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You’ll first want to review the content snippet to make sure it is a good quality (see the guest posting guidelines set by PostJoint ) and the right fit for your blog audience. MORE
Leave Blog Comments Most blog comments are nofollowed (this means search engines aren’t supposed to give weight to the link, though I believe Yahoo and Bing still do) so they don’t provide much link juice directly. Add Links to Your Forum Signatures Unlike blogs where you get nofollow links for contributing to the discussion, most forums allow you to have a (followed) link in your signature, every time you make a post. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!" MORE
As I’m my own guru, I like to set my own guidelines. target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 127 Comments Oscar - freestyle mind says: May 20, 2010 at 1:12 pm Happy birthday again Glen. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!" MORE
To state it most simply, a style guide is where you put into writing the guidelines for how you want your blog to be written and presented. Whilst other bloggers include more broader guidelines like what brand colors should be used. Most larger publications, most media would adopt the spelling and grammatical guidelines of an external style guide. And this I’ve just kind of lumped into an other style guidelines section. Also guidelines around linking as well. MORE
But Google’s algorithm is also leading to more changes at EzineArticles (again, already with the strictest article approval guidelines of any article directory online). About Us What’s a Maverick? MORE
Explain your goals and establish clear guidelines for any mention of the company on social media sites. In chapter 37, she almost seems to defend the insidious nofollow tag , which has outlived whatever useful life it once had and should be banished. MORE
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 88 Comments Onibalusi Bamidele says: August 18, 2010 at 11:18 am Really great post Glen, Exactly! Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!" MORE
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 86 Comments Dan says: August 12, 2010 at 10:35 am Great piece, I love how your using this article to show the tips you are suggesting. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!" MORE
Links in all the content are typically nofollowed and comply with all FTC and Google Webmaster Guidelines. Guest blogging for SEO purposes started its downfall recently, especially with Google penalizing MyBlogGuest , and before that it was Google finding and penalizing advertorials. MORE
Google wants links in advertorials to be tagged with the nofollow attribute and the FTC requires full disclosure. I would like to note that those text link ads do not appear to have the “nofollow” attribute on them. MORE
Well, as my recent blog posts have shown, I don’t follow the Google guidelines like I used to. If you don’t read the rest of this very long post then let me summarise it as this: Google is failing to enforce their guidelines on a huge scale, especially when it comes to big brands. MORE
As I covered in SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links , there are SEO implications to be aware of. Since Outbrain links are paid links, its modules comply with search engine guidelines and do not pass SEO value (a good thing as this protects the participating publishers). MORE
Every web portal has to abide by Google’s webmaster guidelines to reach amongst the top ranking in search engine results. Avoid posting links on random or affiliated websites rather nofollow the link or remove them. Google and various other search engines have laid down strict guidelines to avoid Link network tactics. For more information regarding the subject Google has provided very strict guidelines details of which can be referred to on the Internet. MORE
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 126 Comments Dan says: July 19, 2010 at 8:24 am Too cool Glen, I find myself copy and pasting every article to all my web guys. Anybody who follows your guidelines can have success even in competitive niches. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!" MORE
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. It’s totally fine, and natural to have nofollow links, as they’ll make your profile look natural. MORE
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. It’s totally fine, and natural to have nofollow links, as they’ll make your profile look natural. MORE
We’ve detected that some of your site’s pages may be using techniques that are outside Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. We encourage you to make changes to your site so that it meets our quality guidelines. MORE
There’s no SEO value to these comments (they’re nofollowed by default), and all this approach does is makes you lose credibility in the eyes of the blogger. Tamar’s tips provides a superb guideline. MORE
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 148 Comments Benny the Irish polyglot says: March 22, 2010 at 11:17 am Great post as always! Some guidelines are good, but we should all break free from there Although, I’d disagree with this post proving that the first sentence is less important. MORE
” 20 Guidelines for Twitter Success by Global Copywriting. Each section is divided into guidelines for personal accounts and for business. MORE
What Google doesn’t want is for those links to have SEO value, which is why their guidelines dictate that paid links are coded in a way that they will not pass PageRank. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines? MORE
If you are loyal to Google guidelines, the teachings of blogs like Moz and love playing by the book, then you’ll probably realise with this article that we possess a very different perspective. “Just follow the Google guidelines.” MORE
Penguin, announced in April 2012, decreased search visibility of websites that participated in black-hat SEO, keyword stuffing, cloaking, link schemes , duplicate content, and other activities that violated Google Webmaster Guidelines. Links can do this regardless of whether or not they contain the “nofollow” attribute, contain redirects, come from a site with a high PageRank , and so on. If the blog has guest post guidelines, be sure to follow those in your submission. MORE
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 75 Comments Casual says: April 26, 2010 at 11:25 am Great post, as usual. as a guideline, take a look at which infographics have been successfully promoted on digg: [link] feel free to reach out anytime. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!" MORE
10 Ethical Ways to Buy Links : While some may argue that you need to nofollow links purchased via paid reviews (which is suggested here), link buying isn’t over and is a great way for many people to get the visibility they feel they deserve and the SEO value that may come from it. MORE
Nofollow links also matter. Some links, for example, the ones from blog comments may have the rel=”nofollow” attribute. <a The nofollow attribute gives search engines instructions not to follow the link. MORE
However in any implementation it is important to comply with search engine guidelines to avoid negative repercussions for SEO. How do publishers ensure that sponsored content complies with Google’s guidelines? MORE
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. MORE
Here are tips and guidelines to follow: Get established on all the major social media channels. Submission guidelines. Guest author guidelines. Guest posting guidelines. Guest article guidelines. Guest blogging guidelines. Contributor guidelines. MORE
Whether or not an idea fits perfectly within Google’s guidelines. But the challenge really shows and the end result is something I can only describe as Google search results not being fair based on the guidelines they set. MORE
The guidelines are not mandatory at this point tho they do clearly explain several best practices. MORE
Bloggers who are compensated can use the “nofollow&# tag within their outbound links to keep those links from being tagged by Google as paid content. The nofollow may well make that harder, but then again, if you are under contract I think it’s the buyer’s responsibility to track the postings of the paid blogger. MORE
SEMPO, The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization , is taking advantage of text links in advertorials, clearly a violation Google Webmaster Guidelines for link schemes. The sole link in the article does not have a “nofollow” attribute added to the link. MORE
Included in the new guidelines are not only the carrot recommendations (DO) but increasingly Google is using the stick on those sites it perceives to be gaming the system (DON’T). MORE
Do Whatever the Hell You Want This post was with the aim of offering a guideline, rather than something you should follow word for word. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!" MORE
Should you add that to your “write for us” guidelines page? an article) in exchange for a link, it violates our link scheme guidelines. Please read again Google’s link scheme guidelines. Have good Editorial Guidelines. MORE
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. MORE
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 59 Comments Leo Fogarty says: October 28, 2009 at 3:10 pm Brilliant post Glen. Please i look forward to your guidelines Reply Anthony V. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!" You are here: ViperChill » SEO » How I Ranked for 66,000 Visitors Worth of Keywords How I Ranked for 66,000 Visitors Worth of Keywords Written by Glen, this post has 59 Comments A few years ago, SEO was far more robotic than it is today. MORE
We allow links in the comments, but we nofollow them so no link juice escapes. I’ve actually come up with a list of six guidelines for outbound links. Maybe you can think of some other guidelines to add — feel free to share! I’ve been thinking a lot about my linking strategy lately. Trying to get incoming backlinks, making sure I have good inner links… But one area that I think is too often overlooked is outbound links. MORE
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 64 Comments Dragos Roua says: October 26, 2009 at 11:27 am Yeap,I couldn’t agree more on step 7. In the spirit of this article, I submit the following creative guidelines that have helped my clients generate superior content and work a little less. MORE
Adam Sherk
APRIL 3, 2013
However in any implementation it is important to comply with search engine guidelines to avoid negative repercussions for SEO. How do publishers ensure that sponsored content complies with Google’s guidelines?
Bill Hartzer
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
SEMPO, The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization , is taking advantage of text links in advertorials, clearly a violation Google Webmaster Guidelines for link schemes. The sole link in the article does not have a “nofollow” attribute added to the link.
Kikolani
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
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. It’s totally fine, and natural to have nofollow links, as they’ll make your profile look natural.
Razor Social
APRIL 4, 2018
Nofollow links also matter. Some links, for example, the ones from blog comments may have the rel=”nofollow” attribute. <a The nofollow attribute gives search engines instructions not to follow the link.
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
DECEMBER 13, 2011
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.
Bill Hartzer
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
We’ve detected that some of your site’s pages may be using techniques that are outside Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. We encourage you to make changes to your site so that it meets our quality guidelines.
Kikolani
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
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. It’s totally fine, and natural to have nofollow links, as they’ll make your profile look natural.
Bill Hartzer
MARCH 24, 2014
Links in all the content are typically nofollowed and comply with all FTC and Google Webmaster Guidelines. Guest blogging for SEO purposes started its downfall recently, especially with Google penalizing MyBlogGuest , and before that it was Google finding and penalizing advertorials.
Adam Sherk
MAY 14, 2013
As I covered in SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links , there are SEO implications to be aware of. Since Outbrain links are paid links, its modules comply with search engine guidelines and do not pass SEO value (a good thing as this protects the participating publishers).
Bill Hartzer
JANUARY 6, 2014
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.
Bill Hartzer
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
Google wants links in advertorials to be tagged with the nofollow attribute and the FTC requires full disclosure. I would like to note that those text link ads do not appear to have the “nofollow” attribute on them.
Kikolani
OCTOBER 25, 2012
You’ll first want to review the content snippet to make sure it is a good quality (see the guest posting guidelines set by PostJoint ) and the right fit for your blog audience.
Small Business Mavericks
MARCH 2, 2011
But Google’s algorithm is also leading to more changes at EzineArticles (again, already with the strictest article approval guidelines of any article directory online). About Us What’s a Maverick?
Webbiquity SMM
JANUARY 9, 2012
” 20 Guidelines for Twitter Success by Global Copywriting. Each section is divided into guidelines for personal accounts and for business.
Webbiquity SMM
NOVEMBER 2, 2010
Explain your goals and establish clear guidelines for any mention of the company on social media sites. In chapter 37, she almost seems to defend the insidious nofollow tag , which has outlived whatever useful life it once had and should be banished.
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
JANUARY 5, 2012
10 Ethical Ways to Buy Links : While some may argue that you need to nofollow links purchased via paid reviews (which is suggested here), link buying isn’t over and is a great way for many people to get the visibility they feel they deserve and the SEO value that may come from it.
Kikolani
DECEMBER 8, 2015
Every web portal has to abide by Google’s webmaster guidelines to reach amongst the top ranking in search engine results. Avoid posting links on random or affiliated websites rather nofollow the link or remove them. Google and various other search engines have laid down strict guidelines to avoid Link network tactics. For more information regarding the subject Google has provided very strict guidelines details of which can be referred to on the Internet.
ProBlogger
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
Should you add that to your “write for us” guidelines page? an article) in exchange for a link, it violates our link scheme guidelines. Please read again Google’s link scheme guidelines. Have good Editorial Guidelines.
Viper Chill
JULY 21, 2014
Well, as my recent blog posts have shown, I don’t follow the Google guidelines like I used to. If you don’t read the rest of this very long post then let me summarise it as this: Google is failing to enforce their guidelines on a huge scale, especially when it comes to big brands.
Bare Feet Studios
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Included in the new guidelines are not only the carrot recommendations (DO) but increasingly Google is using the stick on those sites it perceives to be gaming the system (DON’T).
ProBlogger
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
Here are tips and guidelines to follow: Get established on all the major social media channels. Submission guidelines. Guest author guidelines. Guest posting guidelines. Guest article guidelines. Guest blogging guidelines. Contributor guidelines.
Viper Chill
JULY 25, 2016
If you are loyal to Google guidelines, the teachings of blogs like Moz and love playing by the book, then you’ll probably realise with this article that we possess a very different perspective. “Just follow the Google guidelines.”
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
DECEMBER 10, 2008
There’s no SEO value to these comments (they’re nofollowed by default), and all this approach does is makes you lose credibility in the eyes of the blogger. Tamar’s tips provides a superb guideline.
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
FEBRUARY 10, 2010
Viper Chill
JANUARY 27, 2014
Whether or not an idea fits perfectly within Google’s guidelines. But the challenge really shows and the end result is something I can only describe as Google search results not being fair based on the guidelines they set.
ProBlogger
JANUARY 15, 2012
We allow links in the comments, but we nofollow them so no link juice escapes. I’ve actually come up with a list of six guidelines for outbound links. Maybe you can think of some other guidelines to add — feel free to share! I’ve been thinking a lot about my linking strategy lately. Trying to get incoming backlinks, making sure I have good inner links… But one area that I think is too often overlooked is outbound links.
ProBlogger
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
To state it most simply, a style guide is where you put into writing the guidelines for how you want your blog to be written and presented. Whilst other bloggers include more broader guidelines like what brand colors should be used. Most larger publications, most media would adopt the spelling and grammatical guidelines of an external style guide. And this I’ve just kind of lumped into an other style guidelines section. Also guidelines around linking as well.
Bare Feet Studios
MAY 19, 2009
Bloggers who are compensated can use the “nofollow&# tag within their outbound links to keep those links from being tagged by Google as paid content. The nofollow may well make that harder, but then again, if you are under contract I think it’s the buyer’s responsibility to track the postings of the paid blogger.
ProBlogger
AUGUST 15, 2012
Penguin, announced in April 2012, decreased search visibility of websites that participated in black-hat SEO, keyword stuffing, cloaking, link schemes , duplicate content, and other activities that violated Google Webmaster Guidelines. Links can do this regardless of whether or not they contain the “nofollow” attribute, contain redirects, come from a site with a high PageRank , and so on. If the blog has guest post guidelines, be sure to follow those in your submission.
Viper Chill
MARCH 4, 2010
Leave Blog Comments Most blog comments are nofollowed (this means search engines aren’t supposed to give weight to the link, though I believe Yahoo and Bing still do) so they don’t provide much link juice directly. Add Links to Your Forum Signatures Unlike blogs where you get nofollow links for contributing to the discussion, most forums allow you to have a (followed) link in your signature, every time you make a post. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!"
Bare Feet Studios
MAY 27, 2009
The guidelines are not mandatory at this point tho they do clearly explain several best practices.
Viper Chill
AUGUST 12, 2010
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 86 Comments Dan says: August 12, 2010 at 10:35 am Great piece, I love how your using this article to show the tips you are suggesting. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!"
Viper Chill
APRIL 26, 2010
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 75 Comments Casual says: April 26, 2010 at 11:25 am Great post, as usual. as a guideline, take a look at which infographics have been successfully promoted on digg: [link] feel free to reach out anytime. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!"
Viper Chill
AUGUST 18, 2010
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 88 Comments Onibalusi Bamidele says: August 18, 2010 at 11:18 am Really great post Glen, Exactly! Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!"
Viper Chill
JULY 19, 2010
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 126 Comments Dan says: July 19, 2010 at 8:24 am Too cool Glen, I find myself copy and pasting every article to all my web guys. Anybody who follows your guidelines can have success even in competitive niches. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!"
Viper Chill
MAY 20, 2010
As I’m my own guru, I like to set my own guidelines. target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 127 Comments Oscar - freestyle mind says: May 20, 2010 at 1:12 pm Happy birthday again Glen. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!"
Viper Chill
OCTOBER 26, 2009
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 64 Comments Dragos Roua says: October 26, 2009 at 11:27 am Yeap,I couldn’t agree more on step 7. In the spirit of this article, I submit the following creative guidelines that have helped my clients generate superior content and work a little less.
Viper Chill
AUGUST 25, 2010
Do Whatever the Hell You Want This post was with the aim of offering a guideline, rather than something you should follow word for word. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!"
Viper Chill
OCTOBER 28, 2009
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 59 Comments Leo Fogarty says: October 28, 2009 at 3:10 pm Brilliant post Glen. Please i look forward to your guidelines Reply Anthony V. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!" You are here: ViperChill » SEO » How I Ranked for 66,000 Visitors Worth of Keywords How I Ranked for 66,000 Visitors Worth of Keywords Written by Glen, this post has 59 Comments A few years ago, SEO was far more robotic than it is today.
Viper Chill
MARCH 22, 2010
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 148 Comments Benny the Irish polyglot says: March 22, 2010 at 11:17 am Great post as always! Some guidelines are good, but we should all break free from there Although, I’d disagree with this post proving that the first sentence is less important.
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