move from buzzword to mature marketing movement in 2014. From an SEO perspective, Google will be looking at companies that have robust content marketing efforts as a sign that...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:58 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,178
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:54 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,402
Search Engines and Title Tags
Search Engines and Title Tags:o:boring:
Title tags are definitely one of the "big three" as far as the algorithmic weight given to them by search engines; they are equally as important as your...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:53 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,154
Summary
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You should always keep SEO in the forefront of your mind, and always follow best practices. Skipping the basics of SEO will only leave your site's foundation a mess and prevent you...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:52 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,824
Focus on Your Meta Data Too
Focus on Your Meta Data Too:mad:
Your content on your site should have title tags and meta descriptions.
Meta keywords are pretty much ignored by search engines nowadays, but if you still...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:51 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,086
Optimizing for Different Types of Results
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In addition to optimizing for the desktop experience, make sure to focus on mobile and tablet optimization as well as other media.
Create rich media content like video,...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:33 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,445
What Search Engines Are NOT Looking For
Search engine spiders only have a certain amount of data storage, so if you're performing shady tactics or trying to trick them, chances are you're going to hurt yourself in the long run. Items the...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 873
What Search Engines Are Looking For
Search engines want to do their jobs as best as possible by referring users to websites and content that is the most relevant to what the user is looking for. So how is relevancy determined?
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,690
No PageRank Update Since February
Historically, Google has updated the PageRank numbers shown in the Google Toolbar every 3 months ago or so, but those numbers haven't been updated since February. This means 8 months have gone by, or...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:28 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,526
Why Google Plus Is Especially Important for SEO
While Google denies any direct relationship between Google Plus content and activity on one hand and SEO rankings on other, very often good ranking sites have good Google Plus activity. While in...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 856
Conclusions on WordPress SEO
This guide gives you a lot of stuff you can do on your WordPress site. It goes from technical tips, to conversion tips, to content tips, to conversation tips, and a whole lot in between. There’s a...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,315
Measuring results
A good SEO campaign relies on not only implementing changes but also measuring the impact of those changes, seeing what works and doing more of that. Two great Analytics packages to measure results...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 817
Follow your commenters
There’s been a movement on the web for a while now that’s called the “You comment – I follow“. They want you to remove the nofollow tag off of your comments to “reward” your visitors. Now I do agree,...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12-01-2013, 01:23 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 779
Bond with your commenters
Another thing to do is thank people when they’ve commented on your weblog. Not every time, because that get’s annoying, but doing it the first time is a very good idea.
Justin Shattuck thought the...
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