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

Biznology

Domain authority is not a new concept, it’s been a staple of good SEO for a long time. 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. It helps when you link to other authorities on the topics.

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SEO Isn’t Mystical

SugarCRM

PageRank (PR): Google assigns every website a value between 0 and 10 (with 10 being the best), this value is known as your PageRank (though it often appears as PR). Your PageRank value is based on factors like link popularity and trust that Google uses to determine where your website ranks on its search engine results page (SERP).

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Best of 2008 - SEO Tools, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

How about tools for checking search engine rank, grading the SEO efforts on a website, developing an optimized keyword list, and link building? Counting links the easy way by Searchlight Brian R. Links play a very important part in SEO, both internal links as well as external links."

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

ClearVoice

While SEO basics remain important, there are several practices that simply must go. Lazy link building. Fewer inbound links. This aligns with Google’s long-term mission to ensure that their search engines are only surfacing high-value content that best answers a searcher’s query. So stop them. Stop them, please.

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Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 3

WebMarketCentral

She emphasizes that SEO is a long-term project, that getting on page one of Google isn't always realistic (at least in the short term), and that ultimately, traffic and conversions are what matters—not just rankings. Focusing on longer-tail terms can provide respectable traffic and conversions without huge costs. Blogging helps.

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Google Sitelinks: How to Acquire Google Sitelinks [9 Steps]

seo.co

In this post, we’ll discuss best practices for Google Sitelinks and how to acquire them for maximum SERP exposure! Siteinks are basically hyperlinks to website subpages and links that pop up in the gush of Google listings that appear when a user is looking for a particular site. How to Acquire Google Sitelinks [9 Steps].

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Rick Short Explains How to Turn Staff Into Prolific Bloggers

Online Marketing Institute

Some perceived this "new" practice to be frivolous. Eventually, these smart people see that blogging thrusts them and their content into the spotlight in a long-term, efficient manner. That could mean theyve been doing the same old thing for too long and are in a rut. They quickly get it. A: Rethink.

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