Another year is in the books, and what a year it’s been! It has been a roller coaster ride for the industry with search algorithm updates, content marketing kicking link building to the curb, and Matt Cutts taking a leave of absence but not before taking down multiple link rings. Here at SEOhaus, our company […]
It’s that time of week again! Start Monday off right with our Weekly Roundup of the top SEO and internet marketing stories from the past several days. Let’s get this started: 19 Obvious A/B Test You Should Run On Your Website – KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is one of my absolute favorite blogs. More than many sites, […]
2013 was a turbulent year in the world of search to put it mildly. According to Moz’s tally there have been 13 officially acknowledged updates to Google’s algorithms alone and who knows how many more that have happened behind Google’s increasingly closed doors. There was widespread speculation of 2 other unnamed updates in late-July and […]
Back in May, Matt Cutts announced Penguin 2.0 and had this to say about the update: “So this one is a little more comprehensive than Penguin 1.0, and we expect it to go a little bit deeper, and have a little bit more of an impact than the original version of Penguin.” This past Friday, […]
On August 8th, Google announced the addition of the Manual Action Tool in Google Webmaster Tools. This week, they have also announced another update to the way in which links are reported. It seems that Google is attempting to supply webmasters with the means to clean up their act—should they need to. Last week, at […]
It’s that time again! That’s right everyone; a new blog series. As an SEO professional, it is really easy to feel like you are shouting into the wind sometimes. With all the updates and modifications and Penguins and Pandas (and lions and tigers and bears, oh my!) to the Google algorithm, it’s no wonder that […]
Last week, Google announced a new feature in Google Webmaster Tools where you can see if your website was manually penalized. This feature is called “Manual Actions”. To navigate to this section, sign into your GWT account and select your website. Next, click on Search Traffic then Manual Actions. There’s a 90% chance you will […]
Over the past couple years, the term “penalty” has been used in the SEO industry quite frequently, and rightfully so. Google has clearly stated that there are certain penalties for unethical practices within the SEO industry. More Penalty Information; Google Penalizes Mozilla Google Penalty According to Wikipedia Google Penalized 1 Page on BBC Website Not […]
Many websites are getting penalized by Google for both on-page (IE: over optimization) and off-page (IE: spammy links) factors. Studies have shown that a high percent of WordPress sites have been hit with a Google penalty (comparing WordPress sites’ search engine visibility before and after several Google updates). These websites are not penalized for being […]
It’s been over a week since Google’s Panda did it’s thang and I don’t really have too much to report which, I promise you, is a good thing! We are seeing some mild fluctuation with keywords, but we are also seeing some keyword ranking improvements. This week has even shown some Page 1 keyword rankings, […]
According to Matt Cutts, we are in for another Panda update today or Monday. What can we expect? Of course there is never a definitive answer from the top dog, however we can speculate that since Panda focuses on website quality, that this will effect websites with low content, high bounce rates, and those that […]