SEO News: Panda 4.1 Released

SEO News: Panda 4.1 Released

Today on Google Plus, Google’s Pierre Far announced that a Panda algorithm update has been rolling out since early this week, and that Google expects to have the update completely in place sometime next week. I, and many others, are already calling it Panda 4.1, since it

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Blog SEO: Domain vs Subdomain

Blog SEO: Domain vs Subdomain

The other day I wanted to install WordPress on a client’s site. The people who built his site tried to inform me that the blog would be better off on a subdomain than in a subfolder. My heart sank and I was speechless as I digested the

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What is YMYL?

What is YMYL?

YMYL is a Your Money or Your Life Page. These are pages which could potentially impact the future happiness, health, or wealth of users. According to Google’s 2014 Quality Rater Guidelines, this is what YMYL is. While I can not post exact details of Google’s confidential rater

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Why HTTPS will be an important SEO factor

Why HTTPS will be an important SEO factor

August 6, 2014 Google announced that security and Internet safety is a top priority for Google, including the websites that people access from Google. High quality, unique content and natural links / SEO remains the most important factors in SEO, however, HTTPS is now a factor for

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What is a Topical Authority Domain?

What is a Topical Authority Domain?

Throughout this blog you will often see the phrases “topical authority domain” or “topically relevant domain”. What is a Topical Authority Domain? A topical authority domain is a domain, or website, that ranks very well for a particular topic due to the topically relevant content on the

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What is the best website for SEO?

What is the best website for SEO?

One of the very first things that a client usually asks me is “What is the best website for SEO?” 99% of the time, my answer is WordPress. Below is why. Using WordPress isn’t going to magically make your site rank #1 for your desired key phrase,

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Are all SEO people crazy?

Are all SEO people crazy?

Join any social media network and you will see two things almost immediately. Spam and SEO people (or sometimes “SEO people” spamming). I myself avoided the SEO title for many years. SEO is a four letter word to many people. Unfortunately, on some networks these people think

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