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APRIL 7, 2010

50 am Search Engine Statistics:: Google’s share dips Jump to Comments Although, Google continues to dominate the search market in U.S. Sector wise trends : If we look at vertical searches, all is not lost for Google as they continue to rise in Automotive, Shopping and travel verticals. Reference Links 1. searches 2.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Creating a network of bloggers and journalists is a great way to provide mutual support in the world of online media. For both public relations and search engine optimization, publishing content via other people’s sites is a critical part of their everyday duties. Type “inurl” or “allintext” queries in Google.

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SocMed Sean

JULY 11, 2018

Great question came to me yesterday regarding the activity of link-building through guest blogging. I have a small blog and want to grow it and I have read a lot about back-link building. I have a small blog and want to grow it and I have read a lot about back-link building. Am I being selfish about my content?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

A year and a half ago, I started a blog about my pet guinea pigs called Cavy Savvy. Originally, I wanted a way to test the SEO techniques I was learning about at work, and having a hobby blog just seemed like a fun way to do so. Here is how I made Cavy Savvy a success, and how you can apply some of these techniques to your blog.

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Firebelly

JULY 8, 2011

Everyone has heard about Google+ already. It has some extremely nice features lined up and it’ll be exciting to see how it eventually stacks up against Facebook, but it’s even more interesting (to me, at least) how Google is switching its focus from a branding standpoint. Google IS search. Is this a smart move?

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Buffer Social

MAY 4, 2022

You’ve probably never envisioned yourself as a blogger. Creating a successful blog really just requires being passionate about a certain topic — a characteristic you already possess as an ambitious entrepreneur! Why start a blog for your small business?

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 5, 2010

When talking to business owners about marketing their businesses on the internet, I often get asked about why I always recommend that their online marketing strategy, their search engine optimization efforts, include a blog. And the search engines will notice, as well. – You can publicize the RSS feed of your blog.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 11, 2011

How many different blog comment applications are out there? If you are a WordPress user, then you know you don’t need to add a plug-in or application to encourage comments on your blog. You can also use Facebook, which is very popular among bloggers – especially bloggers who are active on Facebook.

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Social Media Marketing

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

In recent years, blogging has proven to be one of the most valuable tools within the digital marketing strategy of companies that want to grow and increase their sales in a productive and lucrative way. A blog analysis and monitoring company, more than 175,000 blogs are published daily and 1.6 WHY ARE BLOGS IMPORTANT?

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 1, 2012

What to do…It’s 2012 and you’ve been blogging for almost a year now with no success. You published 30 articles this year, but none of them have gone viral , you still only have 250 followers on Twitter (none of whom retweet you), and your Google page rank still sits at a 2. You wouldn’t be the first.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Blogger outreach is reaching out to the blogger community to create a relationship that involves you having regular, constructive and mutually beneficial contact with them. What this means is that you keep communicating with bloggers regularly and don’t just get in touch with them, when you want a guest blog to be posted.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Steps To Optimize A News Release For Google News November 15th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt Please stop yawning Don’t worry. But what about SEO for news sites, particularly Google News?

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Backlinks are the backbone of SEO, but Google does not consider backlinks from social media websites as strong as other links. The search engine recognizes that it’s easy for website owners to place these links, thus downgrading their value. Improve ranking on Google with local SEO. Extend your content marketing reach.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. So far, early research indicates little difference in the length of searches since Google Instant.)

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OnlineRockersHub Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Many people look at pioneer bloggers and what they’ve been able to achieve and think it must have been easy starting a blog back in the days. The truth, however, is that it is much easier today than it ever was, to start a blog. With thousands dreaming of starting a blog and sharing their ideas with the rest of the world.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 29, 2014

In fact, it’s probably my biggest takeaway from that conference: With the latest round of algorithm updates in the past two years, Google has brought back search engine optimization to the United States. But, even though it was cheap, you got good search engine rankings. Search Engine Optimization' How’s that?

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 27, 2013

The first-ever online marketplace for buying and selling links in articles and blog posts based on Google Authorship and Klout score has been launched. Buying and selling links based on Google’s PageRank has long been a controversial topic, as well as a violation of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 9, 2013

Reader-oriented blog content writing is simple once you are familiar with the basic building blocks required to draw the reader in and keep them reading. Here are 10 basic steps that will lead any blogger down the desired path to creating compelling content. Set up RSS feeds for Google Search Results for terms that are relevant.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The post An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Blogging appeared first on ProBlogger. One of the tests I did of this tool was to ask it to write an article about how to use AI in blogging (how meta is that). Prompt: Write an in-depth article on how to use artificial intelligence for blogging. Blog Optimization with AI.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 5, 2013

In a post Google Penguin world, it is still okay (an natural) to link out to other websites. Here in June of 2013, I am horrified that I actually have to have this conversation with other website owners and bloggers. Supposedly Google will somehow mistaken your outgoing link for a paid link and penalize your website in the process.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 16, 2023

The post 17 Statistics to Monitor on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Today your task is to spend some time looking at your blog’s statistics/metrics package to see what you can learn from it. Take some time out today to do a little analysis of your blog’s statistics. What Keywords are sending traffic?

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 5, 2013

If you’re like the rest of us, you’ve probably noticed that your traffic from Google has tapered off a bit lately. Search Engine Journal hits on one reason , but I’m leaning to the Hummingbird algorithm as the main culprit. With that in mind, here are three easy alternative sources to Google website traffic.

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Writtent Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Blog successfully and you cam smile all the way to the bank. Bloggers like Michael Arrington rake in up to $800,000 per month ! In order to achieve success, there are things every blogger must have – things you can’t blog without. If you’re just starting out with blogging, hopefully you will find this useful.

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Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2013

One question that I am often asked is how do I get published on so many of the top blogs like Social Media Examiner, Search Engine Watch, Search Engine Journal, ProBlogger, and others. So I decided to put together a little guide to guest blogging. Find guest blogging opportunities. Blogging'

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Kikolani

APRIL 11, 2012

As a blogger, your name stands for the quality and authenticity of your posts, apart from your personal and professional interest in having a “clean and positive” online reputation. Me On The Web is a personalized Google Alert that can be accessed directly from your Google dashboard when logged into your Google account.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The post How Link Building Can Help You Grow Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. It is also considered an essential SEO step for bloggers. . Having other blogs linking back to your own is a way of convincing Google you’re worth your salt. Google’s algorithm has evolved and become more sophisticated over the years.

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ProBlogger

MAY 31, 2023

The post An Introduction to Using Images on Blogs appeared first on ProBlogger. Image created in Canva The following post was originally submitted by Duncan Riley from the Blog Herald , Weblog Empire and updated with current tools and tips. I asked Duncan to explore the topic of using Images on Blogs.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 21, 2014

No, guest blogging is not dead. Recently, Matt Cutts, the head of web spam for Google, declared that guest blogging for SEO was dead. And there has been a lot of publicity lately because of his statements about guest blogging. And there has been a lot of publicity lately because of his statements about guest blogging.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

So the question is, as a blogger, what is easy and fun for you? To me, the following things are easy: Writing blog posts. Creating blogs. Over 40% of small businesses have no online presence yet and with the introduction of local search, you can get them on top of Google easily for local search terms. Related Posts.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Anybody writing blogs for business purposes will be keen to build a sizeable readership and achieve higher rankings in the major search engines. By sprinkling these keywords moderately throughout your blogs, it is possible to achieve a rapid search engine and web traffic boost. This is a guest post by Mark Johnson.

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Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing. Freelancing.

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Socialmedia.biz

AUGUST 17, 2017

Do you blog? Do you pay proper homage to the Google gods? T here are so many things you can do on your own site today — starting now — that will help you in real ways with Google Search and your search results on Google’s SERP. Follow the tips below to speed up and clean up your site. Do you use a CDN?

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 26, 2022

The post 8 Reasons You’re Losing Money On Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. You spend hours and hours of time each week on your blog, but at the end of the month, there’s nothing to show for it in your bank account. Ultimately, it’s the readers of your blog who determine whether or not you’re successful.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 21, 2014

The Internet erupted yesterday when Matt Cutts said that guest blogging is “done.” My interpretation is this, Guest blogging as a link building tool only is a dead science; you can expect the search engines (especially Google) to start roughing it up a bit.

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Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2011

As a blogger you’ve got an ultimate goal: stand out of the crowd of fellow bloggers and -writers and get your words read by a large ammount of enthusiastic, engaged readers. When it comes to promoting your blog you might have one ace in the hole that you didn’t even think about: you!

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Link audits are essential for bloggers who wish to optimize their sites for search engines. Ever since Google rolled out the first version of Penguin , negative SEO has become a serious concern. In fact, websites with inappropriate or unnatural links are at risk of incurring penalties from the major search engines.

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Kikolani

MARCH 1, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content. Search Engines / SEO.

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