Link prospecting is an integral part of every outreach campaign. Knowing what factors make a site right for outreach saves you lots of time and helps you climb the SERPs in a faster, safer way. However, Google has undergone very significant changes in the way it gauges the relevance of sites in the wake of the Panda, Penguin and Hummingbird updates. What was a good link prospect two years ago may not necessarily be a good one today. [Read more…]
Building the On-Site SEO Foundation for Content Marketing Campaigns
In the last few years, content marketing has become one of the most popular ways to reach your target audience online. It’s easy to learn, it doesn’t require big investments and its payoffs can be monumental. When done right, content marketing can establish your brand as an authority in your niche. Authority, of course, can be leveraged into influencing the buying decisions of your prospects to favor your products and services. [Read more…]
Panda 4.0 Simplified: What it is and How to Deal with It
Originally launched in February of 2011, the Google Panda update was developed to keep low-quality content off the top pages of the Big G’s search results. Since then, Panda went through dozens of refreshes virtually every month. Panda rollouts became so common that Google stopped making big announcements and the SEO world just learned to live with it. [Read more…]