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The anatomy of a negative SEO attack

LinkGraph CTO, Manick Bhan, discusses the most common types of negative SEO and details how site owners can perform negative SEO remediation.

By Manick Bhan · 26 Nov 2020

Industry

If you think you’re link building, you’re doing it wrong

Founder and CEO of Organic Growth, Kevin Carney discovered many link building golden nuggets after interviewing 39 people with titles from Marketing…

By Kevin Carney · 07 Jul 2020

SEO

Tips to qualify link building prospects in minutes

How to qualify link building prospects in a simple method. Obtain a list of relevant prospects in several minutes rather than taking…

By Marius Bujor · 03 Sep 2019

Industry

Two simple behavioral levers to improve your link building efforts

There are only two broad strategies to improve your link building effectiveness, both of which come from a framework using BJ Fogg’s…

By Alex Birkett · 29 Jul 2019

Industry

SEO case study: How Venngage turned search into their primary lead source

In Nov 2017, Venngage enjoyed 275,000 visitors a month from organic search traffic. Today (16 months later) it’s 900,000. Details of how…

By Kevin Carney · 26 Apr 2019

Content

Three fundamental factors in the production of link-building content

I've analyzed over 120 pieces of content across 16 industries to define common threads between campaigns that exceed or fall short of…

By Nathan Abbott · 17 Apr 2019

Content

Survey: Less than 10% of marketers to focus on Digital PR in 2019

A recent survey found that while 76% of marketers said brand awareness is a KPI for them, only 9% will focus on…

By Kirsty Daniel · 12 Apr 2019

SEO

Debunked: Nine link building myths you should ignore in 2019

The link building industry is flooded with many myths that'll never get you results but can get you into a lot of…

By Segun Onibalusi · 28 Mar 2019

SEO

Link building with PR: Relevant links at scale

Scaling a brand one link at a time can consume a great deal of time. Using PR can change this and grow…

By Jonathan Alonso · 01 Mar 2019

Content

Lessons learned from launching 100+ content-led link building campaigns

Eight takeaways on content-led link building campaigns. James earned >2,500 links from publications including the BBC, the Guardian, USA Today, and Vogue.

By James Brockbank · 22 Feb 2019

SEO

Link building techniques that still work in 2019

Eight link building techniques to add to your repertoire this year. Link building a crucial part of the SEO ecosystem, here's how…

By Lucy Barret · 23 Jan 2019

SEO

Understanding 14 types of backlinks – ideal SEO boosters + those to avoid

For better or worse, search engines judge your website by the company it keeps. 14 types of backlinks, from most beneficial to…

By Kim Kosaka · 20 Dec 2018

SEO

Is hiding paid backlinks from Google actually possible?

Backlinks are a great way to boost your website's ranking. Paid backlinks are a great way to get caught right in the…

By Pawan Sahu · 12 Oct 2018

Content

Types of Google link penalties to avoid for your website

Review of the main types of Google Link penalties and how to avoid them when implementing new link strategies on your website.

By Lucy Barret · 20 Sep 2018

SEO

Link building in 2018 (and beyond): 6 techniques that work

Six link building techniques that are still working in 2018 and will be just as effective in the foreseeable future.

By Chris Porteous · 10 Sep 2018

SEO

Ways to improve your link building

With the right strategy in place, link building can be the perfect way of building strong authority to increase longer term, sustainable…

By Bethanie Dennis · 01 Aug 2018

SEO

A forward-looking history of link building

Link building is still one of the most important aspects of SEO. No-one can deny that you need high-quality links if you…

By Adam Stetzer · 07 Mar 2018

SEO

Best practices for anchor text optimization in 2018

Over the past five years, the best practices of anchor text optimization have considerably evolved. It is time to learn how anchor…

By Sergey Grybniak · 22 Dec 2017

SEO

Why linkless mentions are the future of link building

Since the early days of search, Google has used links as a means of judging the reputation and relevance of webpages. But…

By Rebecca Sentance · 21 Dec 2017

Content

Still doing guest blogging? Keep these 4 tips in mind

A lot of people still rely on guest blogging as an ongoing part of their link-building strategy. There's nothing wrong with this…

By Nikolay Stoyanov · 04 Oct 2017

Events

How to create a kickass link-building strategy for local SEO

According to the 2017 Local Search Ranking Factors, inbound links are the most important ranking signal. At Brighton SEO last Friday, master…

By Rebecca Sentance · 20 Sep 2017

SEO

How featured snippets can be manipulated by private blog networks

Private blog networks (PBNs) are largely thought to be a black hat SEO technique of the past since Google took action against…

By Michael Bertini · 27 Jun 2017

Content

5 Proven List Building Strategies to Employ in 2017

Here are five proven list building strategies that you can employ in 2017 -- each backed up with case studies and research.

By John Stevens · 05 Dec 2016

SEO

Guide to Google ranking factors – Part 10: backlinks

This week in our guide to Google ranking factors, we tackle backlinks.

By Christopher Ratcliff · 07 Nov 2016

SEO

Guide to Google ranking factors – Part 9: outbound links

This week in our series of Google Ranking Factors: outbound links.

By Christopher Ratcliff · 02 Nov 2016

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