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Facebook Rolling Out Facebook Articles

Bill Hartzer

Instead, there is an options for Article, Live Video, or Photo/video. Clicking on the Article option, it takes me to a new page, where I can add a full-length article. This includes the suggestion to upload a large photo, and then content for the article.

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NoFollow Links in Press Releases? How To Revise Your Press Release Strategy

Bill Hartzer

Therefore, all links in press releases should have the nofollow attribute added to the links, so that the press release does not pass any SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) value to the website it’s linking to. But I have a suspicion as to why they are wanting us to put nofollow links in press releases now. But I digress.

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SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links

Adam Sherk

Then in a second reminder Google made it clear that they do not want sponsored content indexed in Google News, and sites that mix in promotional articles with their regular news content could be excluded from Google News entirely. For those articles only the first warning (do not let sponsor links pass PageRank) applies.

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SEMPO Caught Violating Google Webmaster Guidelines for Advertorials

Bill Hartzer

A recent article on ClickZ , although well-written with good intent, is clearly an advertorial for SEMPO.org. As such, links to SEMPO should include a ‘nofollow’ link, and clearly state in the article (or at the end of the article) that Motoko Hunt is a Board Member of SEMPO. There is no proper disclosure.

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HOW TO: Guide to Performing Website Audits

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

To summarize the article, there should only be one URL used to get to the homepage of your website. Read my article on image optimization best practices for a full guide on optimizing images. I have put together a couple articles on this topic already. If you run an e-commerce site, check out my article on e-commerce microdata.

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How Google Finds and Penalizes Advertorials

Bill Hartzer

Google wants links in advertorials to be tagged with the nofollow attribute and the FTC requires full disclosure. I would like to note that those text link ads do not appear to have the “nofollow” attribute on them. Generally, these are seen as “low quality” articles.

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How Much It Costs to Publish on Top Media Websites like Forbes, Entrepreneur, and BuzzFeed.com

Bill Hartzer

In order for your link profile to look more natural, it’s best to have a mix of links with the nofollow attribute on them as well as links without the nofollow link attribute on them. No follow links would, actually be okay, especially if you are trying to diversify your links.

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