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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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HOW TO: Guide to Performing Website Audits

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Over the past several years, Google and Bing have released guidelines for webmasters to make websites more crawlable. This is a consolidation of all the guidelines released by Google and Bing over the years to improve onsite optimization. Noindex and Nofollow. Use your own discretion as to other pages you may want to nofollow.

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The Most Important SEO Metrics For Backlinks Analysis

Kikolani

If you want to learn more about the backlinks that are violating Google’s guidelines , it’s best to check Google’s resources or watch the Webmaster Hangouts with John Mueller. To quickly determine if a link is dofollow or nofollow, you can install the Chrome Nofollow extension, which will highlight all nofollow links.

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The Most Important SEO Metrics For Backlinks Analysis

Kikolani

If you want to learn more about the backlinks that are violating Google’s guidelines , it’s best to check Google’s resources or watch the Webmaster Hangouts with John Mueller. To quickly determine if a link is dofollow or nofollow, you can install the Chrome Nofollow extension, which will highlight all nofollow links.

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Link Building Tactics for Publishers

Adam Sherk

It is one of the many reasons that content marketing has become so popular, as brands in other industries put an emphasis on content development and promotion and essentially become publishers themselves. So make sure to include not only brand new content but also high-priority evergreen and seasonal content when appropriate.

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Dear Shady SEO Firm: Stop Spreading Rumors about Unnatural Links and Google Penalties

Bill Hartzer

By spreading false rumors, you’re hurting the SEO industry as a whole and making it even more difficult for us honest, Google-Webmaster-Acceptable-Guideline-Abiding SEOs to get our jobs done properly. We have a client, [link] who have come to us with a manual penalty from Google for violations of its webmaster guidelines.

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Explain your goals and establish clear guidelines for any mention of the company on social media sites. Though measuring direct ROI is challenging , a successful social media program should increase engagement with customers and prospects, provide direct website traffic and increase branded search traffic. .&#

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