Laser focus is critical when writing blog articles. How and why its crucial to stay tightly focused and how it impacts search engine results and your SEO effort. The problem we face as writers with something to say is that we can easily lose focus. It’s critical that a blog article remain tightly focused, like a laser. Unlike writing a novel or a short story, where you may desire to weave multiple story lines together in your writing, blog posts should be single targeted effort. Why is Article Focus So Important? Find out in this blog post…
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Google Includes Secure HTTPS in Search Results Algorithm
On December 10, 2014, Google announced that it has started including HTTPS into what it looks at when evaluating search rankings. They are saying that supporting HTTPS will result in more favorable SERP (Search Engine Result Page – the sites a search engine dishes up as the result of your search) results.
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Google Panda Update Coming this Weekend
Google is releasing an update to their Panda webspam algorithm either this Friday (March 15th, 2013), or Monday (March 18th, 2013). Matt Cutts of Google confirmed this information this week at SMX. Also mentioned: Google will release a major, as in very large, Penguin update before the end of this year.
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Still Fighting Google EMD Update
It’s always frustrating when clients, employers, friends, etc. want quick SEO results… it takes weeks, sometimes months to see changes. And quality is king! The EMD (Exact Match Domain name) update caused a LOT of issues!
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Google EMD Update… Sinking Websites by the Dozen!
Google announced a new algorithm change last week that took effect over the weekend, it’s aimed at EMD (Exact Match Domain names, it’s punishing a lot of valid web sites and rewarding sites that should not rank as high as they do… so like Panda and Penguin, it misses the mark… unless, Google’s aim is to get more people BUYING ads
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Google Penguin = Pain…
There’s been a lot of yelling and cussing about Google’s “Penguin” update that was rolled out the last week or so of April 2012. And rightly so: it stinks! Panda (a previous Google update) didn’t affect me or my sites. Penguin has hit me hard. It’s hit in another way too: as a consumer I now find my searches on Google are much less useful.
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