Breaking News: It is still possible to game the Google search results, even for commercial keyword phrases. In fact, you can even put up low-quality, low-content, spam web pages and get them to rank well in Google. Not only that, it is still possible, even when the Google Penguin and Google Panda have been in full force, to rank well with that low quality spam content and redirect visitors using a javascript redirect to another website. [Read more…]
Do Not Rely on a Bot to Do Your Online Marketing and SEO
Whatever you do, don’t rely on a bot (a robot) to handle your online marketing and SEO (Search Engine Optimization). 10 years ago, when the search engines weren’t as sophisticated as they are now, you might have gotten away with using automated programs to create links to your website and to add social bookmarks and create auto-generated content and “articles”. [Read more…]
This is Not How You Should Perform Link Cleanups and Link Removals For Your Website
A UK-based online marketing agency named datadial recently received a threatening letter (a Cease and Desist letter) from Fox Williams LLP demanding that a link on their website be removed. The link in question was pointing to Shopzilla’s website. [Read more…]
Marketplace to Buy, Sell Links Based on Google Authorship and Klout Launched
The first-ever online marketplace for buying and selling links in articles and blog posts based on Google Authorship and Klout score has been launched. Buying and selling links based on Google’s PageRank has long been a controversial topic, as well as a violation of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. AuthorLinks is a marketplace for buying and selling links based on a web site owner’s Google Authorship and overall Klout score. [Read more…]
Lundon’s Bridge Needs Search Engine Optimization Help
I was recently browsing an article on the web that’s currently on the Alexa Hot URLs about the fact that Paris Jackson is now a cheerleader for her high school’s boys basketball team. The article mentions how she has more than 1 million followers on Twitter (no, I’m not following her), so I naturally clicked that link to her Twitter account. [Read more…]
Google Webmaster Tools Link Data Error Uploading into Google Docs
Way to go, Google. This just goes to show that the employees who work on your Google Webmaster Tools don’t talk to your Google Docs employees. Nothing can be more frustrating than using two Google products that don’t work with each other very well. Such is the case with Google Webmaster Tools and Google Docs. [Read more…]