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Always Be Linking: 9 Places B2B Marketers Might Miss Link Building Opportunities

KoMarketing Associates

As I referenced in a recent post on dominating brand-based search engine results, third party sites such as business directories, software review sites, social media communities, and even hiring sites all can appear prominently for organizational searches. Contributed Community Activity. Community Events & Sponsorships.

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Guest Blogging is NOT Dead (And Matt Cutts Didn’t Say It Is)

Webbiquity

The digital marketing blogs and media have lit up in the last couple of days with reports that “guest blogging is dead,” based on this post from Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s Webspam team. There are still many good reasons to do some guest blogging (exposure, branding, increased reach, community, etc.).

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26 Google Webmaster Tools Videos Addressing Common B2B Link Building Questions

KoMarketing Associates

Last week we wrote a best practice guideline for a client, on how to acquire quality links in today’s SEO environment. Why Do Paid Links Violate Google’s Guidelines While Other Ads Don’t? Does PageRank Flow Through Image Links? What is Google’s View on Guest Blogging for Links? What About Advertorials?

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An Introduction to Black Hat SEO

Hubspot

Black hat SEO is a practice against search engine guidelines, used to get a site ranking higher in search results. It’s a more ethical approach that abides by the terms and guidelines set out by search engines. Black hat SEO goes against the guidelines set by search engines and manipulates them to gain higher rankings.

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Algorithm Updates: Common Questions & What You Should Know

KoMarketing Associates

When a major algorithm update happens like it did May 20th , it’s always interesting to see reactions from both the search community, affected businesses , and the media. Google PageRank & Algorithm Updates – Search Engine Roundtable. The short answer is to avoid doing anything that goes against the almighty Google’s guidelines.

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What's the Deal With Guest Blogging? Deconstructing Matt Cutts' Post

Hubspot

On January 20, Google''s Matt Cutts blogged about " The decay and fall of guest blogging for SEO." If anyone is using guest blogging as their primary way to gain inbound links, they''re abusing the system. "If If you’re doing a lot of guest blogging," he noted, "then you''re hanging out with really bad company.

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8 Interesting Things You Probably Didn't Know About Google's Algorithm

Hubspot

SEO community Moz states that Google makes between 500-600 changes to its algorithm annually , most of which are so minor that the public doesn’t usually hear about them. That’s where we see one of the first mentions of PageRank, which is the technology that Google continues to use to help rank search results. Source: pyxle.