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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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Natural vs. Unnatural Links: What’s the Difference? How to Build a Natural Backlink Profile

seo.co

Learning these indicators can help you understand what types of links are considered natural, and how to structure your own links so they appear to be natural in Google’s eyes throughout the course of your link building campaign. What does Google mean when they say, “any links intended to manipulate PageRank”? Location of the Link.

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

seo.co

Ordinarily, search crawlers will track down and index every page of your website, but you can change this based on instructions you give those crawlers in what’s known as the robots.txt file of your site. Building links on more prominent, important pages can help you squeeze more PageRank flow out of every link you build.