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Will New Domain Name TLDs Carry Extra Weight in the Search Engine Rankings?

Bill Hartzer

The new generic TLDs (top level domains) are coming soon. You’ll be able to buy a domain name other than they ‘typical’ com,net,org,info,biz domains. So, with all of these new TLDs, will these new domain names carry any extra weight when it comes to search engine rankings?

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6 Tools That Help Bloggers Manage and Monitor Their Online Reputation

Kikolani

Unfortunately managing your online reputation is everything but an easy task. There are many social media channels where people can spread unbased opinions about others, tag inappropiate photos, and otherwise mess with your reputation. Actively develop your reputation by creating “positive” content. Me On The Web.

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Is Google Penguin Recovery All About Cleaning Up Links?

Bill Hartzer

A while back I wrote about how many SEO companies and so-called SEO experts have been offering a Google Penguin Recovery Service. They are, in fact, going to do things that will change your website’s link profile which could do serious damage to your overall website search engine reputation.

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Are The New Top Level Domains Valuable?

Small Business Mavericks

Now, the sunrise period for some of those domains has begun, which allows trademark holders the right to register their desired domain names based on trademark ownership. Many registrars will charge premium prices for people who want specific domain names on these gTLDs. Reputation management, maybe.

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4 Reasons the New Google Local Stack Sucks

Navolutions

Spend five minutes on the internet and there’s a good chance you’ll run into Google’s new local search result module, which Mike Blumenthal dubbed the “Local Stack” Google Local Stack showing results for “roofer in Livermore” If you have any issues with the new stack, you’re in good company.

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Google Issues Search Engine Optimization Report Card

Bill Hartzer

Google has issued what they are calling an SEO Report Card , an effort to provide Google’s product teams with ideas on how they can improve their products’ pages using simple and accepted optimizations. Matt Cutts from Google explained that Google had done this “on purpose&#. Appealing Google sitelinks.

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How to Fix a Bad Yelp Review

Idaconcpts

The veracity of these reviews is irrelevant; if a one-star pan is the first thing an online searcher finds about your company on Google, you’re sure to start losing business in a hurry. For one thing, a review that conveys anger or displeasure will only make your company’s online reputation problems worse.

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