New Panda/Penguin Update Deciphered?
Really? I don’t think so. While most people just quickly posted something on their sites (more or less, 4 days into the algo update) so they can be “viral” since it’s another shiny, new update, they completely forgot to TEST more. They assume stuff they think is wrong/is working, they think of the “whitest” hat way they could talk about, insert what the “announced” update said and come up with fancy charts in their posts pinpointing these assumptions. Sorry, but we don’t buy it. If I followed what 99% of “studies” out there did...
read moreAlgo Updates Galore
It’s that time of the year again, changes are happening with the big G and a lot of people are already affected. It’s almost as huge as the first update from a year ago. Let’s cut to the chase. So what has changed? 1. Syndicating sites were deindexed, so even “white hat” sites with links (built to them by competitors or not) on those deindexed sites were hurt a lot. 2. Anchor text is now more important than ever. If you were one of those that focused on 1-3 keywords only, then you were probably affected. So what’s with all these Webmaster Warnings? We noted...
read more5 Things To CHECK When Checking Out The Competition
Checking out the competition is a must before you start working with your keyword. A lot of support questions and pm’s we get are usually about this. Most of the “trouble” we deal with daily usually points to one thing, little to no research was done. How can a new 3 day old site rank better than sites that have great authority already, ranking for that keyword for the longest time, with just some backlinks alone?? It’s not 2006 anymore. Here are 5 things you need to look at first (there are more, like reading level, etc) BUT to keep things simple so you can estimate,...
read moreWhy Build Tiered Links for SEO?
We get this question EVERYDAY. It’s the most common thing we get aside from “Will this work for me?” So why do people build tiered links? Let’s put it in simple context. The whole internet has been built because of this concept. Person A linking to Person B’s blog because he liked the page he read. Person C liked Person A’s opnion so he linked to it. Person D saw Person C’s post and thought he was the source for the news. So you already have a tiered link there. That’s now a line. Multiply each one of them by a million and youll have a huge...
read moreWhy You Need An SEO Plan
We’ve worked with clients that have some knowledge about seo, we’ve worked with veterans on the seo field and we’ve worked with clients that had NO idea about seo. Those that had some little knowledge about seo were the hardest to work with. They usually have an idea of what the “correct” way of doing seo is. These are usually the people that let forum posts influence their beliefs in a lot of things when the posters or thread starters are those that just “theorize” the whole day. They think this and that are penalties. They think all backlinks are...
read moreKeyword Research The Right Way
Do you really need a keyword research tool? I have 2 answers for this. 1. Not Really Because you can clearly do things manually and if you’ve managed to find this site, you obviously know about the google keyword tool, wordtracker and the likes 2. Yes Because you should look at this as a business so you need to invest. If you are in this seo market for the long haul, then you need a good tool that will be with you all the time. Keyword research tools were invented for a reason. To make things easier for you which means you finish faster, you work faster as the data are presented to you...
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