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How We Increased Our Organic Search Traffic By Using HitTail. There is no such thing as Author Rank. Yet. Disambiguation: This article is about Author Rank.

There is no such thing as Author Rank. Yet.

For our Authorship related articles click here. Author Rank is a popular concept in the SEO industry and one of the hottest topics in 2012. What I find strange about the whole thing is that nobody has any shred of proof that Author Rank plays any role in Google’s search algorithm today. What Your Business Needs to Know About Facebook’s EdgeRank.

Facebook recently introduced the ability for brands to increase reach for important posts and updates, but that reach comes at a cost. The prices varies depending on how many fans you have in your community. This new feature coincided with changes to the company’s Edgerank algorithm, which is how Facebook automagically filters posts in and out of your stream. Why You Might Want to Do SEO on Someone Else's Site - Whiteboard Friday. OK, we know what you're all saying.

Why You Might Want to Do SEO on Someone Else's Site - Whiteboard Friday

You're saying, "But…why would I want to help someone else rank for my brand? " Stick with us, though. You can leverage the strength and authority of other sites to help increase the authority of your own site. This week, Rand discusses this theory and shares a few reasons why (along with examples of how) you should work SEO on someone else's page to help yourself.

Have you tried this tactic before? "Howdy SEOmoz fans. Learning SEO Online, the Best Places to Get Started. I always have to chuckle when people ask me what university or school I went to learn SEO.

Learning SEO Online, the Best Places to Get Started

As far as I’m aware, there are still no accredited courses available for learning SEO anywhere. The web itself however is a great place to start, and even though you won’t end up with an official degree in SEO, the hands-on experience you get is priceless, especially when you’re able to deliver results for your company. Some of my favorite places to sharpen SEO skills can be found below: DistilledU The SEO geniuses at Distilled started the Distilled U program about six months ago and it has become the go-to tool for every new SEO that we hire at the moment. SEOmoz No list would be complete without the essential Beginners Guide to SEO which SEOmoz has been managing and updating for several years now.

SEOTools A relatively new kid on the block, created by an old-school SEO legend, Aaron Wall. Link Building Course by PointblankSEO Jon Cooper, an up and comer in the SEO industry, loves building links. Google Analytics Comes to Mobile Apps. Google is bringing its Analytics to mobile apps — both Android and iOS-based — to help give developers greater visibility into their apps' performance.

Google Analytics Comes to Mobile Apps

The free tool, called Mobile App Analytics, is being released in beta on Friday. The reports are designed to give developers (and the brands they work for) data about who is using the apps, how they're using it and if that use is leading to purchases. JiaJing Wang, product manager for the Google Analytics Team, says that such data is already out there, but not all in one place. "You can get information in different places," he says, "but you can't engage from it and make a determination from it.

" The slides below illustrate the type of information available from App Analytics: SEO: The Free Beginner’s Guide From SEOmoz. Ex-Googler: "To Please Google With Your SEO, Forget About SEO" It’s not everyday you get to hear from someone that’s worked on Google’s Search Quality/Webspam team and isn’t named Matt Cutts.

Ex-Googler: "To Please Google With Your SEO, Forget About SEO"

But Andre Weyher, whose LinkedIn profile lists a two-year stint as a member of the search quality team, recently spoke with James Norquay, a search/digital marketer based in Australia, and shared some interesting comments that may — and I’ll say more about this below — help search marketers and webmasters understand a little better how Google views certain SEO strategies and tactics.

NOTE: Before publishing, we asked Google for a comment on this story. It declined. 10 Dead Simple Tips to Take Advantage of Google+ for SEO. Flashlight Apps, Natural Peanut Butter, and GPS Mounts. 15 Quick Ways to Shrink Page Load Times. While more and more people are using faster Internet connections, there seems to be less emphasis by web developers on optimizing pages for faster load times.

15 Quick Ways to Shrink Page Load Times

We’re seeing more and more widgets and javascript-heavy pages that take a long time to load, even on fast Internet connections. It’s a breath of fresh air when a website loads quickly and cleanly. Web developers sometimes neglect some simple rules when it comes to developing a fast website, which really hurts the user’s experience. Fast page load times are crucial for keeping users happy. This is especially true for ecommerce websites. Faster pages make a better user experience. Slow load times can be a killer to even the best web design. 1. There are a lot of these tools, but I’ve always used the Web Page Analyzer to check for general errors and seeing the “health” of my site in terms of load times. Fast loading Website Tips. 10 Important Tips for a fast loading web site It is important to have a reasonably fast loading web site so that viewers are not made to wait for a long time and to accommodate users on slow internet connections.

Fast loading Website Tips

Search engine algorithms also do take into consideration your load time. Learn how to create and maintain a fast loading web site with these useful tips on load time and website optimization. Follow these tips while designing, programming and maintaining your web-site: Optimize your HTML code Make sure that your site doesn't have any unwanted tags or broken links and that it is optimized for load time. Please like, +1, link to and share this SmartWebby resource if you found it helpful. Scraping data from a list of webpages using Google Docs. Quite often when you’re looking for data as part of a story, that data will not be on a single page, but on a series of pages.

Scraping data from a list of webpages using Google Docs

To manually copy the data from each one – or even scrape the data individually – would take time. 5 Google Paid Search Products You Need to Know. For many digital marketers, the fall of 2011 might be remembered for bringing dynamic advertising to paid search.

5 Google Paid Search Products You Need to Know

Google's newest offering, said to flip "the search engine on its head," does away with the traditional keyword advertising approach in lieu of matching landing pages with the right user search. Dynamic Search Ads is just one of dozens of innovations Google has made to its AdWords product over the past few years.

Google paid search has evolved to include everything from video to coupons and a call feature, all in the name of improving advertiser results. Not every Google product is a good fit for every advertiser - in fact, some of its offerings aren't even available to the masses yet. The media database and portal for PRs and journalists. Expired Domains & Expiring Domains: Find Your Gem at Registercompass. How To Make Your Content Pay. Want to read more content best practices? Check these out: Allow them to insert a page of information related to their business and co-brand the piece for their own use.

Odds are many of the firms you might target for this sharing approach know they need to be more involved in the tough task of content creation and will welcome a valuable chunk dropping in their laps. Quora. The Numbers. Cms.searchenginewatch.com/digital_assets/3342/filthy_linking_rich.pdf. Online Project Management. 25 Ways to Get Penalized in 2012. Have you seen a recent drop in your website’s traffic levels?

25 Ways to Get Penalized in 2012

Perhaps you’ve received a notification of unnatural SEO practices in your Google Webmaster Tools account? Unfortunately, SEO penalties can happen to any website, at any time. While it is possible to repair the damage incurred by these negative effects, it’s ultimately much more effective to take a proactive stance on penalty prevention by avoiding the following known penalty causes: 1.

Cheap spam links That “10,000 links for $10” offer you see being advertised on Fiverr and other services won’t actually be a great deal if the influx of new, low value backlinks pointing at your website triggers an SEO penalty! 2. Buying links for advertising purposes is find, but be sure they’re denoted as sponsor links and use “nofollow” attributes appropriately. 3. 4.

The search engine robots become more advanced every day when it comes to the types of files they’re able to crawl and understand. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Simple SEO Software - Scribe. Best of the Web Corporate Site. JoeAnt.com Directory. BuiltWith Technology Lookup. GoTryTHIS Blog – Increase clicks and track all your marketing. iBusinessPromoter SEO - Search engine optimization software with ranking guarantee. How to Find Negative SEO Links Aimed at Your Site. Managing Large Teams of Writers Under Short Deadlines.