Google has launched an improved URL removal tool that will make it easier to request updates based on changes on other people’s websites. But there is actually another use for this tool: it can be used to aid in a website’s Google Penguin Recovery if your site has been hit by Google Penguin. [Read more…]
The Anatomy of a Google Reconsideration Request: Manual Link Penalty
As you know, I have helped numerous businesses and site owners respond to Google’s manual link penalties. And get those manual link penalties removed or revoked by Google. Every site is unique, every website has different links pointing to them, and some have more bad links than others. And not all sites have received manual link penalty messages from Google. If you’re suffering from a Google penalty or manual action, I offer a Google Penalty Recovery Service to help you get rid of that penalty. But first, let’s talk about tye type of penalty your website has, which can vary. [Read more…]
Google Manual Penalty: After Penalty is Removed, You Must Regain Trust
If your website has been manually penalized by Google and you get that manual penalty revoked after you file a Google reconsideration request, it will take some time for Google to trust your website again. Your website might start to receive traffic again via the organic search results, but that traffic will NOT suddenly come back. [Read more…]
29 Things That Every SEO Should be Thankful For This Thanksgiving 2013
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, November 27, 2013, and that’s got me thinking: as an SEO in 2013, what should we be thankful for? Well, I have come up with a list of things that every SEO should be thankful for this year. Certainly, these aren’t in any order of importance. They’re just things that I really think we, as SEOs in 2013, should be thankful for. Some are on my list “just because”, some are a complete joke (ha, ha), and others truly help me get my job done. If you’d like to add anything to the list, feel free to comment. [Read more…]
Now Accepting Bitcoin as Payment for SEO Services
Starting today, I am going to go out on a limb (well, not exactly) to offer Bitcoin as payment for search engine optimization services. Starting on November 24, 2013, I am now offering one of my most sought-after services, an Search Engine Optimization Audit of a website (under 50 pages) for 1 bitcoin (which, at the current exchange rate, is equal to about $824 US Dollars. You can find out the latest exchange rate here. [Read more…]
It is Time to Re-Evaluate Meta Description Tags
Here we go again. It looks like it’s time to re-evaluate meta description tags, another standard web element that has been around ever since the beginning of the internet (or it seems that way). Of course we know that the meta keywords tag became useless about 10 years ago, when website owners were obviously keyword stuffing the meta keywords tag with all sorts of keywords. It was obvious to everyone, or obvious to most, that we don’t really need the meta keywords tag. But now the meta description tag? Really? [Read more…]