All Entries in the "SEO Knowledgebase" Category
Does backlinks from Wikipedia help at all?
I have been testing multiple sites; sites with tons of backlinks no content and sites with awesome content and no backlinks and found SERPS still overwhelmingly favor backlinks over content despite what they say. But now I am in a interesting situation, I have a site with beautiful content and I want to see what [...]
Strictly Backlinks vs. Strictly Content who wins?
So since quitting my 9 to 5 and dedicating myself fully towards learning more about the web I have several projects I’ve been working on in tandem. I have sites with KICKASS content that is updated on a weekly if not daily basis. I’m talking original content that is quality. I then also have sites [...]
Page rank vs Authority Rank
When buying backlinks its important to know the difference between Page Rank and Authority Rank. Here is a quick paragraph below explaining the difference. Page rank is important but site authority is more important. Page Rank is what we all know to be that number that signifies how well a site ranks in Google’s search [...]
Best tool to use to check if Google has banned your website
I’ve looked around for a legit tool to use to see if Google’s sandboxed my site and I finally found one worth sharing to all you lovely people. http://onlinealley.com/seotools/googlebannedchecker/ Tada! Works great and makes sense. If you need to check if Google has sandboxed your site check it out.
Best Whois Site – Online Poll
Has anyone else noticed the new design of www.whois.net. I have no idea why after so long they decided to change their design that was working so well. The new whois.net doesn’t work half the time for me and frankly I hate it. Here are some whois services that I do like instead. www.whois.ws – [...]
When a solid domain name isn’t enough
I talked about the importance of selecting a keyword rich domain name in some previous posts, and I wanted to follow up with that post discussing some of the pitfalls. Lets revisit the scenario shall we? You are found a keyword that appears to not be that competitive. Its searched 1,000 times a month yet [...]
Excel SEO Tool
We came across some pretty cool tools for excel http://nielsbosma.se/projects/seotools/download/ The tool has some pretty cool functions like counting backlinks, seeing what the PR of backlinks are, counting word density etc. The nice thing is that since its already in excel you are able to manipulate the data into usable information quickly. Check it out. [...]
Google uses Backlinks (and is punished) for its own product
Google tried to create incentives for bloggers to link to their new campaign and were punished for 60 days from Google’s Matthew Cutts. What can we learn Backlinks are still and always will be important Being a developer as well as a web marketer you just have to put yourself in the position of making [...]
Proof 1 Backlink is better than 200 (literally)
One of the sites I have been working on has been getting about 300 unique hits in monthly traffic. I went online to see exactly what it was for and I was surprised it was for none of the keywords I had made hundreds of backlinks for. Since the site is not mine and a client’s [...]
Free Backlink Directories – Instant Submission
Below I will list a listing of all places I know to manually submit do follow backlinks. Please comment below if you know more places to add in and help build this page. I will keep updating. If you know of a place where it takes a couple days because they “review” or you have [...]