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Why Google Doesn’t Like Your Flat Website

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Google can distinguish if content is copied from other sites or very similar to content on other sites – aka boring. But, if your website is just an amalgam of landing pages going to nowhere (in other words your pages don’t go deep with drill-down capability to more gooey, rich content), Google is less than impressed.

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More SEO Tactics Bite the Dust with Google Penguin 2.0

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If you distributed optimized press releases with keywords in the anchor text – or if you guest blogged with links back to your site – you might want to rethink these online marketing tactics. Two months ago Google ratcheted up its scrutiny of external links coming into sites in its algorithm release called Google Penguin 2.0.

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Where in the Product Lifecycle is SEO?

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In the early nineties, Search Engine Optimization or SEO had a slow start, typical for new technology. Along came Google, consolidation began to happen, and a growing industry was born. After years of “gaming the system,” SEO companies don’t have many games to play, because Google won’t let them.

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Case Study: Getting Results with Social Media Marketing

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We decided to begin by optimizing their website and implementing a blog and social media marketing. The first step was to clean up and optimize the website. The announcement from Google that sites need to be responsive was done in February of 2015. The client did not require that their site update include a responsive design.

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5 Signs You’re Buying SEO Snake Oil

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If your SEO vendor doesn’t understand the latest search engine algorithm changes (notably Google Penguin 2.0, which I blogged about recently in More SEO Tactics Bite the Dust with Google Penguin 2.0 ), you may have bought search engine optimization snake oil. Here are some of the warning signs: 1.

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3 Scary Truths about WordPress to Keep You Up at Night

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Google announced this early this year and said sites that are non-responsive will not rank well in the search results. What a shame to invest money in a new site or site update and not have it responsive, when Google pre-announced the change to give everyone time to update their site – something Google rarely or never does!

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SEO is Dead. Long Live SEO!

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Way back when we optimized for Inktomi and Overture? Later when we had to create reciprocal links to appease Google, now a frowned-upon practice? Social media optimization is the art of optimally using social media platforms to increase awareness of a product, service, event or brand. Remember the days when SEO was king?

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