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Search Engine Watch January 11, 2011 Kristi Hines |
Is Link Relevance as Effective as Anchor Text? Obtaining links from high authority pages will increase your site's authority. Here's how to find pages with strong relevance to the keywords for which you want to rank. |
Search Engine Watch August 24, 2010 Gareth Owen |
Don't be Afraid of URL Links Monitor and manage the spread of URL vs. keyword rich links across your client's profile. And don't worry if you get really high quality links that only use your client's URL. |
Search Engine Watch January 10, 2011 Adam Audette |
Quit Obsessing On Anchor Text Already Instead of creating links with exact-match anchor text, work hard to build great, unique content and resources that are real contributions on the web. Provide value that builds links over time based on its own merit. |
Search Engine Watch November 4, 2010 John Lynch |
Deconstructing Link Value Factors Links are the primary driver of domain authority and the key to ranking quality content. An outline of the factors that affect the value of a link. |
Search Engine Watch May 20, 2010 John Lynch |
Powerful SEO Content: Understanding Breadth of Coverage More credible pages leads to more authority and greater opportunities to rank for competitive terms. Here are four ways to demonstrate breadth of coverage to search engines. |
Search Engine Watch November 30, 2010 Kristi Hines |
4 Ways to Build Links Without Anchor Text Is there such a thing as too much anchor text? Absolutely. Here are some of the benefits of creating a more natural looking link profile. |
Search Engine Watch February 21, 2011 Josh McCoy |
Big Brands and Bad Linking: How to Avoid Google Penalties The recent hype involving JCPenney's linking scheme penalty may have many wondering if their SEO firm is playing by the rules. Learn how you can avoid punishment from Google. |
Search Engine Watch July 7, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Top Signs Your Site Isn't Ready for Prime Time, Part 2 We've already looked at three of the common failings of Web sites for "newbies" who are trying to figure out SEO. Now let's look the title tag, domain age, and link building to see if your Web site is ready for prime time. |
Search Engine Watch October 26, 2010 Jennifer Van Iderstyne |
Incorporating Geo-Targeting into Your Link Building Searchers are getting better all the time at incorporating specific locations into their queries. Ignoring that fact is just fatal. Here are a few simple things you can do to amp up the geo-targeting as you build links. |
Search Engine Watch October 23, 2009 Chris Boggs |
It's Not Too Late for 2009 Holiday-Focused SEO Search engine optimization tips for marketers looking to push the needle further during the upcoming online holiday season. |
Search Engine Watch August 12, 2010 Peter van der Graaf |
Optimizing Your Existing Links Contacting your link partners can improve your link profile and rankings. Here are some helpful link building strategies, plus some pitfalls you'll want avoid. |
Search Engine Watch May 2, 2008 Chris Boggs |
Top 5 Non-SEO Ways to Increase Your Search Rankings Contrary to what some search marketers may think, marketing is not all about search. By branching out into other areas, like usability and PR, you can increase the effectiveness of your search efforts. |
Search Engine Watch February 20, 2009 Chris Boggs |
Be My Valentine: Please Link to Me? Here's a look at how the process of requesting links for your Web site can work, its continued importance, and the strategy behind picking the right sites to ask. |
Search Engine Watch July 17, 2009 Chris Boggs |
Building Directory Links: A Valuable SEO Tactic? One of the longest-tenured tactics in link building is to build links within topical free and paid directories. Is that still a valuable SEO tactic? |
Search Engine Watch February 6, 2009 Chris Boggs |
Don't Believe Everything You Read Some marketers choose to base their search marketing strategies on blog posts. |
Search Engine Watch June 27, 2008 Chris Boggs |
SEO Basics: Effective Iterative Keyword Research in 2008 The value of any SEO effort lies in the keywords you choose. It's really that simple -- you can't overestimate the importance of strong keyword research. |
Search Engine Watch September 11, 2009 Chris Boggs |
When to Run Away from an SEO Company There are some tactics that should raise a red flag if your SEO company tries to sell them to you. Others are so outdated and worthless, that they should send you packing out the door. |
Search Engine Watch August 13, 2010 Nichola Stott |
Internal Link Housekeeping To get the best from your internal link strategy, it's a good idea to perform regular housekeeping checks looking at these three areas. |
Search Engine Watch March 29, 2010 Josh McCoy |
SEO With a Skeleton Crew Crunched for resources? Here are some simple search engine optimization tactics for those faced with limited staff or budget. |
Search Engine Watch July 27, 2009 Ron Jones |
Link Building Tactics 101, Part 1 Link building is one of the most important elements to obtaining high rankings in the major search engines. It involves ongoing effort and a long-term strategy to ensure a Web site continues enjoying success in organic search results. |
Search Engine Watch March 15, 2011 Nichola Stott |
Journalism, 'Churnalism' & the Sticky Subject of Anchor Text Links Advice on how (and when) to approach the press with an anchor text objective, why this is becoming more difficult, what is happening in journalism and public relations, and how this may impact you. |
Search Engine Watch March 18, 2011 Rob Chant |
How Small Businesses Can Get a Link from Wikipedia If you want a link from Wikipedia, it will be a hard process. Here's a four-step strategy that will potentially get you that link. |
Search Engine Watch June 21, 2010 Josh McCoy |
What Google Thinks of Your Site Paying attention to your site's Sitelinks, hierarchical listings, and internal link listings in Google SERPs are great ways to see how Google understands your site. |
Search Engine Watch April 20, 2009 Ron Jones |
SEO Tools 101, Part 1 Getting started in SEO can be overwhelming, but your job can be made easier with the right tools. Here's an introduction to some of the keyword tools, site-grading tools and linking tools that will give you an edge in your search engine optimization efforts. |
Search Engine Watch March 21, 2011 Josh McCoy |
The Slippery Slope of SEO Recent algorithmic updates didn't just hurt the bad guys and clean up the SERPs. Many other sites felt the wrath of Google's tweaks. So, how do you adjust fire and move on from here? |
Search Engine Watch November 24, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Natural Link Building Practices Don't take chances buying links. Make these safe, proven link building tactics part of your search engine optimization strategy. |
Search Engine Watch April 22, 2010 John Lynch |
Analyzing the 9 Most Common Link Building Strategies A detailed breakdown of all link major link building tactics, an analysis of costs and benefits, and the risks of incurring a penalty from a search engine. |
Search Engine Watch November 4, 2008 Mark Jackson |
SEO Site Review: Custom Creations, Unlimited The author performs his quarterly SEO site review, and this time the subject promises to implement his recommendations. Like many Web sites, it isn't in bad shape from a SEO perspective, but it is a great example of the importance of the little things. |
Search Engine Watch October 28, 2010 Garrett French |
How to Find Safe, Valuable, and Scalable Link Building Opportunities A guide for finding trustworthy links that drive the right traffic to your site. |
Search Engine Watch January 6, 2011 Guillaume Bouchard |
Using Social Media to Boost Search Rankings Social media can be used for more than branding, customer service, PR, and retention. It can also be used to support your rankings in the SERPs. |
Search Engine Watch February 27, 2011 Mark Jackson |
The Difference Between Black Hat SEO and Bad SEO The safest way to build up trust/links for your website is to create good, unique, resourceful/helpful content, promote via social channels, and try to win links the "white hat" way. |
Search Engine Watch March 3, 2009 Carrie Hill |
SMB Link Building Without a Dime Link building doesn't have to be expensive. The first step in finding good links actually started a while ago, when you got to work writing great content that others will want to link to. Next comes scoping out your top-ranking competitors and copying what they're doing right. |
Search Engine Watch February 25, 2009 Eric Enge |
Maintaining an SEO Log At its root, SEO is an inexact science. It's a world where we follow best practices and use our best judgment to make decisions on what to do next. |
Search Engine Watch April 28, 2011 Jeremy Bencken |
50+ Tools to Automate Your Link Building These backlink analysis and link prospecting tools can help link builders shift their workload to computers as much as humanly possible. |
Search Engine Watch September 22, 2010 Gareth Owen |
Improve Your Rankings by Removing Links SEOs and agencies need to consider not just how to build quality links for clients, but how to actively manage the link profile and ensure that the right links are being built. |
Search Engine Watch April 21, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Link Building? How About Link Optimization? Without a doubt, one of the toughest things to do is to build link popularity for your Web site. |
Search Engine Watch January 27, 2011 Peter van der Graaf |
Local Search: Your Address is the New Link A look at some of the changes local search results are bringing to SEO -- especially link building. |
Search Engine Watch September 19, 2008 Gregg Stewart |
Getting to Know Local SEO Local SEO is a must for businesses that sell products locally to a specified geographical area. The channels consumers are using to search are changing. |
Search Engine Watch November 23, 2010 Jennifer Van Iderstyne |
The Redeeming Qualities of Links with a Bad Reputation Backlink rejects, such as nofollows, blog comments, and reciprocal links, have earned their bad reputations by being mostly garbage. But that doesn't make them entirely beyond salvation. |
Search Engine Watch November 2, 2010 Kristi Hines |
Link Building: 3 Strategies for Link Requests Here's what you need to be aware of when contacting webmasters as a representative of the client or as a brand advocate when requesting links. |
Search Engine Watch August 25, 2009 Eric Enge |
10 Common SEO Mistakes Especially in larger organizations, it's common that SEO doesn't get the credit it deserves for driving traffic to a Web site. Unfortunately, this can often lead to uninformed senior managers making decisions that are catastrophic from an SEO perspective. |
Search Engine Watch March 28, 2008 Marty Weintraub |
Google Bombs, Jew Watch News & the Hypocritical Linking Universe The author's examination of "google bombing" and how this technique intersects with search engine optimization. Is Google hypocritical in its solutions to the problem of using links to determine relevancy? |
Search Engine Watch June 9, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Are PPC Ads Now Counting in Google Organic Backlinks? In the past, I've said there's no direct correlation between editorial rankings and paid advertisements. Well, it seems I was wrong. Paid search really can affect organic search. |
Search Engine Watch July 27, 2010 Eric Enge |
12 Ways Your SEO Mileage May Vary If you've spent time analyzing search results for a variety of queries, you've likely seen results you can't easily explain. Here's why this happens. |
Search Engine Watch September 1, 2010 Jeremy Bencken |
6 Metrics You Need to Manage Link Building You can't manage what you don't measure. When it comes to building a sustainable link building process, measurement is everything. |
Search Engine Watch June 17, 2010 Peter van der Graaf |
SEO & Link Building: The Domain Authority Factor Tips on how to gain authority, use it to your own benefit, and avoid Google penalties. |
Search Engine Watch July 22, 2008 Carrie Hill |
Why Links are Like Shoes The man with no links cried until he met the man with no SEO. This week you'll find out why all SEOs should want to be the Zappos of link building. |
Search Engine Watch March 28, 2011 Ray "Catfish" Comstock |
SEO Training: The Cornerstone of Successful Enterprise SEO Campaigns Which members of your internal team need training, and what that training needs to cover in order to successfully scale SEO across an enterprise-level organization. |
Search Engine Watch July 13, 2010 Kristi Hines |
Win the Best High Volume Links Some tips for getting the best of your client's competitors' links for higher volume while still sticking to your principles of better link quality. |
Search Engine Watch November 3, 2009 Eric Enge |
Getting Started with a New SEO Project Beginning search engine optimization efforts during the initial stages of a Web site project can save you time, effort, and money. |