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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 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 December 15, 2010 Gareth Owen |
How Will SEO Evolve in 2011? SEO, rather than being purely an ongoing process of optimization, will be more influential as part of a campaign-led marketing strategy. We'll need to work with our clients to ensure this happens.  |
Search Engine Watch February 22, 2011 Erez Barak |
Search + Social: A Growing Relationship Make sure you're tracking, measuring, and analyzing three key indicators in real time: SEO, social, and business.  |
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 March 16, 2011 Gareth Owen |
Top 13 Social Media Ranking Factors for SEO Looking to carry out an investigation into whether social media is a big influencing on search engine optimization? Monitoring these social media metrics will help you base your insights on more empirical data.  |
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 October 20, 2010 Gareth Owen |
On-page Optimization is Dead Further proof that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics -- especially in SEO.  |
Search Engine Watch July 6, 2010 Adam Audette |
Crawl, Index, Rank, Repeat: A Tactical SEO Framework (Part 3) A framework for SEO strategy that captures the three primary elements of search engine optimization. The final installment of a three-part series.  |
Search Engine Watch May 9, 2011 Guillaume Bouchard |
6 Ways to Socialize Your SEO & Content Strategy Traditional onsite SEO and backlinks are still fundamental. But if you really want to get competitive with your SEO strategy, you need to send search engines the right "social signals" that your site and pages deserve to rank well.  |
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 September 9, 2010 Peter van der Graaf |
How Monitoring Tools Aid in Link Building Ranking monitoring definitely isn't dead. A look at drawbacks of available data, why you should monitor rankings and inlinks, which tools to use, and how to use those tools.  |
Search Engine Watch August 27, 2010 Marty Weintraub |
Online Marketing Fundamentals For New Professionals, Part 2 A new crop of search marketers need to learn the fundamentals of our industry. Class is in session once again. Today's lesson: organic and paid search for newbies.  |
Search Engine Watch April 20, 2010 Eric Enge |
4 Things SEOs Should Consider When Creating Content When evaluating your content development strategy, make sure to address on-page search engine optimization, conversion optimization, link worthiness, and social media environments.  |
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 July 28, 2010 Gareth Owen |
Defining Search Engine Optimization in 2010 Taking the time to identify your market and focusing on how to build relationships with those relevant sites will put you above SEOs who are still focusing on outdated tactics.  |
Search Engine Watch May 1, 2011 Eric Enge |
The Role of On-Page SEO Content: Relevance, Not Rankings From an SEO perspective, on-page content is solely about helping establish what search queries your page might be relevant to. Visualizing how the major SEO components fit together.  |
Search Engine Watch October 29, 2010 Rob Chant |
Preparing Your Small Business Site For SEO A starter guide for small business owners who are launching a brand new site and approaching search engine optimization for the first time.  |
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 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 September 29, 2010 Adam Audette |
A Short Synopsis of Advanced SEO in Late 2010 Far from making search engine optimization irrelevant, Google Instant (and big changes like May Day and Caffeine) are fueling new growth, renewed interest, and in some cases, a big change in SEO strategy.  |
Search Engine Watch September 13, 2010 Kaila Strong |
Search and Social: Are You Missing Out? Examining social media's impact on search, and how best to integrate a bit of social into your search engine marketing (or search into your social media marketing).  |
Search Engine Watch September 12, 2008 William Flaiz |
Would You Endorse this Web Site? Think of link building as running for president of your SERPs. The candidate is your Web site, and you need all the support you can muster to get there. The right connections can provide the bump you need, and the wrong connections can prove calamitous.  |
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 August 29, 2008 William Flaiz |
There's No Secret Recipe to SEO Some marketers are looking for a secret, step-by-step recipe to SEO success. But while a general framework is necessary to be effective, the search engine optimization process must be adaptable. Here are some tips for guiding you down the path to SEO success.  |
Search Engine Watch January 6, 2009 Mark Jackson |
There's No Shortcut to Good SEO...Or Is There? If search engines want all SEOs to operate in an ethical manner, they should show us that they're penalizing the Web sites that abuse their guidelines, and reward those who follow their guidelines.  |
Search Engine Watch August 9, 2010 Ray Comstock |
The Challenges of Measuring SEO Success, Part 2 How personalization, localization, and update frequency have changed search engine optimization; what the new key metrics are in Google Webmaster Tools; and why user experience will continue to grow in importance.  |
Search Engine Watch March 25, 2009 Eric Enge |
Choose the Right SEO Project Goals Picking the right goals is key to the success of any SEO effort. A surprising number of companies focus on what they think are the right goals, but end up being dead wrong. Success comes when you can tie your SEO goals to the broader goals of your business.  |
Search Engine Watch April 15, 2011 Rob Chant |
Introduction to Google PageRank: Myths & Facts Clearing up the confusion about what Google's PageRank algorithm is, how it works, how important it is, and how we can use data based on it.  |
Search Engine Watch March 9, 2010 Eric Enge |
Don't Over Optimize Your Site SEO is a best practices game. Understanding how not to over optimize is an important part of the mix.  |
Search Engine Watch November 29, 2010 Ray "Catfish" Comstock |
The First Steps to High Rankings in Google The difference for some websites in ranking in the top three for a particular competitive search phrase really isn't about black magic. Really, it's about the study of the user that you're trying to target.  |
Search Engine Watch August 3, 2009 Ron Jones |
Link Building Tactics 101, Part 2 Concentrate on offering something of value to the online community/industry to demonstrate why they should visit your site. Focus on the idea of reaching out to others and building quality connections that make sense.  |
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 September 24, 2008 Eric Enge |
Use Care When Choosing an SEO Agency It's important to beware of instant SEO experts who know a few things about what's going on, but don't get the whole picture. Don't hire an SEO or begin SEO work on your own without validating that it's the right course of action.  |
Search Engine Watch March 27, 2011 Peter van der Graaf |
Old Black Hat SEO Tricks Still Work This article is all about unethical SEO. Hopefully you don't have any practical use for it. Search Engine Watch assumes no responsibility when you end up being banned from Google!  |
Search Engine Watch December 15, 2009 Eric Enge |
Measuring SEO Results Non-branded search traffic, visitor engagement, and conversions are three critical metrics you should use to measure your success in search engine optimization efforts.  |
Search Engine Watch January 17, 2007 Eric Enge |
An Introduction to SEO Best Practices Best practices for search engine optimization are constantly evolving, and are starting to look more like conventional business plans.  |
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 February 7, 2011 Adam Audette |
Mea Culpa: How I Failed At Link Building It's quite easy to put your principles and SEO best practices aside in place of other, less important, motivations. Hopefully this tale will help you avoid losing clients and reinforce why you need to be efficient, smart, and careful in making business decisions.  |
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 November 30, 2010 Eric Enge |
Search Engine Optimization in an Increasingly Social World SEO is changing rapidly, in part due to the increasingly social nature of the web. A look at what's driving these changes and some of the implications of how they impact our behavior.  |
Search Engine Watch November 8, 2010 Josh McCoy |
Diversifying Your SEO Imagine your site as you would your investment portfolio. Spreading your assets evenly is extremely important to long-term growth.  |
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 December 2, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Link Building, Circa 2008 SEO isn't as easy as it was in years past. At one time, optimization meant dropping some keywords in your meta keywords tag, using your most important key phrases a dozen or so times on a page, and exchanging links with anyone who had a Web site.  |
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 10, 2011 Guillaume Bouchard |
SEO on a Global Scale: Ranking Internationally Tips for ranking on international versions of Google, a look at worldwide ranking factors, and how to build country-specific sites.  |
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 July 16, 2010 Nichola Stott |
Are We Over-Engineering the Link Graph? Brand versus keyword-rich anchor text: a case study on ranking factors.  |
Search Engine Watch June 18, 2008 Eric Enge |
4 SEO Tips for Higher Search Rankings Search engine optimization is tough, and the rules for ranking vary from site to site. Authority, domain age, penalty factors, and freshness all play an important role in your Web site's ranking. Is your site ready for greatness?  |
Search Engine Watch March 23, 2010 Eric Enge |
SEO Mythbusters: 3 Rotten Ideas Three outdated search engine optimization tactics you should avoid at all costs.  |