Lead: Submission forms, contact forms. Do you have a lead/contact submission form? Ensure you have a thank you page after user submission and this can become a goal page. This article has only scratched the surface – there is so much to goal...
Tons of directories, article submission sites, comment spam, link networks, etc. When I first begin speaking with companies that have been impacted, my goal is to quickly identify exactly what happened over time, so I can begin the process of...
There are a number of Google Shopping Feed issues that will cause a catalog submission to be rejected. Google reviewers will reject a submission that has duplicate images for one particular product. Google reviewers will reject a submission that...
NP: I have seen companies building links to their sites from authority sites, then taking links from tier two – the article submission directories, web 2.0 profiles and linking those to their Business Insider article.
Based on the new algorithm changes, old school link development tactics like blog commenting, free directory submissions, article submission to generic article sites, and a number of other low value tactics no longer work as they once did and can...
We recently received an infographic submission at Search Engine Watch that demonstrates the problem with the infographic trend. Of course, article spinning typically generates garbled, unintelligible garbage.
Granted a submission to PRWeb or a Vocus account make the pickup and link benefit much easier, but those cost dollars – so for this article lets reiterate the best free press release sources: Write a "how-to" article that addresses your niche for...
Some of the higher-quality directories like BOTW are still worth a submission, but I wouldn't waste much time submitting to any of the lower-end ones, at least not when you're starting out. The backstory here is that our city was trashed in an...
When testing these particular queries I suggest using the word "health.inanchor:"my submission" inanchor:"my contribution" inanchor:"our contribution" Try these with "health" as well.inanchor:"my article" inanchor:"my post at" inanchor:"write for...
Compare this with competitor analysis or submission based link building – there’s a common trend there which shows that these websites are not linking to you because they like you, they’re linking to you because you asked them to (or even paid...
Customers can upgrade to Local Visibility Pro for automatic submission to search engines and directories, as well as Reputation Management Pro. This article was originally published on ClickZ. The Yahoo Marketing Dashboard has four components...
Below the primary form submission There is a concern over the quality of email information users would put into such a form submission. The eMarketer article indicates that 59 percent of those surveyed view lead generation as their greatest online...
Congratulations again to community member Sergey Glazunov for the first submission to Pwnium,” wrote Jason Kersey of Google's Chrome team in a blog detailing the security update. This article was originally published on V3.
One of my first jobs at the agency I worked at in 2004 was free directory submission. Footprints are "prequalifiers" that strongly indicate that a particular page or site is a definite yes for outreach or submission.
The updated submission guidelines emphasize that the site is looking for "unique, well-written perspectives – especially first-person stories – from a range of experts, enthusiasts, and citizen journalists.
New Digg Submission Options Folks using social bookmark/submission sites are likely engaged on other social networks as well. Close articles with a call-to-action that encourages sharing and place sharing button(s) promptly after the article.
Prove you read their guest submission requirements: Assuming guest publishing requirements exist – and about 20 percent of the time they do – poke around and make sure what you're sending in fits.titles you're pitching: I keep this number small.
A recent white paper (short form submission) from GlobalSpec highlights this trend in the industrial space. In a previous article I spoke about the need for B2B search marketers to invest in content marketing strategies.
A note about some tools I won't cover: tools that scrape SERPs for sites and automatically extract email addresses and send blast mass emails, tools that automate directory submission, "article marketing," and blog commenting, services that...
Submit it to multiple RSS submission directories (do a search for RSS submission for some options). Several people asked me to cover this topic in more detail after reading my columns on duplicate content and article marketing.
