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You’re doing SEO wrong: it’s all about authority

Biznology

Google doesn’t rank anything based solely on how well the semantics of the piece relate to the query. Your content can be indexed by Google for the keywords it contains. But it is not likely to rank for competitive terms unless your site demonstrates authority on the topic. Other things have gotten more difficult.

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40 Essential SEO Terms Marketers Should Know [Glossary]

Hubspot

Jargon alone shouldn't stop you from making your site the powerful marketing tool it can be. ALT Text/Tag or Attribute - A description of an image in your site's HTML. Social bookmarking sites (example: Delicious.com) let users share websites they like with each other. Inbound Link - A link from one site into another.

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

ClearVoice

Blame Google. Complicated site architecture. Slow site/page speed. One of two things will increasingly happen: people will immediately abandon any site that interrupts them, or the search engines will actively penalize opt-in pop-ups or other technology that ‘takes over’ control of the experience from the reader.

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40 (of the) Top SEO Guides, Tips and Resources of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity

Despite constant change on the search landscape—personalization, localization, Caffeine, Google Instant— SEO is not dead , not even close. Catherine Juon details five considerations to keep in mind when building a new site, such as keeping your design simple and writing “findable&# content. It is certainly changing though.

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Best SEO Guides, Tips and Resources of 2010

Webbiquity

How does the introduction of Google Instant change SEO tactics? What are the crucial tasks to include on site audit and pre-launch SEO checklists? Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide 2010- Plain Speak on SEO by WorkingPoint. SEO 101: Defining the long tail by Conversation Marketing.

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