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Alan Bleiweiss
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Alan Bleiweiss is a Forensic SEO audit consultant with audit client sites from medium scale to world class enterprise. He started out in web development and web marketing in 1995. His shift to SEO started in 2001. In the summer of 2012, Alan he switched to focusing exclusively on SEO audits and support consulting.
A noted industry speaker, author and blogger, his posts are quite often as much controversial as they are thought provoking.
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Mental Illness – No Shame – Lots of Hope
Here’s how I was able to overcome mental illness, addiction, and my past demons.
World-Class Link Building Is More Than Links
Link building isn’t just about building links. Here’s how to build a brand, based on visibility, authority, and trust.
You Can Make a Difference: Panda/Penguin Art Auction to Benefit Dana @Lookadoo
As many of you know, in November of last year, one of the search industries most appreciated members, Dana Lookadoo, was in a freak cycling...
QUART – The 5 SEO Super-Signals
The overwhelming majority of sites that I audit have been hammered by either Panda, Penguin, or both. Sure, there are some sites where the drop...
How To Clean Up Bad Links and Establish Trust With Link Vendors
More and more clients are coming to me for audits because they have been harmed by low-quality linking efforts, either intentionally, unintentionally, or possibly as...
Get Over Yourself – Matt Cutts Did Not Just Kill Another SEO Kitten
Fed up with Google’s continual changing of the rules? Worn out by all mixed messages they send? Sick and tired of being sick and tired...
SEO Audits – Large Scale Link Evaluation
When you perform as many SEO audits as I do (60 to 80 a year), you need to find ways to become consistently more efficient...
SEO Audits: Strategic Vs. Tactical – The Right Solution for Clients
Something that comes up often in my discussion with others in our industry regarding audit work is how many people who do SEO audits spend...
The Holy Grail of Panda Recovery – A 1-Year Case Study
Prospective client: Help! I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up! Me: Where are you? Prospective client: Massachusetts Me: I’m 3,000 miles away! Call 911! Prospective...
Another Black Hat Company Caught Selling Links
Where do I even begin with this one? I mean, I was on the fence about even writing this post for months. On the one...
Yahoo Axis Web Browser Thats Not A Browser Maybe
< sigh >… Once again, Yahoo has yet another plan to innovate, and thus stay relevant in an ever more challenging search arena. And just...
Interview with Andy Chu, Director at Bing for Mobile
Next week, SES New York will be taking place (March 19th – 23rd), and in the run-up to the event, I was digging around the...
Google Announces Above-the-Fold Algorithm Change
How many of us have known for how many years that Google cares about user experience (no matter what others might argue the contrary)? Earlier...
SEO Under Attack – The Google Analytics Keyword Data Apocalypse
Google announced today they’re going to take a step toward user privacy by hiding keywords used by searchers signed into their Google accounts. We’ll leave...
Anticipating SEO in 2012- Competitive Advantage
Hi there! This is an odd situation for me – as this article is being published, I’m attending SMX Advanced in Seattle – and tomorrow...
Massive Duplicate Content Problem- More Revealed
So last month, I posted an article here entitled “You think YOU have a duplicate content problem?” where I described a duplicate content nightmare of...
You Think YOU Have a Duplicate Content Problem?
Duplicate content. We all know about it. Countless posts have been written on why it’s bad, how to avoid it. But maybe you’ve got a...
8 Reasons SEO Audits are Needed Before Sites are Built
www.searchenginejournal.comwww.searchenginejournal.com/wp-adminwww.searchenginejournal.com/wp-admin/post.php If you’ve worked in the SEO industry for any significant length of time, you’ve inevitably had a situation arise where a brand new site...
SEO Audits – Strategic vs. Tactical
For many years I operated in a bubble performing audits on client sites. Coordinating and providing consulting in the implementation of my findings, yet not...
The Farmer Update Harmed Codependent Site Owners
Content farms are dead. Long live content farms. Well not really. May they never bounce back again. Please. Yet like every major update Google rolls...
Is Long Tail SEO Really SEO?
I’ve had many discussions with others in the SEO arena over the years regarding the value of long tail SEO. But until this weekend I’ve...
Renegade SEO Consultant
People like things easy. The easier the better. At least it’s a common trait here in America, where the common perception is that life is...
SEO Predictions Prognosticated
Happy new year everyone! Welcome to 2011 or MMXI to all of you Romans and movie producers! 2010 was a mixed year. The economy continued...
An Epic Year for SEO
SEO is a special field of endeavor. We don’t just get gifts for the same holidays as everyone else. We get them all year long. ...
Internet Marketing Cornucopia
I have many reasons to be grateful this year on many fronts for many reasons. One area happens to be the fact that I’m blessed...
Understanding the User Mind Model
User mind models matter when it comes to keyword research. They matter when you write the copy for Meta Descriptions, PPC Ads, on-site content, link...
Google TV – A Slap in the SEO Face
Well this one has been a long time coming. Thanks to the brilliant minds at Google, WebTV has been resurrected from the ashes, and transformed...
When SEO is Not the Right Solution
I had a meeting today with a prospective client and the account manager at one of my agency clients. The prospect was coming in to...
Information Architecture – Stop Shooting For The Moon
Our industry is chock full of advise about how the best approach is to go for phrases that aren’t necessarily the most competitive – to...