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The task of search engine optimization, or boosting your webpage's rank in search engine results, is vital to the success of your website. No matter how valuable your site's content, you won't get traffic if it doesn't appear high on the list of search results for its niche.

SEO has changed dramatically over the years, responding in large part to changes made to the search engines themselves. As searching technology improves and becomes more sophisticated, the path to the first page of search engine results changes. Many old SEO tactics no longer work, and some things that didn't even exist a decade ago are now of utmost importance to page ranking.

To help you navigate these changes, this guide will look at the current state of SEO and provide you with practical tips for acquiring backlinks and boosting your site's visibility. Most importantly, these tips have been identified by SEO experts as having sticking power. By employing these strategies, you can ensure the value of your site in the long-term, weathering the storms of Google algorithm changes without suffering a loss in page rank.

I hear reciprocal links are OK. Is this true?

Reciprocal links were once the thing to do at the turn of the century.  Many feel a reciprocal link negates the value.  This does not seem to be the case.  One cannot say all reciprocal links are bad.  For example if the New York Times interviewed me and linked to this site, I most certainly […]

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Webmaster Tools – How do I remove a penalty?

If Google Webmaster Tools says that your site has been penalized, there are some actions to take.  Unfortunately, not every penalty can be removed.  Not every site will recover from a penalty.  If you had a good site with quality linking that historically was “natural”, but during a period of time went spammy, then there […]

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Directories – Is paying for a manual review bad?

If a directory charges a fee to do a manual review and the directory is relevant to your sites topic, pay the fee.  This is a business decision, not a search decision.  Yes, you are spending money for a link on a web page.  But that page is a relevant directory. There are paid directories […]

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Are Press Releases Spam?

Google says press releases including anchor text do not help search rank.  While not all press releases are spam, pr web, business news wire, etc will allow you to put what ever links you would like.  As such, this is a spam.  Anchor text and keyword stuffed releases offer no value. Some press releases are […]

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Link Disavow

Can the link disavow tool be used more than once?  Yes, use it more than once.  However, disavow a different collection of URLs each time.  Do not disavow the same URL more than once. The bigger question is whether or not to use it at all.  Some may be concerned that Google is using this […]

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Introduction

The age of search engine optimization is moving from the wild, wild, west where the one with the most keywords stuffed into meta tags won to an era where human readable content that adds value overall is the winner. That being said, assigning authority to this human-readable content is Googles mission.  Google attempts to return […]

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