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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

32 Totally Free Google “Search Plus Your World” #SEO Resources by aimClear Blog. ** 5 STARS. Frequent best-of honoree Marty Weintraub compares Google+ to a dominatrix (it makes sense the way he writes it), offering short-term pleasure (search rank improvement) at the expense of long-term frustration.

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Algorithm Updates: Common Questions & What You Should Know

KoMarketing Associates

To see what/when updates have occurred, check out the following resources: Google Algorithm Change History – Moz. Google PageRank & Algorithm Updates – Search Engine Roundtable. Penguin – Penguin was launched in 2012 and was aimed at eliminating spammy links and link networks. Algorithms – Google Inside Search.

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The Four Rhinos of Bad SEO Tactics: What Has to Go for Good

ClearVoice

Google’s Link schemes documentation tells you everything you need to know, but here’s a quick snapshot: Don’t buy or sell links that pass PageRank. Don’t place guest posts on unrelated or irrelevant blogs and sites. ” Avoid unnatural link creation: Text ads that pass PageRank. Hidden links. Duplicate content.

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How to Use Link Building for Improving SEO

seo.co

Building links on more prominent, important pages can help you squeeze more PageRank flow out of every link you build. Before Google’s Panda algorithm in 2011 (and then Google’s Penguin algorithm in 2012), anchor text manipulation was rampant because it worked so damn well. Focus your inbound links on key pages.

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A Brief History of Search & SEO

Hubspot

It was in that same paper that Page and Brin first mentioned PageRank, the technology that Google uses to help rank search results based on quality, and not keywords alone. That’s partially because PageRank was based on the number of inbound links to a given page -- the more of those, the higher the ranking. 2012: Along came a penguin.

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

seo.co

Some neutral third party decided that your domain was worth linking to, so they posted a link somewhere to prove a point or offer a resource. The best places to build backlinks are these industry-specific sites, industry forums, and other resource sites that allow guest bloggers. Google’s Stance on Unnatural Link Building (i.e.