Peter van der Graaf has been active in search engine marketing for over ten years. Having worked on hundreds of link building projects for clients across the world, he's able to share some great insights. He's currently active in training SEO firms and in-house SEM teams in the art of link building. For clients in heavily competed industries he can always free up some time to devise great new strategies.
Some websites want to rank for keyword combinations with every U.S. city, maybe even combined with a large range of services. Acquiring links for the individual recurring parts of your keyword combos is the best solution, but how does it work?
When you need to rank during seasonal trends, you must do your work before the peak. Riding the waves of search volume spikes is hard, but it can also be rewarding. Effectively timing your SEO effort provides a huge lead over your competitors.
The best business model should rule the search engine results pages. Increasingly the ability to make money from a particular keyword is the key to successful SEO, along with the ability and willingness to put in the required efforts.
The arena of app stores is much like the way organic search results used to be. Knowledge on app store optimization can still provide a big advantage over your competitors and it can be a lucrative way to exploit your old fashioned SEO skills.
Search results on Google, Bing, and elsewhere hold immense power and are becoming extremely influential – especially when few question the accuracy of results. Influencing public opinion can also be very lucrative. Enter SEOs to aid the cause.
Algorithm updates like Google Panda are more understandable when you grasp the basics of machine learning. Here’s a simplified breakdown of how search engines are able to use machine learning for pattern detection and assigning quality ratings.
Using 50 separate domains, this test on Google’s algorithms sought to answer three questions: Can you be affected by Panda in various degrees? What affects the amount of thin content that is condoned? What is the best way to recover from Panda?
When selecting the keywords you want to rank for, you must take several factors into account. Preferably you’re able to calculate its potential ROI by finding out what effort is required. There are various uncertainties you can choose to minimize.
With so many variables, it’s hard to devise tests that show an effect on individual ranking factors on Google and other search engines. Here are some metrics you can use, and suggestions and warnings for setting up a successful algorithm test.
One successful link building strategy is to start a market research firm for your specific industry. This strategy is so great because it forms a reusable, multi-usable, asset that can become its own link building machine. Here’s how works.
When you start out in search engine optimization, it’s hard to evaluate all the available information. How do you find sources that are more trustworthy? How do you keep a critical view on them? Here are some tips on finding and evaluating t…
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!
Lately, Google has shifted its focus from what's best to users to what's best for Google. Where Google is failing on data collection, privacy, SEO, spam, and more.
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.
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.