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The continued rise of bad search marketing practices

The continued rise of bad search marketing practices

If there's one thing that bugs me more than anything professionally, it's when bad marketing people give good marketing people...

Search and social will not be separate marketing endeavors in 2014

Search and social will not be separate marketing endeavors in 2014

If you do a search on Google for "search marketing" and compare it to a search for "social marketing", you'll...

How to get links without breaking the rules

How to get links without breaking the rules

Despite the rise of social signals and the continued prominence of content as primary search engine optimization tools, high-quality inbound...

Get people reading your blog through social signals

Get people reading your blog through social signals

As bloggers we want our written articles to be seen, read and commented on. We want to provoke thought, teach...

The single most important thing businesses can do to improve their search rankings

The single most important thing businesses can do to improve their search rankings

No, it's not spam, but it is associated with a pork product. Search engine optimization has a bad name in...

The Google crackdown on SEO has begun

The Google crackdown on SEO has begun

At SXSW, Matt Cutts discussed many topics in his panel with Danny Sullivan. The most interesting portion was the answer...

Does Google hate their users? The problems with Google Analytics

Does Google hate their users? The problems with Google Analytics

A few months back, website owners got extremely upset because Google Analytics stopped telling companies many of the keywords that...

Are infographics ruining the web?

Are infographics ruining the web?

At SXSW Interactive, there has been a lot of discussion about data visualizations. The industry has exploded in the last...

Demand Media Lives On: The Moral of Google’s “Farmer” Algorithm Change

Demand Media Lives On: The Moral of Google’s “Farmer” Algorithm Change

When the Demand Media witch hunt started a few months ago, journalists and bloggers called for action against what they...

Understanding the JC Penney Link Scheme that Landed them in Google’s Crosshairs

Understanding the JC Penney Link Scheme that Landed them in Google’s Crosshairs

It's inevitable. No matter how big a company is, how carefully they go about doing it, or how sorry they...