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

Biznology

They did the keyword research. For example, I wrote the following in 2010: PageRank is designed to ensure that the most relevant, authoritative sites are listed at the top of search results. In the book I said you should be the Wikipedia of your most important topics. They built the content. What’s wrong with SEO?

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How (and Why) to Map Your Company’s Digital Landscape

Webbiquity

Other social activity and presence (Flickr, SlideShare, Wikipedia, etc.). If not, or to supplement the results from those paid tools, do some manual research using free tools like AllTop , Technorati and Google Blog Search. . • Facebook / LinkedIn / Google Plus metrics (i.e. Collecting this information is Phase I.

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SEO: Are Nofollow Links Still Valuable?

Hubspot

Is it still valuable to get them when you can, such as from social media sites or Wikipedia? Under what circumstances do you pursue links from Wikipedia? In particular, I've seen Wikipedia drive significant amounts of traffic even for niche terms without huge search volume. had a link from Wikipedia.

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High Points on the Social Media Landscape

WebMarketCentral

Site Alexa Rank (March 2009) Compete Traffic (February 2009) Compete 1-Year Traffic Change Google Pagerank Facebook 5 73,787,766 +159.0% Site Alexa Rank (March 2009) Compete Traffic (February 2009) Compete 1-Year Traffic Change Google Pagerank Facebook 5 73,787,766 +159.0% 8 LinkedIn 14 11,246,726 +137.4% 7 Naymz 12,476 522,953 +93.2%

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How to Use Link Building for Improving SEO

seo.co

Building links on more prominent, important pages can help you squeeze more PageRank flow out of every link you build. Cite yourself on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a major authority, and earning a link there could be a major boon for your SEO. Image Source: Wikipedia ). Focus your inbound links on key pages.

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SEO Basics for Small Business Professionals: 2 Steps Anyone Can Do

Writing on the Web

Image: Wikipedia ). SEOmoz has also written an in-depth article on keyword research that you might find useful. Additionally, you may want to look into taking an online course or training that will familiarize you with keyword research best practices. The more your site is linked to, the higher your Google PageRank will be.

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The Guide to Building Linked Unstructured Citations for Local SEO

Moz

All you need is the right tools for the research phase! We’re going to use Moz’s Link Intersect tool to do this research for Bottger Mansion. As a small local B&B, Bottger wouldn’t want to compare their backlink profile to that of Wikipedia or The New York Times, for example.