Category: Google Search Engine Optimization

Two months ago, we quoted a Google search quality representative named Aaseesh as telling us that all the links you need to analyze can be found within Google Webmaster Tools link report. Despite it only being cited as a “sample” of links…

A month ago, we reported tests of in-depth search snippets from Google – well that test is now a reality. Google announced last night that they will show these in-depth articles in the search results when the query is about understanding a broader topi…

Google’s Matt Cutts said Google does indeed fight spam at a global level both algorithmically and manually.

In a recent video, Matt said they have Googlers who fight spam manually in over 40 different languages and regions…

A month ago we asked Do Link Tools Help Find Your Really Toxic Links…

A WebmasterWorld thread has an SEO asking if all messages sent to webmasters via Google Webmaster Tools necessarily mean the site was indeed penalized.

You know, when you get one of those messages from Google about problems with your site…

Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, in another video answer, responds to the question about using ccTLDs (country code top level domain names). The question was “Should

It seems there are many webmasters complaining that the “Links To Your Site” section within Google Webmaster Tools is showing the error message…

One complaint I see a lot from webmasters and publishers is that someone stole their content and is outranking them for their own content. The Scraper and Panda algorithms don’t help.

I cannot tell you how many times I hear this complaint and it sad…

Yesterday we reported about the link schemes Google update and later on I had the opportunity to ask Google’s John Mueller specific questions about this update and what it means.
My main concern was how specific the example was given on this one…
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A WebmasterWorld thread has webmasters and SEOs discussing the SEO research benefit by using Google’s similar or related search functions…

On Friday, I wrote at Search Engine Land Google Warns Against Large-Scale Guest Posting, Advertorials & “Optimized Anchor Text” In Press Releases…

In one of Google’s Matt Cutts recent videos, Matt answered the questions of it is okay to use those expandable web techniques to expand and collapse content. It is okay to use those techniques or is it considered hidden text and against Google’s Webmas…

When Google launched the EMD Update in September 2012, I assumed that it only impacted keyword rich domain names. Specifically, sites that target the keyword phrase in their primary domain…

Sometimes I don’t get it… I spotted a thread at BlackHat Forums about spinning articles – yes it is a black hat forum, but seriously.

Looking at the conversation that starts of by explaining that the SEO/Webmaster spun these articles the right way…..

There has always been a lot of discussion around the topic of conversion rates and if that impacts your Google rankings. Of course, the correlation versus causation item is on the top of ones mind when discussing such topics.
But I wanted to share with…

Google has confirmed the complaints about authorship not showing in the search results. They said this is a bug that is impacting a “very few sites” in their index. The fix should be out eventually, as they are working on it…

Should you redirect a site that has a Google penalty to a site that does not have a penalty…

Yesterday at Search Engine Land I covered a video answer from Google’s Matt Cutts on the topic of duplicate content.

In short, should you worry about having duplicate content on your site or not. The short answer…

Joe Hall on Threadwatch highlights a post by Jacob King on how Google Ventures, Google’s investment arm, has a big investment in one of the largest coupon sites on the internet – a site that gets the majority of their traffic from Google organic sear…

As you know, Google pushed out a new Panda update last week, that was “more finely targeted.” I suggested this was the softer Panda release that we’ve been expecting but Google didn’t use those words…