Today I came across the following video while conducting some SEO research. Based on the title, you might think this holds all the secrets to Google’s algorithm. After all, it features their head of web spam, Matt Cutts. On the contrary, this is not at all a useful resource for search engine optimization. Matt Cutts: […]
Mashup: Matt Cutts on Ranking #1 [Humor] Read More »
Social media continues to grow in use and acceptance. Meanwhile, it is becoming more complicated. Let’s look at the rationale for rolling out a social media policy within your company. Social Media Complication Brands are especially impacted by growth. Once companies expand beyond 50 or 100 employees, new problems enter the picture. For example: Social Media for
We have covered Google Penguin in great detail here on Return on Now. After doing many link audits and link profiles, we have a good handle on what it was and how to address it. Figuring out exactly which links and domains are responsible for Penguin related penalties is the hardest part of a link
Google Webmaster Tools to Show Unnatural Links Read More »
Over the past 2-3 months, I have been approached by at least a dozen people with questions regarding web directories. Every one of them had a different opinion about whether they help or hurt for SEO. I get why there is so much fear for many of us. During the second quarter of 2012, entire
Web Directories: Still Viable for Link Building Read More »
For some time now, there has been the misconception that Google+ is meant to be a competitive social media platform to Facebook and/or Twitter. While social is absolutely part of the core offering, it is NOT the main purpose for G+. Remember Google Buzz and Google Wave? For those of you who do not, these
Author Authority vs. Publisher Authority for SEO Read More »
Content marketing has become every marketer’s favorite topic in the past year. And for good reason. The benefits to your site SEO and overall traffic volume, as well as the fodder for social media sharing and conversations are well documented. It is also rather well known that more frequent generation of content is better. This
Content Marketing or Content SPAM? Read More »
Since last April, when Google rolled out the Penguin update to penalize link manipulation tactics, interest in link audits has been at an all time high. The days where any link added authority value to your site are over. Now, you need links from the right sites with the right anchor text. Link Profiles: The
Link Audits: What to Look for in a Link Profile Read More »
If you have been in the SEO game for any amount of time, you have almost certainly succumbed to the temptation to take short cuts at some point in your experience. I have been there as well. Businesses Want Results Many business decision makers don’t care to hear about how “white hat SEO takes time”,
Can One Be a Black Hat SEO AND a White Hat SEO? Read More »
Today we bring you another guest post from Linda Phillips, who represents YarraWeb out of Melbourne, Australia. Feature Image Courtesy of Andrew Mager on Flickr. Web designers and their clients have a famously strained relationship, and this is largely due to communication problems. Web designer must often second guess what the business owner wants, while
How to Work With Web Designers Better Read More »
Today, I presented to the Austin SEO Meetup about the Google Penguin Update. It was a lively session with a lot of questions and feedback afterward. For those of you who missed it, here is the overall agenda we covered: What is Google Penguin? What Websites Did Penguin Impact, and Why? How to Google Proof
Building Links In a Post Penguin World from Austin SEO Meetup Read More »
