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Search Traffic Declining? You’re Not Alone (and What to Do About It)

Webbiquity SMM

If your website traffic from organic search has fallen over the past year, take some small solace in knowing you’re not alone—in fact, you’re in good (if not happy) company. Companies need to take a broader view of their overall online visibility and embrace a web presence optimization (WPO) approach. Experiment.

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262: How Carolyn Started a Directory to Attract Readers to Her Blog

ProBlogger

The post 262: How Carolyn Started a Directory to Attract Readers to Her Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. How One Blogger Created a Directory that Attracts Readers. Carolyn shares the story of how she created a directory to attract readers to her blog instead of having to chase after them. Carolyn Edlund’s Directory.

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Why Blogs that Allow Guest Posts Will Be Penalized in 2013

ProBlogger

Just as low-level article directories (ezinearticles, articlesbase, and others) got hurt by Google’s Panda Update in 2013, I predict that Google will hurt sites abusing guest blogging in 2013. If I linked the words “Minneapolis SEO Company” to my homepage, that is unnatural. In 2013, that is my prediction.

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SEO Firm Offers Natural Link Building Services

Bill Hartzer

There are so many companies out there that claim to offer natural link building services, which is an interesting type of service. If your company offered something called “natural” link building services, then the links that you get to your website uh, well, would NOT be natural? Date: Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 7:18 AM.

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The Evolution of SEO in New Zealand

Bill Hartzer

SEO companies were forced to become quite a bit more educated and sophisticated in their approach to ranking websites. For this reason, many people who hired New Zealand SEO companies even prior to 2011 ended up getting disappointing, if not catastrophic results. SEO tactics vary a great deal from one company to another.

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SEO is Dead. Content Marketing = Guaranteed SEO

Writtent Blog

Once the de facto standard for measuring a website’s authority, Google PageRank figures haven’t been updated in 2013, and Matt Cutts himself has stated they won’t be updated again this year. It’s a measure that allows every web user to vote on the quality of content, and it’s remarkably difficult for companies to game.

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Survey Says: Lawyers, Your Social and Digital Content Needs To Improve 

Myrland Marketing

This survey of in-house counsel was answered by the following: 85 corporate counsel, with 51% from companies with 2017 revenue of $10 billion or more. 72% work for companies with 5,000 or more employees. 17% work for companies with 1,000-5,000 employees. 6% work for companies with 500-1,000 employees. 23% from the West.

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