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Google Begins to Edit Out Fake News Sites from Search Results!
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amSo, turns out Google quietly introduced a new algorithm update recently (most likely Friday), that is targeted at fake news/propaganda sites operating from outside US. The new rules are introduced to ban foreign (non American) news sites that write about US local topics, and at the [...]
Does Time Spent on Site (Avg. Session Duration) Affect SEO?
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amSo, I recently noticed that for certain highly competitive keywords, comparatively younger webpages popped on the top five search results, beating some very strong authority sites. Obviously, this raised my curiosity. Why would a young page beat the toppers unless it had some strong [...]
Is the SEO game rigged? Is Google favoring the big players?
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 am It’s slowly fading away. Gone are the days when you could win the first page of Google with real good content or something unique to offer. From recent examples, it looks as if the game is rigged and is inclined to favor the biggies. Or such is the argument these days on SEO [...]
Gifographics: Taking Infographics To The Next Level
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amWhat’s the fastest way to get your point across without confusing the average online user? Infographics. An ingenious combination of visual stimulation and factual data; information graphics is one of the easiest and quickest ways for websites to educate their visitors. In [...]
Heavy fluctuations in Google traffic (Nov 2013) And how to deal with it
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amIts been a bumpy ride for many websites the last couple of weeks. Google traffic is reported fluctuating heavily in November, and many websites have seen heavy increase and decrease in traffic, but Google has no official announcements so far. Here’s a sample screenshot [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Suck Up To Google
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:58 amBack in 2011, when Google Panda hit, the search industry went berserk. Companies which ran entirely on search advertisement fell flat on revenue, freelance writers who worked 10 hours a day writing dozens of low-quality articles were laid off, hot startups that leveraged content [...]
4 Search Marketing Trends to Look Forward To in 2013
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:58 amSearch is evolving, no doubt. New formulas, rules and updates are in place every week or so both in SEO and SEM. 2012 saw a lot of changes and updates. 2013 is definitely going to be a new learning experience for search marketing folks. Though, we cannot predict or project the [...]
Guest Blogging as a Link Building Strategy? Google Warns Overdoing it
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:58 amGuest blogging has long been used as a successful link building strategy by online marketers. But Google warns, that if you’re over doing it, you might just be wasting time. Typically, guest blogging is done by reputed authors, where they are invited by the “host website” to write [...]
SEO : From Meta Tags To Canonicals
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:58 amIf someone told you that SEO is dead, don’t argue. They’re right. SEO has come a long way, right from the meta optimization to social proliferation days. Today, it is not just limited to search engine optimization, but more like, compliance. Telling Search Engines what your site is [...]
Apparently, The Latest Google EMD Update Is Flawed
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:58 amSo, Google Exact Match Domain update rolled out the other day and has cracked down pretty aggressively on many websites that had exact keyword matches in their domains. But like with every update, there are things that stands out oddly, hinting that the update could be flawed [...]