SEO professionals use Blackhat SEO and White hat SEO techniques to get their sites listed in the search engines. Among these two, Blackhat SEO techniques are the negative one to boost your SEO performance. The HowToSpotter team has listed five Blackhat SEO techniques that can hurt their websites. HowToSpotter team says, “If any of the search engines (especially Google) find you violating their terms, the first thing they do is ensure that your website doesn’t appear anywhere on the first few pages of the search results. That means that all your optimization resulted merely in a waste... [...]

With continuous updates coming from the search giants it is very important to keep your sites in tune with the latest algorithms. Search Engine Land columnist Eric Enge has shared some tips on how to find out how Google treats your web pages in terms of keywords. Enge says, “Just because you create webpages targeting a certain keyword phrase or in a specific topic area does not mean you will rank for those terms.  In short, we don’t know if Google is “buying” it. Let’s set the context here: You want to rank for a specific search phrase but currently, do not. Google is ranking your... [...]

MOZ has published the Whiteboard Friday video featuring Rand Fishkin on ‘How (and Whether) to Invest in and Structure Online Communities’. The MOZ team says, “Building an online community sounds like an attractive idea on paper. A group of enthusiastic, engaged users working on their own to boost your brand? What’s the hitch? Well, building a thriving online community takes a great deal of effort, often with little return for a very long time. And there are other considerations: do you build your own platform, participate in an existing community, or a little of both?... [...]

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is itself a challenging domain with the continuous updates in the search engine algorithms. MOZ columnist Serge Stefoglo has shared an article focusing the three challenges SEOs face and how they can deal with them. Stefoglo says, “I would enjoy starting a conversation around these challenges with any of you so please grab me at SearchLove (plug: our San Diego conference is selling out quickly and is my favorite) or MozCon to bounce off more ideas! 1. My client doesn’t understand the value of SEO and it’s difficult to prove ROI The value of SEO is... [...]

MarTech Today has released the ‘Enterprise SEO Platforms 2018: A Marketer’s Guide’ report. MarTech Today’s latest publication of the “Enterprise SEO Platforms 2018: A Marketer’s Guide” examines the market for SEO platforms and the considerations involved in implementation. The 55-page report reviews the growing market for SEO platforms, plus the latest trends, opportunities and challenges. In this report you will learn:  Who the leading players are in enterprise SEO platforms What you should look for in a SEO solution What trends are driving the adoption... [...]

MOZ has published a case study titled ‘The Google Ranking Factor You Can Influence in an Afternoon’. The study features some proven strategies to boost Google ranking. On writing content, Jeff Baker says, “Watching us SEOs respond to Google updates is hilarious. We’re like a floor full of day traders getting news on the latest cryptocurrency. One of the most prominent theories that made the rounds was that longer content was the key to organic ranking. I’m sure you’ve read plenty of articles on this. We at Brafton, a content marketing agency, latched onto that one for a... [...]

When it comes to search engine optimization (SEO), apart from the quality of your content, the loading time of your site also matters. Search Engine Land contributor Bobby Lyons has published an article highlighting some tips to improve the website speed and performance to enhance your SEO. Lyons says, “Success in search engine optimization (SEO) requires not only an understanding of where Google’s algorithm is today but an insight to where Google is heading in the future. Based on my experience, it has become clear to me Google will place a stronger weight on the customer’s experience... [...]

MOZ has published the Whiteboard Friday video featuring Rand Fishkin on ‘Using the Cross Domain Rel=Canonical to Maximize the SEO Value of Cross-Posted Content’. The MOZ team says, “Same content, different domains? There’s a tag for that. Using rel=canonical to tell Google that similar or identical content exists on multiple domains has a number of clever applications. You can cross-post content across several domains that you own, you can benefit from others republishing your own content, rent or purchase content on other sites, and safely use third-party distribution... [...]

HubSpot has published a free guide ’20 SEO Myths You Should Leave Behind in 2018′ to help marketers achieve SEO success. About the guide To say SEO has “changed a lot” would be the understatement of the decade. We’ll often see multiple updates per year from Google – including the mobile intrusive interstitials penalty rollout in January, the unconfirmed “Fred” update in March, and the October launch of Chrome 62, which raised the importance of protecting content with SSL encryption. As a result, marketers are faced with the challenge of educating themselves about... [...]

MOZ columnist Jackie Francis has published the ‘3-Step Guide to Reviewing Web Page Content’. This guide is aimed at helping marketers review their content and make required improvements for the SEO purposes. Talking about the guide Francis says, “In SEO, reviewing content is an unavoidable yet extremely important task. As the driving factor that brings people to a page, best practice dictates that we do what we can to ensure that the work we’ve invested hours and resources into creating remains impactful and relevant over time. This requires occasionally going back and... [...]