Disavow. After almost a year, it remains to be the hot topic in the SEO world, and continues to be the subject of many group discussions/headbangings here at SEOhaus. Jori and Brian have shared their thoughts with the blog world along with many other SEO professionals, but questions seem to remain the same: how does […]
As Google continues to update its algorithm and social networks such as Facebook gain popularity, we can expect the demand for various skills to change accordingly. No one knows who’s going to be the major search engines or social networks of tomorrow, so we must have dynamic skill sets that can change with the ever […]
As Jori mentioned last week, the recent Panda update was pretty anti-climatic, in the best way possible. While we are seeing more positive fluctuation than negative, for those seeing bigger dips than normal, there does seem to be a common thread among all. Content, or I should say, the lack there of, seems to continue […]
When it comes to the SEO, you may have heard the term “optimization” being thrown around but not quite sure how it relates to your business or website. Optimization, in a nutshell, is essentially making sure a site is as recognizable by search engines as it can be. While most people are at least somewhat […]
As the search engine behemoth Google continues to refine its approach to evaluating sites, many developers are left in the dark about the strategies, penalties, and criteria being employed to rank websites. With user experience becoming an increasingly more salient method for assessing a web page’s value, relevance, or popularity, Google continues to re-structure its […]
Originally, Google Webmaster Tools were pretty much just for the webmasters’ benefit. It has since become a powerful toolset to help increase rankings on Google’s search engine. Over the years, Google has rolled out with more tools than one could expect or imagine. If you hook your website up to Google Webmaster Tools, you’ll learn […]
At the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas during an open panel entitled “Dear Google & Bing: Help Me Rank Better!” Google’s engineer Matt Cutts hinted at a new Over SEO penalty (at the 16:09 mark) that (if not already) will be implemented into their algorithm VERY soon. He called it “leveling the […]
Often times, our clients decide to build a brand new website, but don’t want to lose the SEO rankings we’ve obtained for them. So they ask us for SEO advice to prevent any lost in positions &/or traffic. Most of the time, a complete web re-design is good for SEO as long as you remember […]