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NoFollow Links in Press Releases? How To Revise Your Press Release Strategy

Bill Hartzer

Therefore, all links in press releases should have the nofollow attribute added to the links, so that the press release does not pass any SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) value to the website it’s linking to. But I have a suspicion as to why they are wanting us to put nofollow links in press releases now. But I digress.

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Why Your Search Engine Optimization Strategy Must Now Include Social Validation

Bill Hartzer

You probably have heard me preach it before: if at all possible, for search engine optimization purposes, your web site should include a blog or other section of your web site that includes articles. To rank well in the search engines, your web site needs new, fresh, topical content added on a regular basis.

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SEMPO Caught Violating Google Webmaster Guidelines for Advertorials

Bill Hartzer

SEMPO, The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization , is taking advantage of text links in advertorials, clearly a violation Google Webmaster Guidelines for link schemes. Here is a screen capture of the article in question: First off, let me be clear that the company I work for is a proud corporate member of SEMPO.

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HOW TO: Guide to Performing Website Audits

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Onsite optimization of websites is the most important factor in ranking better in search engine results. www or non-www, that is the question. Bolding and italicizing text within paragraphs will show importance of the phrase to search engines. This will help search engines better understand the content. Geo Redirects.

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Do Social Signals Drive SEO?

Convince & Convert

Do Search Engines Use Social Signals to Directly Drive Rankings? When people ask this question, what they mean is, does sharing a web page in your social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Pinterest, etc., Here is what happened when Google tried a search engine without links ).) Wondering if this is still true?

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The Most Important SEO Metrics For Backlinks Analysis

Kikolani

Search Engine Optimization is strongly influenced by the quality of your site’s backlinks and will continue to be for the coming years. To quickly determine if a link is dofollow or nofollow, you can install the Chrome Nofollow extension, which will highlight all nofollow links. Meta nofollow. Meta noindex.

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The Most Important SEO Metrics For Backlinks Analysis

Kikolani

Search Engine Optimization is strongly influenced by the quality of your site’s backlinks and will continue to be for the coming years. To quickly determine if a link is dofollow or nofollow, you can install the Chrome Nofollow extension, which will highlight all nofollow links. Meta nofollow. Meta noindex.

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