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Stop Link Building, Write Good Content

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” If you’re not a search engine optimization wonk, I’ll explain it this way: Two years ago, you could win Google searches if you had more links pointing back to your site than anyone else for those same keywords. Give us the good stuff.” If it’s crap, they won’t stay.

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How To Write The Perfect Twitter Bio

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For example, my Twitter bio used to say: Butler University. On top of that, remember that people can see your Twitter bio through search engines, so do not be fooled that only your followers are seeing this! For example in my Twitter bio I have #GoDawgs, which even that may be too generic! Trust me I am victim of this.

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Alan K’necht: Über Thinker & SEO Brainiac: An Interview

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Social has always been a critical part of SEO but up until recently it didn’t form part of the various search engine algorithms. This impact is only going to be further improved upon by the leading search engines. Don’t simply report on easy to obtain numbers on their own (for example followers or a Klout score).

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Three Most Important Content Marketing Lessons of 2012

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We’ve had our tried-and-true algorithms and techniques busted by Google, we’ve had new algorithms and measurements introduced, which actually sent some search engine optimization professionals out of business. For example, the big co-citation link here is my use of “content marketing” in the headline, plus my name.

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How Google’s Newest Announcements Will Affect SEO

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When Google detects that an uploaded image is, for example, the St. Currently, the changes just appear to be on the user end, and not change search engine optimization in any way. But the simple answer is: nothing’s changed. Google has simply introduced new ways to enter text in to the search box.

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Content Marketing is More Than Just Blogging

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For example, a basic $150 Snowball mic can produce some better-than-average sound quality. Audio: While some people have been calling the early 2000s the Golden Age of Podcasting, the fact is, podcast listenership has risen so rapidly in the last two years that we’re in the Golden Age right now.

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Insider Interview: 3 Critical Things You Must Know About Conversion

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For example, you pay $8 or whatever for a click and then you have 15 form fields with a CAPTCHA at the end that barely works. Put another way, I can’t tell you exactly what my cost per click is going to be, or how much a search engine will like my new content pages, but I can make my landing page perform better tomorrow.