With all the recent changes around Google’s search algorithm lately a lot more people are starting to do guest blogging. The trouble is that no one has told these new guest bloggers what it means to have good manners as they blog. Think of me as Miss Manners for guest bloggers (well, Mr. Manners, but that’s not my point). Here’s my story: I recently launched a website that has a lot of useful information on it, but it doesn’t have a lot of unique content describing what the figures and graphs illustrate. There was no way I could write enough articles myself to fill-in my nearly 1000 page website. “This is a good time to tap into guest blogging,” I told myself. So, I submitted a call...
Several years ago, Search Engine Optimization was becoming a trending term used to maintain web pages for search engines. Back then, it was thought that to be on search engines, a lot of effort had to be put into it with one word: money. Back in the day, paying to be on search engines was the normal thing to do. Today, it still is provided finding the right person or SEO firm to do it. As...
Build it and they will come. The phrase that has been floating around for centuries to describe everything from watering holes (i.e. bars) to superstores to petrol stations and now can be applied to websites. The thought behind such a term is to inspire a focus on quality, if you build something that will be well received there will naturally be waves of people flocking to experience it. As an SEO engineer I have witnessed some...
Hello everyone, something that I want to make clear first is that I honestly believe that anyone can become an SEO! In fact most of the time, those that run blogs or run their own websites are already thrown into the SEO world, some just don’t know it. Any marketing they do online, anything that involves contacting other bloggers and writing guest posts puts them in the SEO category. ...
There are always ways to turn bad into good. However, this is especially true with search engine optimization. People have been using questionable techniques to rank high in search engines for years. As a result, people have been penalized on or even banned from search engines for years. But nobody said you can't turn blackhat SEO into whitehat SEO and bring big results with no risk of penalization. Plus, knowing how to turn unethical to...
