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26 Google Webmaster Tools Videos Addressing Common B2B Link Building Questions

KoMarketing Associates

Does PageRank Flow Through Image Links? Created: November 27, 2012. Popularity versus PageRank (or reputation) are separate but related discussions that can collectively impact search results but also may not have direct influence. Does PageRank Flow Through Image Links? Created: April 11, 2012. October 9, 2012.

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24 of the Best Google+ Guides, Tips, Rants and Raves of 2012

Webbiquity

Contending that “PageRank, Google’s ranking scoring system, is profoundly impacted by these (Google +1) votes,” Danny DeMichele provides a simple four-step process for using Google+ as part of a broader reputation (personal or brand) strategy. 20 Google+ Terms and Definitions You Need to Know by Sprout Insights.

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Algorithm Updates: Common Questions & What You Should Know

KoMarketing Associates

Google PageRank & Algorithm Updates – Search Engine Roundtable. Penguin – Penguin was launched in 2012 and was aimed at eliminating spammy links and link networks. While most of these are pretty minor updates, we have seen an increased number of larger updates occur over the past few years and that isn’t expected to slow down.

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7 Red Flags to Watch Out For When Auditing Your Link Profile - Whiteboard Friday

Moz

I started in SEO in 2012, right around the time of Penguin, and so I did a lot of cleanup of so many spammy links. Maybe like 99% of all of their backlinks are follow, which are the ones that pass PageRank. But huge disclaimer — seven possible red flags. These are just things that I have noticed over time. Links/domains.

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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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The History of the Google Algorithm

ClearVoice

This article will chronicle the history of Google algorithm updates from PageRank to modern day. When Google launched in 1998 , it used an algorithm called PageRank. According to Google , PageRank operated “by counting the number and quality of links to a page to determine a rough estimate of how important the website is.

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Black Hat SEO: 19 Short-Sighted SEO Tactics that Will Kill Your Rankings

seo.co

When this attribute is present search engines will ignore the link in terms of flowing PageRank. This tactic was extremely popular around 2012 when it was easy to game the search engines with black hat tactics. Paid links are only a problem when they manipulate the search engines to gain rank. Using article directories.