By MATT BESWICK at Search Engine Journal If you’re not familiar with Google’s latest algorithm update codenamed Penguin, you might be perplexed by falling search rankings for your websites. Every now and then, Google changes up their search ranking algorithms to cut down on spam, penalise duplicate content and generally eliminate weak websites […]
SEO in 2012: The Best of Times or the Worst of Times?
By SCOTT COWLEY at Search Engine Journal I don’t like trying to package everything that’s happening in our industry into a neat little box, because it’s like trying to describe the cause of the Civil War in two sentences. I’m likely to leave some things out, overstate some factors, and unintentionally offend […]
Ways To Recover & Negative SEO : Google Talks Penguin Update
By Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land It’s been about two weeks since Google launched its Penguin Update. Google’s happy the new spam-fighting algorithm is improving things as intended. But some hurt by it are still wondering how to recover, and there remain concerns about “negative SEO” as a threat. I caught up […]
Getting Better At Keywords : Avoid keyword stuffing, but do keywords right
By Chris Crum at WebProNews Last week, Google unleashed its Penguin update upon webmasters. The update, as you may know, was designed to decrease the rankings of sites engaging in black hat SEO tactics and webspam. One of the classic black hat tactics is keywords stuffing, so if you’ve been doing this […]
Google Penguin Update: Don’t Forget About Duplicate Content
By Chris Crum at WebProNews There has been a ton of speculation regarding Google’s Penguin update. Few know exactly what the update specifically does, and how it works with Google’s other signals exactly. Google always plays its hand close to its chest. “While we can’t divulge specific signals because we don’t want […]
Google Penguin Update: 5 Types of Link Issues Harming Some Affected Websites
By Danny Goodwin at Search Engine Watch Are you angry and looking for answers about why your rankings vanished after Google released its Penguin update? One common factor thus far appears to be the signals of links that are pointing to your website, early analysis indicates. The main purpose of the Penguin […]
Google Penguin Update Recovery Tips & Advice
By Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Journal Struggling to know what to do in the wake of Google’s Penguin Update? Judging from all the comments and forum discussions we’ve seen, plenty are. We’ve got a little initial advice from Google on the topic, mixed with our own. What Was Penguin? The Penguin […]