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30 Hands On Google Search Plus SEO Techniques for Getting Personal
Image above: I'm only ranking at #113 for [seo] in "people and pages" but some of my best friends are around me While everybody was writing posts what the new ...
Are Category Keywords in the URL a Significant Ranking Signal Now?
Above: Not personalized search results for the query [content strategy mistakes]. I rank at #7. Look who ranks at #2 and #4. While trying to assess the impact of stolen and otherwise ...
Does Google Index Your robots.txt?
This is a guest post by SEO strategist Moosa Hemani. It has been slightly edited by myself, Tad Chef. robots.txt, a protocol that helps search engines to find out ...
How Does Google+ Add to Your Social Media Strategy?
* Wow. Awesome! After just a dozen of tries I could sign up for Google+! Sadly it happened on late Friday so that I ended up trying it out on ...
Where to Buy Links? Turkey!
Link building or attracting links is quite hard these days. Most people are looking for short cuts like paid links in spite of them being outside the Google Webmaster Guidelines. While some ...
Why Click the Google +1 Button on Websites Instead of Liking or Tweeting Them?
Image: This is how logged out Google users see Google +1 votes. They display only on the first result. When Google initially introduced the Google +1 feature for search ...
Run DMC and Google Want You to “Keep it Fresh”
* Whether you’re spitting rhymes about gold chains and Adidas kicks, or shaping your web strategy, one thing is essential… "Keepin’ it fresh." Fresh content is unique and engaging, and Google likes that. It seems ...
Who is Your Competition on the Web?
Usually when people refer to their competitors they name a few businesses from the same industry who sell the same products or services as them. This might be ...
Google Buys Links with Hidden Anchor Text
I was awestruck today when I noticed that the perhaps most important German blogging conference re:publica sells high PageRank links. Paid links are forbidden by the Google Webmaster ...
Google +1: The New SearchWiki?
2.5 Years ago I hailed the new search results customization feature by Google called SearchWiki. I loved it in spite of it being broken from the start. Nonetheless the sheer possibilities ...
Top 7 CSS Tricks for Better SEO
Google baby by skoop. As most of us know it is often really difficult to build websites for both the user and Google. Google still needs to be assisted in finding ...
‘SEO is Dead’ is Dead
Diamond Skull by Damien Hirst. Image by Aaron Weber. Recently a post titled "How SEO is breaking the web (and killing Google)" has garnered almost 200 tweets. While I assume ...
10 Internet Legends Everybody Should Know
You certainly know urban legends already. Stories, misconceptions and myths that sound enticing and thus get spread through gossip all over the place, mostly where people use to meet for small ...
Google Filters: Exact Match Anchor Text Links Are the New Meta Keywords
It's always fascinating to see how Google treats SEO techniques that have gone main stream. Basically Google often uses filters on them. Of course many people out there ...
Software for SEO: Tools, Why & How to Track Rankings in a Personalized Search World
Actual rankings in Google Webmaster Tools. Here the query seo blog and the number of impressions for my blog. When it comes to software for SEO many people in the SEO industry ...
DIYSEO Interview with Patrick Gavin
This week SEO industry veterans Patrick Gavin, most known for launching Text Link Ads a few years ago, and Andy Hagans have
Image SEO for Photographers and Other Visual Artists
Photographing the Photographer by Naixn. Photographers and other visual artists have a magnificent tool to show off their work these days, the Internet. Everybody loves great photos and artworks ...
SEO Test: Default Personalized Search is a Myth – It Doesn’t Work
During the recent three weeks I have performed a very simple SEO test to determine the influence of the newly introduced personalized search feature by Google. This one allegedly works with cookies ...
hkcMjRm: How to Use Google as URL Shortener
Google short URL: hkcMjRm. Update December, 15th 2009: Try it with http://l.gog.is/hkcMjRm. Moreover Google has launched it's own official Google URL shortener yesterday: goo.gl Thanks Brandon Diaz for the heads ...
10 New Google Personal Search Blogging, Social Media & SEO Tactics
Image: Trust by notsogoodphotography The new by default personalized search by Google is a big paradigm shift in SEO. Yesterday I wrote about the changes personal search will bring ...