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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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SEO Isn’t Mystical

SugarCRM

PageRank (PR): Google assigns every website a value between 0 and 10 (with 10 being the best), this value is known as your PageRank (though it often appears as PR). Domain Authority: A score between 0 and 100 (with 100 being the best) that indicates how well your website is likely to rank in Google’s search results.

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SEO vs PPC: How to Prioritize Your SEM Strategies

QuanticMind

You probably already know search engines (especially Google) are one of the most common platforms people use to access information on the internet. Most search engine users today understand that Google considers the authority of domains when delivering search results to users. Long-term benefits. Advantages of PPC.

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Social business, the forest and the garden: Your intranet is not the Internet

Biznology

The last 20 years have witnessed many success stories over the net: sites such as Yahoo!, Altavista, Geocities, AOL, Google, Amazon, WordPress, eBay, Hotmail, Wikipedia, MySpace, Flickr, Delicious, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Quora, Pinterest all had their days of glory. The concept of a long tail is very relevant there.

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SEO vs PPC: How to Prioritize Your SEM Strategies in 2018

QuanticMind

You probably already know search engines (especially Google) are one of the most common platforms people use to access information on the internet. Most search engine users today understand that Google considers the authority of domains when delivering search results to users. Long-term benefits. Advantages of PPC.

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Google Sitelinks: How to Acquire Google Sitelinks [9 Steps]

seo.co

Google sitelinks are listed after a main search result, in which it is followed by multiple indented sitelink results. ” Google tells you more about sitelinks within Webmaster Tools. ” Google tells you more about sitelinks within Webmaster Tools. How to Acquire Google Sitelinks [9 Steps].

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Glossary: 24 SEO Terms Marketers Should Know

Hubspot

Jargon alone should not 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 such as del.icio.us Having links to your site in del.icio.us Inbound Link - A link from one site into another.