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SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links

Adam Sherk

However in any implementation it is important to comply with search engine guidelines to avoid negative repercussions for SEO. For example The Huffington Post is allowing brands to sponsor a section on the site which (in some cases) includes only regular HuffPo editorial content, as opposed to brand-created content.

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Google Quality Rater Guidelines 2014

Bill Hartzer

I just got ahold of the latest copy of Google’s Quality Rater Guidelines, with a date of March 2014. Now, I have gotten a copy of the guidelines, and have set up the “pay with a tweet” service in order for you to download a copy of this document. Part 2: Utility Rating Guideline.

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Appalling: US Patent US8515941 B1: System for Generating Search Engine Spam

Bill Hartzer

US Patent US8515941 B1 granted Aug 20, 2013, is titled “System for unique automated website generation, hosting, and search engine optimization” And their websites still rank well in Google despite Google Panda 4.0. So blatant that they have been awarded a patent for creating web (search engine) spam.

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There is Nothing About Negative SEO in Google Webmaster Guidelines

Bill Hartzer

There is nothing about Negative SEO in Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. After a review of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines, from what I can tell, there are no actual references to the practice of Negative SEO. After all, it doesn’t violate Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. Are you surprised?

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SEO Guidelines – Four Major SEO Pitfalls to Avoid

Social Media Marketing

If you own a website, then definitely you would be using the basic SEO techniques to drive traffic to your site. Sometimes, your SEO techniques may not favor your website and your site may step down from the search engine rankings. This indicates that something is missing on your site.

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Pay search engines to display your site

Josh S Peters

There are two ways you can pay a search engine to display your site. Paid inclusion Paid inclusion is anytime you pay the search engine to include you in their results and it’s common among some directories and submission based search engines. Some of these sites are free, others are definitely a paid service.

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Google Irrelevant Keywords Section In Quality Guidelines

Bill Hartzer

Google added the “Irrelevant keywords” section to the sidebar of the Google Quality Guidelines. I believe this is an attempt specifically to “work” the mention of phone numbers into the guidelines. Search Engine Optimization' Blocks of text listing cities and states a webpage is trying to rank for.