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26 Google Webmaster Tools Videos Addressing Common B2B Link Building Questions

KoMarketing Associates

Does PageRank Flow Through Image Links? Interesting question on differentiation between the use of paid links and paid advertisements that incorporate links. Popularity versus PageRank (or reputation) are separate but related discussions that can collectively impact search results but also may not have direct influence.

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An Introduction to Black Hat SEO

Hubspot

The Google Panda update in 2011 resolved this issue. They state on their website that “any links intended to manipulate PageRank or a site's ranking in Google search results may be considered part of a link scheme and a violation of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines.” Paid Links. Abusing Structured Data/Rich Snippets. That never ends well.

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Yours in Marketing Episode 2 – ft. Cyrus Shepard

Directive Agency

was loosely based on Google’s Pagerank Algorithm, there was a little bit of machine learning that looked at Google Search results, and the main use of Domain Authority is trying to predict Google rankings, how authoritative is this website. Cyrus Shepard : Probably 2010, 2011. Domain Authority 1.0 I can’t recall.

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Yours in Marketing Episode 2 – ft. Cyrus Shepard

Directive Agency

was loosely based on Google’s Pagerank Algorithm, there was a little bit of machine learning that looked at Google Search results, and the main use of Domain Authority is trying to predict Google rankings, how authoritative is this website. Cyrus Shepard : Probably 2010, 2011. Domain Authority 1.0 I can’t recall.

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Fifteen Years Is a Long Time in SEO

Moz

If you weren’t using the web back then, it’s probably hard to imagine what a step-change improvement Google’s PageRank-based algorithm was over the “state-of-the-art” at the time (and it’s hard to remember, even for those of us that were): Google’s IPO. In addition, In the Plex is an enjoyable book published in 2011 by Steven Levy.

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101 Ways to Improve Your Website’s SEO & Improve Your Google Rankings

seo.co

This may seem like a simple feature, but it’s one that’s commonly neglected and much more important than most people realize, because of the way PageRank ‘flows’ throughout a site. You’ll also need a degree of differentiation if you’re going to stand out in search engines.