Google to Penalize BackLink Networks in Spain and Italy Many unscrupulous SEOs had learned that Google was paying less attention to spammy backlinks coming from non-US Countries. For example, there was a time where unscrupulous SEOs would use Russian and Polish link networks to get thousands of backlinks for their clients. It is quite easy...Read More

Google Had Experimented with No Linkage Data Many in the SEO community had often wondered what would happen to SERPs if Google were to one day get rid of linkage data. In other words, what would happen if all the backlinks SEO companies get you were to be discounted by Google. Will spam disappear? Will...Read More

Significant Shifts in Google’s Algorithm Thus Far in February for Those with Poor Backlinks  As many of you undoubtedly noticed, there were pretty wild swings in Google rankings that started this month. The ones who have been doing white-hat SEO should have noticed no change at all. However, those that had purchased links from various...Read More

Google Giving Certain Merchants Three Weeks to Save Their Google Place Listings We have long been predicting that one day all the shenanigans so called “SEO Companies” were doing to Google Places will one day come to an end. Well, that day is upon us. Google are sending out emails to certain merchants asking them...Read More

Hummingbird Google SEO  Since 09/26/13 many webmasters and site owners have noticed a significantly decline in rankings. So our office phone calls have been lit up by people who are calling wanting to find out why they lost their first page rankings. How Hummingbird Destroyed Blackhat Google SEO If you or your SEO company used...Read More

Google Has Changed How It Treats EMDs Once upon a time, EMDs (exact match domains) were king. This precedes Google, to a time when Yahoo! was merely a stand-alone directory, and that tradition carried on to Google. Having an EMD meant you would enjoy prominent rankings by the simple virtue of the fact that your...Read More

Does PageRank Matter to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) As of late we have been getting this question by one out of every five callers. Does PageRank matter? In other words, they are asking if they have a higher PageRank for their website than that of their competitors, will they rank higher for keyword searches on...Read More

Search Engine Optimization Pricing Lots of people often wonder if search engine optimization services are worth the admission fee. That is a valid question, as you have lots of options when it comes to driving traffic to a website. For example, you can advertise per click, you can advertise on various social media networking sites,...Read More

Search Engine Optimization Tips Lots have changed just in the past couple of weeks! So if you are still reading that book on search engine optimization or referencing the SEO tips and notes you took at that search engine optimization workshop last year, well, you are well behind the “SEO times” if you will. On...Read More

On the morning of 10/23/13, Matt Cutts gave a speech at Pubcon where he highlighted what Google search has in store. For those of us that are search engine optimization buffs, when Matt Cutts speaks we must listen. Here are some of the search engine optimization topics Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s Web Spam...Read More