We started rolling out the next generation of the Penguin webspam algorithm this afternoon (May 22, 2013), and the rollout is now complete. About 2.3% of English-US queries are affected to the degree that a regular user might notice. The change has also finished rolling out for other languages world-wide. The scope of Penguin varies by language, [...]
Operation: Finding & Removing Unnatural Links
April 2nd, 2013 |
This blog is mostly about seo for genuine small businesses and beginners to seo. Although I have touched on other areas that interest me and not specifically seo, I don’t usually blog about all the algorithm changes Google pushes out that are discussed on other blogs. For that, I follow Search Engine Land, mainly. For [...]
Where Can I Find Links? Use ‘Link Prospector’ To Find Out
September 25th, 2012 |
I just spent the weekend playing with this tool and the amount of excellent link data it spat out for me was astonishing. I tested around 10 niches, and it didn’t disappoint in any of them. There are no affiliate links of any sort in this independent review. In short, Link Prospector is a link building tool to [...]
Back Link Tool Wars – AHrefs vs Majestic SEO
September 19th, 2012 |
(An apology to email subscribers. A slight bug in the system (me) sent you this post again today instead of the new post I had planned. Sorry. I’ll do the new one tomorrow.) PS – We’re also in the process of updating our new seo tutorial for beginners 2013. The ‘AHrefs vs Majestic SEO [...]
TIP – How To Check For A Negative SEO Attack?
May 2nd, 2012 |
(For most – the best place to check for a negative seo attack is in Google Webmaster Tools. Download recent back links from Google Webmaster Tools and review them and look for low quality links pointing to your site. NOT ALL low quality links are spam. You can also check at Majestic SEO for recent link patterns.) [...]
