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Had a great radio show today chatting with co-host Jim Hedger about all of the past week’s news. Well now ti’s time to start blogging the stories we’ll be chatting about in our next episode. So here’s what’s happened over the past 24 hours in search and SEO … Jonathan Allen Chats Publishing & Content […]
There are only 4 top stories today in search and SEO. A fairly slow Tuesday to be sure which means there’s not a lot of catching up to do and more time to work on sites. So let’s jump in … Content Link Building Is Flawed Chris Liversidge over on Search Engine Journal wrote an […]
Even on weekends the SEO and search world keep spinning. Here are the top stories from the past 72 hours. App Content Indexed And Displayed To The User More Easily In Search A company called Branch has just launched Branch AMP Deepviews and it is a very cool product for those with an app. The […]
DISCLAIMER: This post is written as a live blog from Mozcon. There may be typos and grammar to make my high school English teachers weep. Please excuse those … it’s a fast-paced conference with back-to-back sessions and no time for proofing or even proper writing. Kirsty Hulse takes the stage before lunch to chat link building […]
With all the changes going on in the search engine world these days, like Google adding a fourth paid ad to the top search result listings and replacing their head of search with the man who’s driving their AI initiatives like RankBrain, one would think there are no true constants left in SEO. I know […]
This week Garret French from CitationLabs took us on an adventure in linkbuilding land exploring ways to increase link possibilities with keywords and content. His webinar titled “Transform SEO Keywords to Linkable Content Ideas” shows how to use niche SEO keywords to build resource content to attract organic backlinks from resource page curators. The linkers […]
In the latest video published on Google’s Webmaster Help channel, Matt Cutts (head of Google’s Webspam team) weighs in whether backlinks will lose their importance as a ranking metric in the near future. The answer? Ideally, overtime, yes. While Mr. Cutts states that links still have many years left in them, Google has made no […]
Last week, I reported on Google’s takedown of AngloRank, a supposedly solid link network used by black hats to boost their sites. It was amusing to follow AngloRank’s sales thread on BlackHatWorld, because Matt Cutts’ proud Tweet announcing the torch was actually seen as free publicity and the network saw an increased interest in their […]
On December 6, Google’s Matt Cuts sent out this cheeky tweet: “’There are absolutely NO footprints linking the websites together.’ Oh, Anglo Rank.” This was effectively an announcement that Google had busted the paid link service; when Search Engine Land’s EIC Matt McGee theorized that the network was “torched,” Cutts confirmed that Anglo Rank had […]
