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Google says no more Penguin releases–what does it mean?

Biznology

Google announced in September that their most recent Penguin release will be their last. For the uninitiated, Penguin is a four-year-old initiative that Google introduced to directly reduce spammy websites in the search results. So, does this final release mean that there is no more for Google to do to curb spamming?

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The 6 Fundamentals of an SEO Link Building Strategy

Top Rank Marketing

One of the big reasons why Google revolutionized search engines when it launched in 1998 was its PageRank algorithm , which rewarded pages based on how many other websites were linking to them. The more relevant, authoritative sites link to your content, the more trustworthy and useful Google will consider it.

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Essential SEO advice directly from Google

Biznology

This news directly from Google is old news for those of us in the SEO game. It seems to me that Google’s tired of our draft work. Google seems to want us to revise our first drafts of the web. Be sure to remember that Google trades in pages. What counts as a high-quality site according to Google?

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Disavow Backlinks: A Complete Guide to Disavowing Backlinks in Google

seo.co

A good backlink has the power to send your site referral traffic, improve your brand visibility and reputation, and even help you rank higher in Google search results. Fortunately, Google has a tool that can help you – the Disavow Links tool. Google has been penalizing and deindexing PBNs since 2014. What Are Backlinks?

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Ultimate Guide and Review of Ahrefs for 2023

seo.co

It can be used for keyword research , competitor analysis, and backlink monitoring. Ahrefs also offers an extensive backlink database of over one billion links with the ability to filter by domain type (do follow/no follow), anchor text distribution, rank value, PageRank value, etc. Ahrefs’ Backlink Analysis Tool.

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How to Spot a Link Scheme (and Get Away Fast)

seo.co

However, link building is more complex than that, because Google has a strict policy against the use of link schemes —deliberate attempts to manipulate your rankings using low-quality, misleading, or otherwise unhelpful links. They’re also bad for Google because they make it harder to determine trustworthiness on an accurate basis.

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Study Confirms Moz Has the Largest Link Data Set

Moz

The queries were evenly split across the sectors, and then used to pull results from Google for the top 100 domains. The link graph — the sum total of all of the links that connect the pages on the worldwide web — is the foundation of PageRank and the original Google algorithm. In link research, size matters.

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