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Why Guest Blogging Should Be Part of Your Content Marketing Strategy

Brandpoint

So, to give you some goal-setting inspiration, here’s a list of different reasons why a guest blogging campaign will benefit your marketing plans. Guest posting on high-quality websites is an effective inbound marketing technique. But, wait… Google’s own Matt Cutts said guest blogging was dead !

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

Hubspot

Maybe you do, if you’re a marketing nerd like I am.) But think about this: Google has really been around for over two decades. I mean, they get us our search results, after all.But how does Google's algorithm work? 8 Fun Facts About Google's Algorithm. 2) Google makes changes to its algorithm roughly 500 times per year.

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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 This one may be a little tricky to verify, but it doesn’t hurt to do a Google search with the author''s name and topic.

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How We Increased Organic Traffic by Over 50% Using Technical SEO Updates

Hubspot

For a company that is supposed to be at the forefront of inbound marketing and SEO, this isn't something that we're entirely proud of. This is usually a good thing because it says to Google, " This page doesn't exist so don't crawl the page." But even experts make mistakes, right? Instead, it resolved a 200 response.

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Post-Hummingbird Search: An (Almost) A-Z Glossary of Winning at SEO

Hubspot

Barely a month went by without a significant update to Google’s algorithm. For a detailed review of what Google changed this past year, we recommend Google’s 2013 Algorithm Updates: A Look Back. Authority: Google’s PageRank is gone forever! It’s been a pretty wild year in the SEO realm.

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5 Marketing Action Items from Twitter's Search Update

Hubspot

For example, here are the recommendations you would see when searching for "inbound marketing:". 5 Marketing Action Items from Twitter's Search Update. If a competitor outranks you, analyze how your Twitter marketing and keyword relevance is different than theirs, and determine strategies for improvement.

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SEO Is Evolving: But Relevant Content Is Still King

Hubspot

In this brief interview with Bryan Eisenberg , co-founder of the Web Analytics Association, prolific writer, author and an expert in all things online marketing, underscores the fundamental premise of inbound marketing -- great content that is desirable to your target prospects will drive great results.