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

Biznology

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. Domain authority is not a new concept, it’s been a staple of good SEO for a long time.

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High Points on the Social Media Landscape

WebMarketCentral

The intent of the lists below is to categorize the landscape and show the most prominent sites in each category. 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% 8 Plaxo 1,440 2,629,043 +144.7%

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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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Google and the Parable of the Turkey

WebMarketCentral

As Eric Goldman reported on his Technology & Marketing Law blog, a company called KinderStart sued Google in March of 2006 : "Google has been sued for downgrading the PageRank of websites in contravention of its stated 'objective' policies. Sure—but don't count on beating the search giant in court.

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Inbound Marketing the Way God Intended

Biznology

Image via Wikipedia. and entire “informational” sites similar to Wikipedia, distributed globally, on many different servers and under many different domains and sub-domains to emulate its “impossible” counterpart. Last week I asked my management team if what we do at Abraham Harrison is inbound marketing.

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The Trouble with Klout

Paul Gillin

Both are sought-after speakers and the subject of extensive Wikipedia articles. My intention isn’t to pick on Megan Berry. In her interview with Schwartzman, Berry described Klout as “[Google] PageRank for people.&# Yet Klout says I have more influence. In my opinion, it’s got a long way to go.

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Blogger outreach is earned media PR, isn’t it?

Biznology

” (Wikipedia). It could be exclusive content, it could be unique access to a person or technology, it could be the generous use or advance access to a product or service with the express intent of giving them time to experience, review, and critique it to share it with their readers.

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