Kristi Hines is a self-employed freelance writer, professional blogger, and social media enthusiast. Her previous experience in search engine marketing and providing link building services allows her to share insights into all areas of online marketing for bloggers and businesses.
For those of you looking to outsource your SEO, link building, or other online marketing strategies efforts, pay attention! Here is a quick list of times you should listen to or question your SEO consultant or online marketing agency.
After penalizing sites for "shady" linking practices, Google unleashed the Panda update targeted "low quality" sites. What does it mean for your link building strategies? Advice on how you can determine valuable backlink opportunities.
How to edit and keyword optimize your Facebook fan page. Beyond editing and optimizing your page’s title, meta description and H1, you also need to optimize other areas –your page updates, notes, and discussion topics – that pull SEO elements.
When it comes to Google+, it’s all about personal branding, but Pages and profiles have different SEO elements. Here are some optimization tips to ensure your Google+ personal profile or Page has the best chance of ranking in the search results.
Having trouble ranking your own site’s content? It won’t hurt to help content you've created on other sites with strong domain authority to rank well for similar keywords in search - making sure content is branded so people know who to credit.
You need to stop link building and start content development. The types of content that people will want to link to offer value, such as how to guides, tutorials, detailed histories, facts about the industry, current trends, videos, and so forth.
Some paid links are considered relatively evil, but others are much more widely accepted. Some may not like to admit it, but these strategies are all considered paid links – it all boils down to money (or items of value) being exchanged for a link.
Three strategies you can implement that get links back to your website, such as having a great email signature, including your link on all social profiles, creating a badge for your site, and making it easy to link to content.
Obtaining links from high authority pages will increase your site's authority. Here's how to find pages with strong relevance to the keywords for which you want to rank.
Here's what you can do to protect your computer while checking out your competitors' backlinks and avoid losing valuable productivity time if your machine gets infected with malware.
What you should lookout for or check in advance before trying to get a link on a particular page or website. These seven things will save you time, effort, and money.