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How to Use Guest Blogging for High-Quality Link-Building

Valasys

Many of us have heard the hoax “Guest Blogging is dead” so many times. While this concept was prophesized back in the year 2014 by Matt Cutt, Former Head of Web Spam at Google, the fact remains far from today’s reality.

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26 Google Webmaster Tools Videos Addressing Common B2B Link Building Questions

KoMarketing Associates

In addition to healthy dose of Matt Cutts (Head of Google’s Webspam Team), these videos cover common questions, link building tactics, and the impact of link building schemes and questionable behavior. You can use the links below and also after each video to navigate through the videos and sections.

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New & Improved: Announcing The Beginner's Guide To Link Building

Moz

Posted by Cyrus-Shepard Link building isn't always easy, but if you want to rank with SEO, links are often the cost of admission. While Google says SEOs sometimes focus too much on links, links remain one of the few confirmed ranking factors. For many, link building also presents a challenge.

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Is There A Connection Between SEO Link Building and PR-Based Brand Mentions?

KoMarketing Associates

Last year Google updated their webmaster guidelines to specifically call out questionable link building practices used in press releases. There is a rumor going around inferring that brand mentions count as SEO-friendly links and, in turn, validate the significance PR plays in SEO performance.

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10 Things I’ve Learned About SEO in 2014

KoMarketing Associates

So, as 2014 comes to a close and I look back on the year, here are a few things I learned about search, the industry, our business, and more. Link Building is Here to Stay . Don’t guest blog. Don’t trade links. Don’t buy links. Link building isn’t going away but it does need to evolve.

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4 Ideas to Generate Blog Topics

Writing on the Web

How are you doing with your 2015 blog goals ? Are you publishing blog topics that include compelling, relevant content that solves the problems of your readers? A study on B2B content marketing has shown that 70% of businesses online have more content now than they had last year, and of these, 80% are doing so through corporate blogs.

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What to Know: SMX West 2014 Takeaways

KoMarketing Associates

Our goal should also be to get people talking about the company – in social networks, on blogs, in the press, etc. Links Still Matter…But Be Careful! . However, at the conference, both representatives from Bing and Google admitted that links still play a large role in how they rank sites. Basically, don’t be stupid.