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26 Google Webmaster Tools Videos Addressing Common B2B Link Building Questions

KoMarketing Associates

In preparation, I wanted to review a history of changes and shifts we’ve experienced and also validate, through third party and search-specific references, why we recommend certain tactics and best practices. Does PageRank Flow Through Image Links? Are Links in Footers Treated Differently Than Paragraph Links?v. Is There a Limit?

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Algorithm Updates: Common Questions & What You Should Know

KoMarketing Associates

When a major algorithm update happens like it did May 20th , it’s always interesting to see reactions from both the search community, affected businesses , and the media. After all, it wasn’t too long ago that the only people who knew (or cared about) what an algorithm update was were those in the search industry. Not technically.

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An Introduction to Black Hat SEO

Hubspot

Black hat SEO is a practice against search engine guidelines, used to get a site ranking higher in search results. These unethical tactics don’t solve for the searcher and often end in a penalty from search engines. Black hat SEO seeks to game search engine algorithms, rather than solve for the user.

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Essential SEO advice directly from Google

Biznology

It come to us directly from Google Webmaster Central Blog way back on Friday, May 6, 2011, but it’s becoming more and more essential to read as Google becomes more and more brutal and less and less forgiving when it comes to exiling websites that have ever wronged Google’s sense of SEO integrity. Save this article as a PDF.

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Why Google Has the Hammer To Make Businesses Use Google Plus

Convince & Convert

Everyone’s all abuzz and atwitter about Plus, the new social network from a search engine company with which you might be familiar. Kissing Cousins: Search and Social Media. Long ago, search engines recognized that any idiot could write “discount auto parts&# 37 times on a Web page, and try to get ranked #1.

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Why Google Has the Hammer To Make Businesses Use Google Plus

Convince & Convert

I analyzed my Top 6 blog posts for 2011 by total page views, and am re-running them this week as a “greatest hits” compilation. Everyone’s all abuzz and atwitter about Plus, the new social network from a search engine company with which you might be familiar. Kissing Cousins: Search and Social Media.

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Why Google Has the Hammer To Make Businesses Use Google Plus

Convince & Convert

Everyone’s all abuzz and atwitter about Plus, the new social network from a search engine company with which you might be familiar. Kissing Cousins: Search and Social Media. Long ago, search engines recognized that any idiot could write “discount auto parts&# 37 times on a Web page, and try to get ranked #1.

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