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SEO

How to Speed Up the Link-Building Process

Utilizing Google Webmaster Tools means that the normal time spent playing the waiting game for your content to be revealed to searchers…

By Matt Morgan · 12 Sep 2014

SEO

Block Determination and Link Distribution

As Google gets better and better at determining what blocks within your website serve what purpose, links within your main content are…

By Peter Van Der Graaf · 05 Sep 2014

SEO

Panda Has a Smartphone – Here Are 7 Things You Can Do to Test It Now

When dealing with Panda attacks, it’s extremely important to understand user engagement from both a desktop and mobile standpoint. Webmasters need to…

By Glenn Gabe · 27 Aug 2014

Analytics

Fake Googlebot Activity up 61% [Report]

One in every 24 visits is a fake Googlebot. Identifying bad bots can be tricky; some are very sophisticated, especially the ones…

By Kristine Schachinger · 01 Aug 2014

SEO

New robots.txt Tester Launches in Google Webmaster Tools

The robots.txt testing tool in Google Webmaster Tools has just received an update to highlight errors causing Google not to crawl pages…

By Danny Goodwin · 16 Jul 2014

Analytics

Quick Internal Linking Insight Using Google Analytics

Linking to URLs with a certain parameter can cause SEO issues such as duplication. Here's how to quickly and easily use information…

By Ben Goodsell · 13 Jun 2014

SEO

Fetch as Google Adds Page Rendering

Google has added to the Fetch as Google tool in Webmaster Tools, allowing webmasters to render their webpage as Googlebot sees it…

By Jennifer Slegg · 30 May 2014

Mobile

How to Avoid Mobile Ranking Pitfalls by Assessing Mobile Engagement

Google has made it clear that a bad mobile user experience will result in poor rankings in their mobile search results. Here's…

By Ben Goodsell · 15 May 2014

SEO

5 Googley SEO Terms – Do They Mean What You Think They Mean?

Robots.txt. Google DNS. Penguin, Panda, and penalties. Duplicate content filter. PageRank. You've heard all these terms, but these words have very specific…

By Kristine Schachinger · 13 May 2014

Mobile

How to Recover From a Google Smartphone Rankings Demotion [Case Study]

Websites that incorrectly handle mobile users can face a smartphone rankings demotion in Google. Here's how one website that was hit by…

By Glenn Gabe · 07 May 2014