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The Four Rhinos of Bad SEO Tactics: What Has to Go for Good

ClearVoice

Although the world of SEO could change in an algorithm instant, content marketers always have some control — read that, some control — over how their efforts might rank in search engines. Low dwell times. Yes, that is ‘pure’ journalism — but it contains so many lessons about what search engines will be looking for.

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8 Ways to Use External Links to Improve Your SEO

Single Grain

Undeservedly hated and commonly despised, external links have long lived in the shadow of their internal brethren. Pagerank sculpting no longer works so you shouldn’t be adding the nofollow attribute to internal links. In Google, nofollow links don’t pass PageRank and don’t pass anchor text.” Well, no more!

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Domain Authority: How to Increase Your Ranking Score from Scratch

Single Grain

I’ve run into the same scenario more times than I can count: I start working for a client with a brand new site, we develop an incredible content strategy, and then they ask how long it will take to rank on the first page of Google for high-volume, high-competition terms.