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How not to get affected by “farmer” update

How not to get hit hard by the update: The major update has already happened and a lot of web sites have been hit hard.But that does not mean the updates are all over.A few tweaks will be done in the coming days just to ensure that "legit" or non thin-content sites are not affected by it at the end of the battle against content farms.There is no doubt updates are going to happen in search results in the coming... Read more →

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Is my article title length too long?

Using SERP simulator: Do you know how many words the snippet shown in the Google search results can hold?I bet many of you reading this have no idea.In such a case,a SERP simulator can come in real handy because i for one think that using a very lengthy article title can make the eyeballs look away.What is the use of publishing impressive and expert content when you do not make the reader come into your site.That is... Read more →

Categorized Under: Online Advertising  /  SEO  /  webmaster

Buying links from link networks

Link networks are worth it: There are so many link building methods that have been introduced over time that it could be real confusing for anyone who is just into building web sites and most importantly,at the stage of marketing them.Saying no to link building will be ideal but the truth is that rarely does the web content you produce market itself.There are some blogs that have outstanding content that can bring in an... Read more →

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Changing homepage content and losing rankings

Keep an eye on keyword density and avoid manipulation: As you know,no so-called expert is exactly aware of how homepage content changes could affect the google or bing ranking positions.But i know that a lot of people out there are stuck with deciding whether to change the content in their home page or not.A single position drop could mean a loss of hundred dollars or more for a few and that could get in the way of... Read more →

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Avoiding internal anchor text penalty

Avoid internal anchor text penalty by mixing up anchors: Even seasoned internet marketers and webmasters do the mistake of using the exact keyword anchor phrase excessively.They end up using most of the internal resources of the site to give a link to the homepage.That is not bad at all.But when you use up the exact target keyword phrase as the anchor in all of the posts,it could get you into trouble for sure.It will raise... Read more →

Categorized Under: Google  /  SEO

SEO On page optimization – long page length

Does the length of article help in search rankings: After a few encounters with success due to very lengthy articles,i am starting to think length of the article is a ranking signal[may be it is on the top 50 factors list].Of course,a lot of you will dispute that but i am here to spit out what i deem is right.And it makes perfect sense,don't you think?In this age when a lot of attention is around companies like the Demand... Read more →