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The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012

Adam Sherk

Page speed is not a major ranking factor (according to Google it impacts roughly 1 in 100 searches) but it does have a direct and indirect impact not only on SEO but also on social media activity and the overall user experience. Here are the fastest – and the slowest – news sites in 2012: Home Page Page Speed Score. April 2012.

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The Convergence of Search and Social Part 3 – SEO

Josh S Peters

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has been around as long as search engines. While SEO is still definitely about creating the least imperfect site it’s become more and more about the type and quality of the content on the site and how it gets shared off the site. Accessible, Quality Content. that is worth their time.

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8 Critical SEO and Digital Marketing Opportunities

Adam Sherk

So I put together a round-up of current SEO and digital marketing trends that offer good opportunities for publishers. Some are newer, others are longstanding, but I wanted to gather them together and focus on the benefits for news and content sites. Syndication and Sponsored Content. App Indexing and App Store Optimization.

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24 of the Best Google+ Guides, Tips, Rants and Raves of 2012

Webbiquity SMM

“Ghost town” or not, many experts agree that Google+ is here to stay, and it’s valuable for b2b marketing, SEO , personal branding, and reputation management. Each time a user clicks the +1 button, it helps with that brand’s SEO and the content getting served to users above other content.

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The Anatomy of a Google Reconsideration Request: Manual Link Penalty

Bill Hartzer

We identified approximately 800 urls and began reaching out to webmasters on all those sites, requesting removal of multiple links. I have reported these URLS to the Google Spam Team, in accordance with the advice given by Google’s Webmaster Central Blog, here: [link]. Duplicate content issues resolved. Improved page speed.

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Search Engine Submission Now Officially a Scam

Bill Hartzer

per year provides “submission and search engine ranking for domain owners” The offer goes on to say: Failure to complete your search engine registration by Nov 10, 2012 may result in the cancellation of this order (making it difficult for your customers to locate you using search engines on the web).

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The ProBlogger Top 20 of 2012

ProBlogger

Image courtesy Lore & Guille, licensed under Creative Commons So to help you out, I’ve compiled this list of our 20 most popular articles from 2012. Now, without further ado, here are our top 20 articles from 2012! URL Be Sorry: Google Cuts Back on Top-ranking Exact-match Domains.