Google s Penguin update builds on the multiple Google Panda updates tradition to improve relevance in search results. While the Panda algorithm targets low quality content, the Penguin algorithm targets low quality links. Therefore, it's important to determine which algorithm has caused a drop in your site's search traffic.
There are three ways to help you determine which update affected your site.
- First is the date of the traffic drop. A Panda update occurred on April 19, 2012. Penguin rolled out on April...
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Internet marketing can be boring, BUT it can be fun, too. Add some jazz to your campaign and watch as your customers get out of their seats and join in on the action.
Get Your Social On
Social media is quickly becoming one of the most important ways of introducing your business to and engaging your customers. While Facebook has been getting all the attention in this regard, Twitter has picked up steam fast and Pinterest is gaining ground too. By posting tweets relevant to your niche,...
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As of April 18, 2012 Google will be shutting down AdSense for domains. This only applies for domains hosted by Google. It means that you will no longer be able to generate money from your undeveloped domain. While AdSense was based on quality content, many domains that opted for Adsense had no content whatsoever. This led to great dissatisfaction amongst advertisers, thus resulting in Google pulling the plug on this service.
Google Panda 3.1
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YouTube is the largest video sharing website and is second only to Facebook as being the most popular website in the world. It is a misconception that YouTube is just for funny videos of teenagers looking for fame. Many businesses, from insurance companies to grocery chains, utilize video marketing on YouTube to better promote their products and services.
Having a successful website strategy can help you develop a YouTube...
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At the center of every business's online marketing strategy is Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Mastering the art of SEO is no simple task. Although SEO may appear to be a daunting challenge, consider the follow simple yet effective methods to help jumpstart your SEO campaign.
- Keywords! You should be conscious of placing relevant keywords across every page of your website. Keywords are essentially the words someone uses to stumble across a website via a search engine (like Google, Yahoo!, MSN). Therefore, its in your best...
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Blogging is a tough art to master. You can write the most fascinating, thought-provoking content, but without readers, what's the point? Popularizing your blog is crucial to the success of your blog. Fortunately, there are simple things you can do to fortify its reputation and increase its viewership.
Maintain a professional look. Keep a clean, professional design for your blog that complements your writing style. A well-kept blog...
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Local search and personalization features offered by the search engines are expanding the possibilities for small companies seeking ways to market locally online. This evolution is now allowing for local search marketing and locally based SEO to be combined cost effectively to power increased traffic for online searches. As the statistics below indicate, these searches result in purchases either online or at the physical location. This presents a...
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Major search engines, reacting to local search statistics, are increasing their focus on personalizing and localizing their inquiry results. This evolution benefits small business owners in many ways including:
- Raising Local Awareness Using locally based keywords and phrases such as the names of a neighborhood, city, or county combined with relevant search terms gets SEO results much faster than competing for search terms on a national or global basis. These are, in effect, long tail keywords which define niches in both...
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The main objective of this weeks post? Interviewing Your Potential SEO Company (part 2) is to cover the areas of partnership between the prospective SEO company and your business. The blog consists of questions which help in determining?? whether the company is going to take an active interest in the success of your business or just punch the clock and charge the monthly search engine optimization fees. The basic questions that a company must ask are:-
'How often will we communicate' , 'What is our timeline and how will we...
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The daily evolution of search engine optimization results in the birth of new myths on a regular basis but the old ones dont seem to die with the same regularity. This may be due to the idea that some myths make it easier for companies to sell their SEO services, while others just carry on under their own power. The following is a list of some of the new myths as well as those that might take either a silver bullet or a wooden stake to kill.
- That Google partners with or approves SEO companies - This one is unlikely to die any...
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