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Which Google Plus Features Most Affect Search Rankings?
Watch this live Google+ Hangout on Air webinar (at bottom of this post) I did host by the charming +Yifat Cohen. In it, I discuss …
Google Plus Local Places Page FAQ
If you run a local business and have a Google Places account, there’s a pretty good chance you’re aware of what a mess it can ...
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Is Marketing Dead? A Live Hangout on Air Video Discussion
Virante’s Mark Traphagen joined John Blossom (Shore Communications), Mark Thomas (SlingshotSEO), Su Ann Lim (TekPersona), Steve Faktor (IdeaFaktory), and Patrick Healy (Phacient) in a live Google+ Hangout ...
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The Chamber of Commerce Opportunity
Joining your local Chamber of Commerce is smart. Taking advantage of your membership to build a great backlink is even smarter.
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How Relationships Drive Linkbuilding (MozCon 2012)
My notes from a presentation by Jon Henshaw, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer Raven Internet Marketing (@henshaw) If you build links the wrong way, Google will destroy ...
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Google Algorithm Weather Report: Announcing MozCast
My notes from the presentation “A Secret Algo Project Launch” at MozCon 2012 by Dr. Peter J. Meyers, Rogue Scientist for SEOmoz (@dr_pete). Be sure to read until the ...
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30+ Ways to Get Natural Links (from MozCon 2012)
Here are my notes from an excellent talk by Paddy Moogan, Lead SEO Consultant at Distilled (@paddymoogan | Google+ profile) Linkbuilding: It’s not that easy! It’s ...
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Google Authorship: Does It Affect Search Rankings? Google Official Speaks Out
In a new interview on Search Engine Journal, we get some updated insights into the current state of the Google Authorship project from Google Director of ...
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Google+ Events vs. Facebook Events: King of Virtual & King of IRL
My first thought about the new Google+ Events was that no matter how slick and cool it is, this is one feature that could be hurt ...
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Google Testing +1 Button with Site Content Recommendations
In an email to the Google+ Platform Preview group today, Google announced that the following +1 button test, is now visible on the web to ...
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Three Backlinking Mistakes to Avoid
See this post for more details, but the three mistakes are: Assuming backlinks will just “appear.” (You have to work for them, even for the white ...
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How to Own the First Page of Google
(Note: The following post, while accurate in what it presents, is not meant to claim that one can dominate the first page of Google the ...
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How Do I Know What Links To Remove?
For the past six weeks I have been trying to help site owners in the Google’s Webmaster Central. Many of the sites were sailing along ...
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Google+ Posts in Google Search: Powerful But Flawed Search Results
After nearly a year of extensive testing, I have absolutely no doubts about the power of a Google+ profile or page to influence Google search ...
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