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Does Google find legal content spammy?
That is the ultimate question addressed in this video. Matt Cutts from Google has released a new Webmaster Help video which discusses the issue of duplicate content. This one is about duplicate content and how it relates to legal content, such as disclaimers and/or a website’s terms and conditions.
Google Penguin 2.0 – What to Expect
Yesterday, Google’s Matt Cutts announced Google’s new algorithm plans for the months to come. Penguin 2.0 is designed to target web spam, created with black hat techniques to dilute the results the end user would find useful. Below is the list of topics to be covered in the next update: Continue reading
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) For Beginners
Organic SEO is more important now more than ever for driving traffic to your website and generating leads. The average Google user is becoming aware of the PPC (Pay-Per-Click) campaigns all around them, and thus, two thirds of the average Google users are ignoring the PPC ads at the top and heading straight for the Organic Search Results.
Not every company can afford the $500-$3000/month price tag that comes when hiring a professional SEO company. Please keep in mind that SEO is an ongoing process, and hiring one of these companies is the way to go if you can afford it. Just make sure to check the company out thoroughly, to see if they know what they are doing, and that they are not making any Common SEO Mistakes.
However, if for one of many possible reasons you cannot or do not want to hire a professional SEO company, this article will help you to understand the basics of SEO. Continue reading
Google Fresh Algorithm Update Makes Content Updating Important Now More Than Ever
This year, Google rocked the SEO world with its Panda Update, which brought local based search to the forefront amongst other important updates. Now Google has announced that its latest algorithm update called “Fresh” will make updating websites important for top rankings.
The reason behind the fresh algorithm update is to provide the most recent webpage for a topic. No longer will people search for an annual event and get results from 2009, but instead will get information on the latest event. Google is always trying to bring back better results with every search query, and no longer returning old information in the top results is a great step to a better search engine. Continue reading
Common SEO Mistakes Still Being Made in 2011
There are so many websites today on the internet, with many SEO experts vying for the top ten spots in search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo! Even with that said, there are even more websites all over the internet with little or no SEO at all. Still, the worst thing that happens and is constantly ruining reputations of reputable SEO companies are these self-proclaimed “SEO Experts”. These are the companies taking people’s money and doing all the wrong things as a futile attempt to provide optimization in a very competitive market.
For this reason alone, this article is written to point out the common mistakes that are often made(still in today’s web) in hopes to educate companies on what they should not see when they are paying for proper SEO. Continue reading
