by Daniel WoodsOctober 13, 2016 Since the original beta version of Google, backlinks have been the main ranking factor for all websites in their search engine results index. Having a game plan for building backlinks for your company is essential to ensure you’re not missing any opportunities to drive traffic to your website. Your Website … Continue reading How to Build a Successful Link Building Strategy
Wondering why a link builder gives a link to someone? Contributor Julie Joyce takes us through a few failures and successes that can help you better understand why people link. Julie Joyce on October 12, 2016 I’m sure you get a bazillion emails a day. I feel like I spend half my time weeding … Continue reading I’ll stop the world and link with you
by Jenny HalaszOctober 10, 2016 Want to ask Jenny an SEO question for her bi-weekly column? Fill out our form or use #AskAnSEO on social media. Yet again, we’ve had a visitor ask a question that just can’t be answered in one paragraph, nor even one post. But I hope that this long treatment of … Continue reading Ask An SEO: When Do You Use Nofollow on Links?
Marcus Miller on October 3, 2016 So it happened. Google finally released Penguin 4.0 — the last Penguin update of its kind, as it now processes in real time as a part of Google’s core ranking algorithm. In this post, I want to take a look at what Penguin is, how this update affects the SEO … Continue reading Authority & link building with real-time Penguin
What makes content link-worthy? Columnist Andrew Dennis discusses the qualities that make content easy to promote and share. Andrew Dennis on September 28, 2016 In March, Google Search Quality Senior Strategist Andrey Lipattsev stated that Google’s two top ranking factors are content and links. Content and links have a symbiotic relationship: great content attracts links, and … Continue reading Content and SEO: Building linkable content
By Ruud Hein September 26th, 2016 Years ago, optimizing your internal linking was often referred to as “PageRank sculpting” – a term and technique now considered ancient and of no importance, by some. Pagerank Sculpting… The idea was that you could affect how your Google PageRank was distributed around your pages. Some of those thoughts … Continue reading How To Easily Optimize Internal Linking With A1 Website Analyzer
While conventional wisdom and recently published studies may hold that link building takes a long time to have a positive impact, columnist Conrad Saam begs to differ and shares four case studies. Conrad Saam on September 19, 2016 In an April 2016 article on Moz by Kristina Kledzik, “How Long Does it Take for Link … Continue reading The immediate results of link building
Link building for e-commerce sites can be a challenge, but it isn’t impossible. Columnist Christian Sculthorp shares tactics that you can use to acquire inbound links to your online store. Christian Sculthorp on August 29, 2016 With PPC prices increasing and Facebook becoming more competitive, organic search traffic can make or break an e-commerce site. … Continue reading 4 e-commerce link building tactics that still work in 2016
by Rebecca Lee White Follow @rleewhiteAugust 28, 2016 Link building is an important part of improving your website’s search engine optimization (SEO) and referral traffic. It can improve your company’s search ranking, bring in new audiences to your website, and contribute to conversions. But what is link building, exactly? Here, I’ll introduce you to the … Continue reading What Exactly is Link Building and How Does it Work?
Wondering how much follow-up is too much? Columnist Julie Joyce gives us advice on how to follow up on link requests without bugging your contacts. Julie Joyce on August 17, 2016 I’m sure that your email inbox is full of unsolicited mail, much of it spammy follow-ups. Mine sure is! I recently had the … Continue reading How to follow up on link requests
