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Since the time that Google first released Penguin, people have been under the impression that their anchor text ratio plays some role in getting screwed or not getting screwed by the Penguin filter. I have already argued over and over again that the problem is not the ratio of anchor text in the links. The […]

Google has announced a major overhaul to its search algorithm it has called Hummingbird. Hummingbird went live weeks ago, but Google is just now confirming it. There really is not much information about it. Google is just stating it impacts how search results find answers to specific questions. You can read more at Google rolls […]

I really get sick of this question. Does link velocity matter? For those of you that do not know what link velocity is, it is the rate at which a webpage acquires links. So why am I talking about this again? Well, I got an email today that read something like this. (Names and information […]

One question I get asked a lot is how to write a good meta description tag for a webpage. You will hear many “guru” IM’ers preach about writing an enticing description that will encourage searchers to click to your website from the search engine results page versus clicking on one of your competitors. A few […]

Interesting little test that Google is performing. This one is well worth keeping your eye on. My question is if it does go live, will the average smartphone user realize it or even know what it means? I’m going to guess probably not. If they do though, you need to start making your content mobile […]

While the SEO and webmaster community wait with baited breath for Google to launch its promised Disavow Links feature in Google Webmaster Tools, Bing went ahead and launched a disavow tool of its own. Duane Forrester, head of Bing Webmaster Tools cautions: You can easily export the list as you build it over time. These […]

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past week, you are probably aware that Google unleashed its latest major algorithm update, nicknamed Penguin. This was the long rumored “over optimization penalty” that was coming. When webmasters and internet marketers got wind of an “over optimization penalty” in the pipeline, they all assumed […]

They Should Be Rejoicing That might seem like an odd thing for an internet marketer to say, but it is the truth.  The systematic elimination of the most popular blog networks by Google is actually a very good thing for internet marketers. What?  But I relied on blog networks for my rankings. Well, if that […]

One of the most popular forms of backlinking for internet marketers over the past two years has been the utilization of “private” blog networks. I use the term “private” loosely. Yes they are private in that you have to become a member to use them, but when everyone knows about them are they really private? […]

How to Make Your Link Profile Stick Out From The Crowd If you talk to just about any SEO, they will tell you that the most important thing in any SEO campaign is link building.  (If they tell you “content is king”, start looking for an SEO.  They have no idea what they are talking […]