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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.
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…
Should Google be more transparent with its updates?
Most of Google's algorithm updates nowadays are unconfirmed and unannounced, leaving website owners and SEOs guessing as to what caused a change…
Five most important search marketing news stories of the week
Content marketing for 2017; why social media is the preferred channel for product launches; and how to use an Exact Match Domain…
Guide to Black Hat SEO: which practices will earn you a manual penalty?
In order to elucidate further on the behaviours that will lead to a penalty, let’s take a look at the ‘black hat…
12 companies hit with a Google manual penalty
Just in case you're ever tempted to try a few black-hat practices to manipulate your search positions in Google, here are 12…
Seven ways you might be losing out on search rankings
Consider these solutions for optimizing SEO, if your site consistently struggles to rank for targeted searches in spite of all other efforts…
The Perils of Negative SEO: What You Need to Know
Negative SEO, such as spamming competitors, can be devastating to your site. As a result, monitoring your link profile is an essential…
5 Content Marketing Myths To Correct Now
Content marketing isn't nearly as important as doing content marketing correctly, and knowing that it ultimately comes down to the audience and…
Fifty Shades of Grey Hat: The SEO Experts Weigh In
This columnist spoke to search experts about various Grey Hat SEO tactics, which are often indistinguishable from the Black Hat SEO tactics…
Google’s Matt Cutts on SEO: A Retrospective (2011-2014)
Panda. Google vs. Bing. Penguin. Guest blogging. The years of 2011 to 2014 were nothing short of tumultuous for the search industry.…