Tag Archives: penalties

Google’ switch from SEO to Content Marketing. Can it really work?

There is much talk about the ‘Death of SEO’ about on the Internet streets these days, a topic that I have dealt with in previous blog posts. One of the latest factors being pointed to as a sign that SEO … Continue reading

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Why We Should Stop Worrying About Google Updates!

Google Updates, they strike fear into many an SEO professional and worry some website owners to death. The former stress out because if they have been doing things the wrong way they can lose the rankings they have previously gained … Continue reading

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Make sure your SEO techniques are correct

Making sure you do not fall foul of SEO techniques, particularly with the new Google algorithms where many who thought they were following the rules discovered that they need to change how they do things.   Whenever you are planning … Continue reading

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Using only white hat methods will ensure you don’t break the rules

There has been some concern about Google Penguin and how it might affect a website’s position in the organic rankings. Trying to find out how to avoid losing position can be quite difficult because there are so many variables. However, … Continue reading

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Of Cheats, Penalties and What Google Wants

There is a lot of discussions going on the moment about some new Google rule changes, these concerning the issue of having too many ads on your site. The word is that having too many ads ‘above the fold’ on … Continue reading

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Analysing the traffic on other peoples websites

When you are considering placing links on other sites for SEO / backlinks purposes you don’t really have to know what sort of traffic a website gets, after all, all you want is the ‘Link Juice’ that these links give. … Continue reading

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Buying Links is Bad – But That Does Not Seem to Stop People Buying Them!

As anyone in the SEO world knows, buying links is frowned upon on the basis that these links have not been ‘earned’ and therefore Google will ignore them. Does Google Penalise Sites That Buy Links? Some say that Google even … Continue reading

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SEO and Scare Stories….

Lets be clear on this, there are a lot of ‘scare’ stories out there in the SEO world. Some may, just be true but some defy logic and I simply don’t believe all that I read and would advise anyone … Continue reading

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How Google Rates Pages as Spam

As my readers will know, SOM’s website has a ‘When, Why, What is and How’ section, all the pages being designed to inform about SEO, SEM and Social Media Marketing. My last item was about ‘How Google Rates Pages’ and … Continue reading

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Want to KNOW What Google is Looking For….?

How Google Rates Pages In It’s Search Engine Results We all know that Google has incredible computing power and some very complex algorithms, both of which it uses to compile its Search Engine Rankings,  But what you may not know … Continue reading

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