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Q3 Google Panda Update

[caption id="attachment_27651" align="alignright" width="259" caption="Google has some big ideas, and Panda is just one of them."][/caption] Did Q3 signal the end of Google Panda's ability to strike terror into the hearts of SEOs? With each passing month, and each Panda refresh, the number of search queries impacted by Google's bad-content killer keeps getting smaller. Here's…

Hubspot Page Grader Product Review

Getting a handle on what Google really wants and whether you're providing it or not is question that keeps plenty of SEOs up at night. So how can anyone possibly know what Google is really looking for? That's where SEO tools like the Hubspot's Page Grader come into the picture. This tool is included with…

Avoiding the Next Penguin Update

Now that it's been a few months since the Penguin update took its toll, many affiliates are asking what they can do avoid further trouble? After all, Matt Cutts has already warned that the next round of Penguin will be jolting and jarring. We posed that question to the experts on our SEO Roundtable: How…

How Long Before Penguin Fixes Kick In?

Just about everyone with a link or two, or two hundred, on their site has felt some impact from last spring's Google Penguin update. In the months since then SEOs have been scrambling to clean up their links and get their traffic back. But once you've done all that work, how long should you expect…

Google Rolls Out Panda Refresh

[caption id="attachment_27047" align="alignright" width="215" caption="This Panda's not so bad."][/caption] Google recently rolled out another Panda refresh that shows just how effective the once feared update has been. This latest refresh,  impacted just 0.7% of all queries; the smallest number yet. The refresh was announced through Google's official Twitter feed in the, now familiar, style: Panda…

Unforgettable SEO Quotes

[caption id="attachment_26984" align="alignright" width="170" caption=""SEO is not spam," Matt Cutts"][/caption] The world of SEO is full of memorable moments, unforgettable characters and is definitely fertile ground for memorable quotes. Here are a few of our very favorite quotable SEO moments. SEO is like acupuncture and homeopathy: It works even if you don’t know how or…

Google Algorithm Updates Top Concern for SEMs

If Google algorithm changes are keeping you up at night, you're hardly alone. Ninety percent of SEMs are feeling significant impact from Google algorithm changes and the rise of mobile search. That's the major take away from the SEMPO State of Search Marketing Report 2012. The report drew from over 900 survey responses from SEMs…

Is Negative SEO for Real?

[caption id="attachment_26731" align="alignright" width="275" caption="Negative SEO is as black hat as it gets."][/caption] Can your competitors use negative SEO to tank your page rankings? That's a subject that's long been debated by SEOs and has gained new relevance since Google's notorious Penguin update. Penguin gave negative SEO practitioners a major boost by punishing sites for…

Google Timeline: The Search Engine’s Most Powerful Events To Date

Affiliates and Google have a love-hate relationship that usually veers more towards hate than love. Here are a few of Google's biggest moments for affiliates over the years. 1998 - Google Incorporates While thousands of affiliate partners go on about their lives, Larry Page and Sergey Brin are about to unleash Google on the world.…