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You’re doing SEO wrong: it’s all about authority

Biznology

Domain authority is not a new concept, it’s been a staple of good SEO for a long time. For example, I wrote the following in 2010: PageRank is designed to ensure that the most relevant, authoritative sites are listed at the top of search results. Some things have gotten easier since 2010. There are no shortcuts.

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How Can I Learn SEO on My Own?

seo.co

SEO in 2000 was radically different than SEO in 2010. SEO in 2010 is dissimilar to SEO today. The best way to increase your website’s authority is with the help of offsite link building ; these links “pass” PageRank from one site to another, serving as a kind of vote of confidence from other publishers and authorities.

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The Biggest SEO Blunders of All Time

Hubspot

Spoiler alert: The worst that could happen is Google lands a direct hit on your search rankings with a flying roundhouse kick, your PageRank drops to 0, and you eventually get featured in a blog post (like this one) that''s filled with examples of companies that broke the rules and paid the price. I mean, what''s the worst that could happen?

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Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress.

Industrial Marketing Today

Here’s a screenshot of my setting: Changing permalinks after your blog has been live for a while can cause you to lose pagerank in search engines and generate “404 page not found” errors. NOTE: I also add my blog’s domain name to end of all titles because it contains a key phrase. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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Quora Marketing Guide 101: How to Promote Your Brand on Quora the Right Way

Webbiquity

Quora is, of course, a social question-and-answer website launched in 2010. Answering questions in such a way that you offer real value while also subtly promoting your business and nudging them towards your site (links to your domain are fine, as long as they are topically relevant). Target questions in your domain only.

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Yours in Marketing Episode 2 – ft. Cyrus Shepard

Directive Agency

Domain Authority. Blake Emal : Along with this, you recently spoke about the new release of Domain Authority 2.0. I don’t want to take any credit, the Domain Authority, Russ Jones and some very smart search scientists at Moz had worked on that. Blake Emal : So from Domain Authority 1.0 How does Domain Authority 2.0

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Yours in Marketing Episode 2 – ft. Cyrus Shepard

Directive Agency

Domain Authority. Blake Emal : Along with this, you recently spoke about the new release of Domain Authority 2.0. I don’t want to take any credit, the Domain Authority, Russ Jones and some very smart search scientists at Moz had worked on that. Blake Emal : So from Domain Authority 1.0 How does Domain Authority 2.0