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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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Lost SEO traffic in 2021? Here are 3 potential reasons why (and how to recover your rankings heading into 2022)

Martech

Navigating Google updates, algorithm changes, and diagnosing specific causes of traffic loss can be challenging. Google has recently updated their PageSpeed Insights and Lighthouse tools which can help you better understand specific causes of slow site speed and pinpoint Core Web Vitals failures. Link spam & guest blog posts.

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Are.gov and.edu Backlinks Valuable for SEO in 2021?

seo.co

However, the backlinks you choose can either help your page ranking or harm it. Google’s own Senior Webmaster Trends Analyst, John Mueller, explained that websites shouldn’t focus exclusively on link building for SEO. Link building is the practice of improving your SEO rankings through backlinks.

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5 Critical SEO Considerations for SEO in 2022

Brightedge

Research published by Milestone showed that search engines, through a mixture of generic and local results, accounted for 69% of all digital traffic from January 2020 to June 2021. Google’s market share sat at 87% in September 2021. Link Building and Citations. The counterparts of links for local businesses are citations.

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Negative SEO: Is Negative SEO (aka “Google Bowling”) Still Real in 2021?

seo.co

While successful negative SEO attacks are VERY rare, they can still have a massive negative impact on your site and traffic. has been the recipient of negative link building campaigns as recent as 2020. There are also SEO agencies that employ these tactics by spamming bad links in comments. Non-relevant Links.

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SEO Hacking: The Top 31 White Hat SEO Hacks for 2021

seo.co

If so, check out this list of 31 white hat SEO hacks for 2021. However, in 2021 and beyond only quality content will rank high. It’s not easy to fool a search engine algorithm in 2021. For example, instead of linking the words, “best marketing strategy,” link the words, “link building gets businesses phenomenal results.”

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How to Use Quora for B2B Lead Generation in 2021

Valasys

You can start by answering questions, attach links to your websites in your answers, offer advice, and meanwhile, you can redirect traffic to your website and boost its SEO. If the idea ‘B2B lead generation from Quora’ still seems unreachable, here is how you can/should start-. Know more about link building strategy.