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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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”,
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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
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As we get a couple of weeks or so into 2013, most of the “predictions” columns, articles, and blog posts have made their way out onto the web. This annual tradition is one that most of us either love or hate. I tend to take a non-biased view to start, but there does come a
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Enjoy today’s guest post by SEO professional Deepak Gupta. The opinions, images, and details below are the that of Mr. Gupta and do not necessarily reflect those of Return On Now. Everyone knows that a website is important for almost every business. It is now an unwritten code that a brick and mortar business has
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Enjoy today’s guest post by freelance writer Becky Wilcox. Over the last 10 years, social media sites have been growing rapidly. They have become a main way to connect and communicate for individuals, and the youth of today, having grown up with this as their “normal”, are always connected. But there are dangers and concerns
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