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10 Things That Expose Good Sites to Google Panda

Adam Sherk

Google Panda was designed to go after sites with a high volume of thin or low-quality content (among other things) in an effort to improve the overall strength of the search results. For in-depth Panda analysis I also recommend checking out Glenn Gabe , who frequently shares useful information on the subject.

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Syndication Best Practices: Reduce the Risk of Being Outranked for.

Adam Sherk

However from an SEO perspective there is a downside, as syndication creates duplicate content issues. Search engines don’t want to show users multiple versions of the same content, so when an article has been syndicated it’s likely that one version will be given prominence – and that may or may not be the original.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

It includes partnerships, alliances, syndicates and more. Encouraging residents’ to leave Google Reviews will drive the apartments’ website up search rankings and build word of mouth. Google is prescriptive about how to present information. We also recommended Google AdWords.

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Who will blink first in Canadian community newspaper staredown?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Canadians love their community newspapers; it’s where they turn for local news and information about sports, entertainment and events. Community papers are now largely filled with generic, syndicated content and semi-advertorial stories and columns. They even like to see the local advertisements. But there’s the rub.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

It includes partnerships, alliances, syndicates and more. Encouraging residents’ to leave Google Reviews will drive the apartments’ website up search rankings and build word of mouth. Google is prescriptive about how to present information. We also recommended Google AdWords.

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Google News Optimization Tips

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Google News Optimization Tips by Adam Sherk on September 3, 2009 This week Google put out a video to give publishers more information on how Google News works and how best to optimize for it. This is data driven and not an “arbitrary decision.”

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Google+ and World Domination

Janet Fouts

If you’re as into social media networks as I am you’d have to have your head in the sand to miss the launch of Google+ , a shiny new social network from Google. Adding the “ Authorship&# tag &# to syndicated posts will allow users to follow specific authors and list your content on the +1 tab of your Google profile.

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