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SEO News Roundup for April 17, 2009

April 17th, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
  • If you’re driving yourself crazy trying to think of new SEO strategies to improve your natural rankings, look no further. SEOptimize has a post on their top 10 non-Google SEO strategies that can help improve rankings and organic traffic. Some are obvious, others are things you may not have thought about that could help out your SEO efforts.
  • There’s an interesting post on SEOmoz that’s getting a little heat.  The writer expresses that in order to generate more ‘quality’ inbound …
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SEO News Roundup for April 10, 2009

April 10th, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
  • Check out Search Geek’s Guide to Ranking Factors. While it doesn’t dive into details of each ranking factor, it provides a good overview of things you should consider for helping your site’s page rank.
  • Have you been on a quest to understand the ever-changing Google algorithms? Your search stops here. Well, for today at least. Rand Fishkin from SEOmoz has developed a telling visual of how some key factors in Google’s algorithm system have changed through the years. Check …
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SEO News Roundup for April 3, 2009

April 3rd, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
  • Have you every tried optimizing page titles for a singular and plural version for a target keyword? This task can be tricky, but this page title optimization post from Search Engine Land provides some strategies to tastefully squeeze both versions into character-constrained page titles.
  • Google is placing more focus on Local Search Optimization when it comes to organic rankings. With this latest move, we will see more and more organic traffic shifting to Google maps. This post from Search …
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SEO News Round Up for March 27, 2009

March 27th, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
  • SEOmoz just released their latest update to the Professional’s Guide to Link Building. While it’s not free (a small fee of $39.99), it seems like a good investment to get tips and tricks from these link building gurus.
  • The folks over at Google Blogscoped have uncovered a new search option experiment by Google dubbed Wonder Wheel. If Google deems this experiment worthy to implement, it will change the way everyone uses Google search by offering more dynamic, relevant search …
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SEO News Round Up for March 20, 2009

March 20th, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
  • Have a new website but sure where to start your link building strategy? Do not worry! Dana Larson has written a post at Online Marketing Blog to help you out! She provides five good ideas to help you get started! Is your website “old”? Well, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read this helpful article!
  • David Berkowitz interviews Rebecca Lieb on at Media Post. Rebecca is the author of the recently published “The Truth about Search Engine Optimization.” This is …
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SEO News Round Up for March 13, 2009

March 13th, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
  • Link building can be a trying and time consuming process for any SEO. This post from Search Engine Land discusses some of their tried-and-true strategies for indentifying traffic-driving and relevant niche directories for a site.
  • Are you having trouble understanding the intent of 301 redirects? Want to know some new tidbits about how Google treats nofollows from authority sites? Get answers to these questions by watching Matt Cutts’ latest short videos on these topics.
  • You’ve heard of the nofollow, …
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SEO News Round Up for March 6, 2009

March 6th, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
  • It’s content like this that keeps us (and thousands of others) coming back to SEOmoz.  Rand’s list of 12 mistakes SEO newcomers make is not only accurate, but educational.  Each point offers a solution to the mistake – this is a must read!
  • Are you blogging for a local business?  If so, check out this list of regional blog directories at HyperlocalBlogger.  This list is intended to grow – so if you know of a directory for your area, …
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SEO News Round Up for February 27, 2009

February 27th, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
  • Will the battle to find balance between engaging vs. crawl-friendly websites ever end?  To be honest, probably not in the near future. But a least there have been some positive inroads for experience-driven digital assets. For big-brand marketers and small business promoters alike, Search Engine Land provides tips to optimize digital assets to engage your audience and search engines.
  • Another much-debated issue in the web world: Adding outbound links to other websites from your own. This article from SEOmoz addresses …
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SEO News Round Up For February 20, 2009

February 20th, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
  • For those enlisted in managing small business SEO, you know that low-cost online marketing opportunities are hard to come by. Well, GetListed.org is a great resource to add your local business information to the major search engines, plus it allows you to follow reviews and citations. SEOmoz walks you through how to get listed, navigate and understand the GetListed.org service.
  • An important part of any SEO campaign is understanding who your online competitors are, what they are doing, and …
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SEO News Round Up for February 13, 2009

February 13th, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
  • SEO has certainly changed over time. Shimon Sandler walks us through how search engine optimization has shifted to include many other marketing activities such as social media and reputation management.
  • Motion Charts are one of the more interesting additions to the Google Analytics package in recent memory.  This post describes how you can use Motion Charts to analyze spikes in traffic.  Its important to note that Google reminds us to recognize offline events to explain trends and to review …
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