It is so amazing to see people who are new to SEO come up with all kinds of basic “black hat” tactics to try to boost their rankings, thinking they are the only ones who have thought of those tactics. The idea behind hidden links is nothing new. These types of links may have worked [...]

Google’s Panda update seems to have affected many legitimate content websites, even though Google did not exactly aim to do that. Forums have been around forever. It is true that people spend a lot of time on sites such as Twitter and Facebook these days. But online forums are still highly popular (especially the niche [...]

In case you missed it, Google Panda hit the WWW yet again, this time taking out even more sites off the first few pages of the SERPs. Google Panda has already hit sites multiple times already. Not everyone has been affected in a negative way though. Some sites’ rankings did improve with the first update [...]

With Google updating its algorithm to add more emphasis on great content, more webmasters are focusing on creating high quality content for their sites. Of course, they do not want to forget about keeping their site’s link juice either. Let’s face it. We all make changes to our sites. Some folks change their URLs from [...]

One of the best ways to get people to stay on your site for longer is by showing them all the content that you have spend your time creating. Linking to your other posts can also help the search engines go through your content and get a better sense on what your website is all [...]

In case you missed it, many sites have been hit hard by the latest Google Panda update. Many of us were expecting Google to be harsh on  low quality websites, but it seems Google has no clue how to define “low quality.” Yes. Affiliate websites and content farms have been hit hard by the latest [...]

People are obsessed with Google slaps these days. If you are a webmaster and are in it to make a living, there is a good chance you will have to deal with site slaps from time to time. That is just part of the business. Of course, some of these penalties are manual whereas others [...]

Have you ever wondered whether your site could be removed from Google search results due to trademark violations? Never say never but I have not seen this to be an issue for most webmasters. The trouble is many are willing to blame Google for things it does not do. It is easy to assume that [...]

Many of us focus so much on building links and creating content that we forget about keeping an eye on our servers at all times. If your server experiences downtime on a consistent basis, you are eventually going to be penalized by the top search engines. Every server comes down once in a while. Google [...]

Google gets a lot of flak from experts and search professionals for some of its practices. The company is in a delicate situation with its ranking algorithms. It can not specifically discuss things that affect rankings. There are already thousands of people who are gaming Google’s ranking system to show up higher in the SERPs. [...]