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Link Building Techniques: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Find out which links will hurt your website, which will just waste your time, and which will improve your ranking.
Google Suggests Links in Primary Content Hold More Value
Google’s John Mueller spoke on the topic of placing links and where on the page they hold the most value.
Google on Whether Link Value Changes With Age
Google’s John Mueller recently addressed whether the value of inbound links goes up or down with age.
7 SEO Quick Wins During COVID-19
Got some extra time on your hands during COVID-19 and in need of results? Tackle these SEO quick wins right now.
50 Types of Links You Want & How to Build Them
Here are 50 types of links you should be earning for your business and how to get them.
Google My Business Impressions Down 59%
An analysis of COVID-19’s impact on local search finds Google My Business experienced a sharp performance drop.
Ninja Forms Plugin Vulnerability
Ninja Forms WordPress Plugin patches a high severity vulnerability.
3 Ways to Measure Link Quality
Consider these three tips as a framework for thinking about what it truly means when we talk about quality links.
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Everything Hreflang with Bill Hunt [PODCAST]
Hreflang is essential for international sites, yet often implemented badly. Bill Hunt talks about how to approach it the right way.
Why Google Ranking Correlation Studies are Unreliable
Why search results correlation studies are unreliable
Google: We Rarely Show Sitelinks Search Box, Even When Markup is Used
Google’s John Mueller recently stated that a sitelinks search box is rarely shown for sites in search results.
Google SEO 101: Do’s and Don’ts of Links & JavaScript
Google explains how to ensure links work properly with JavaScript in the first episode of the new Lightning Talks series.
How Bing’s Image & Video Algorithm Works
Learn what triggers video and image boxes, how click rate impacts positioning, what helps images and videos rank, and more.
What Is a Natural Link? (A Good Link)
What’s the difference between natural, quality, good, and bad links? This post walks you through everything you need to know.
SEO Humor: Google’s John Mueller Shares Bad SEO Advice
Google’s John Mueller shared some intentionally bad SEO advice in a lighthearted response to a satirical Reddit thread.
How to Future-Proof Your Brand with the Help of SEO
Learn how you can use SEO to help position your brand for challenging business environments.
Link Building Fundamentals
Learn the fundamentals of how search engines may use links and best practices for cultivating links.
15 Things You May Not Know About Yelp
Have a local business? Then you need to get to know Yelp. Learn 15 facts and stats about Yelp.
Google COVID-19 Marketing Strategy Playbook
Google’s COVID-19 Marketing Playbook gives businesses a framework for creating a marketing strategy during the pandemic.
Google Now Tells You: There Aren’t Any Great Matches for Your Search
In an unusual update to search, Google is letting users know when the results they’re seeing are lower-than-average quality.
Google Call Only Ads Now Include Link Option
Google Ads Call Only ads will now offer advertisers the option to include a link to their website.
Google Search Adds Feature For Keeping Track of Movies & Shows to Watch
Google is launching a watchlist in search results to help people track the movies and shows they want to watch.
Google: It’s OK if Site Ranks for Adult Queries
Google says ranking for adult terms because of negative SEO does not affect normal queries
Google on How Long it Takes to Rank a New URL After 301 Redirect
Google’s John Mueller was recently featured in a video about 301 redirects in which an interesting revelation was made.
Rank Tracking Isn’t What It Used to Be – So What’s Next?
It’s time to rethink rank tracking and account for the true visibility of a web listing in search.
4 New Edge SEO Capabilities with Shopify
Through edge SEO, we can now work around platform restrictions that riddle Shopify sites. Take advantage of these new capabilities.
How the Bing Q&A / Featured Snippet Algorithm Works
Here’s how Bing extracts the best answer to any question from the hundreds of billions of pages on the web.