Posts Tagged ‘penguin’
Link Building: Master the Art for SEO Success
With the continued growth of Internet use as the world population grows more technical in nature, every business needs to have a web presence. Online marketing, simply put, is a requirement in 2017. But it’s not sufficient simply to “show up” with digital marketing activities. You need a website that drives both traffic and conversions.…
Read MoreFive Ways to Pinpoint a Negative SEO Attack
We work with a range of client types here at Return On Now. At least once per quarter, we run across a situation where there is almost certainly a Negative SEO attack either underway or already completed. Just this month, I was working on an Online Reputation Audit for a new client. Their main concern…
Read More10 SEO Questions to Ask Yourself in 2016
Life is busy. It seems the more we work to get ahead, the further behind we can fall at times. In a previous career stop, I used a very effective model to help myself and my coworkers better evaluate where time is well spent. After all, if you simply chase whatever has your attention, where…
Read MoreWhy White Hat SEO Requires Patience
Having played the SEO game for a decade and a half now, I’ve seen it all. Not very long ago, you could get away with all sorts of tricks to drive organic traffic. Purchased links, link wheels / schemes, keyword stuffing, and a laundry list of other spammy black hat “techniques.” Of course, we should…
Read MoreReturn On News: Penguins, Pandas, and Pirates, Oh My!
It has been quite a while since we’ve published a curated list of posts in our Return On News series. Since it has been a hot week or two for news items, I thought I’d pull one together today to help catch you up on all the latest developments. If you haven’t seen Return On…
Read More8 Facts About Links That’ll Make Your Hair Stand on End
Anyone experienced in search engine optimization knows that links are the lifeblood of a well-ranking site. We’ve seen estimates that links represent upward of 40% of the ranking factors. We’ve also seen recent news that implied links are to be added to the equation. But that’s a future-forward conversation, as implied links are more of a…
Read MoreIs Blog Comment Link Building Bad For SEO?
If you are like most webmasters and SEOs today, you are very careful about link building, and especially blog commenting. And with good reason. Google has gone on record speaking out against link schemes as a whole. The passage below from Google’s Link Schemes Page summarizes their overall stance on the matter: Any links intended…
Read MoreDIY Link Building: Easy Ways to Do It Yourself
Even with all of the hype about changes in algorithms and how social media has become important for overall rankings, link building remains one of the most important activities in driving a successful SEO campaign. If you have budget to support such a campaign, we highly recommend you hire an external agency or resource to…
Read MoreGoogle Webmaster Tools to Show Unnatural Links
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…
Read MoreWeb Directories: Still Viable for Link Building
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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