2016: Manual Link Building & SEO

We’re edging ever closer to 2016, and already prediction posts are publishing. Recently, hoopla around manual link building arose when a 2016-focused post predicted its demise. My fellow columnist Eric…

How To Maintain Your Rankings After A Site Redesign: An Interview With Joe Hall

A big thanks to our Pubcon 2014 sponsor, LinkResearchTools, your off-page SEO toolkit. Link Detox: Recover – Protect – Build. At Pubcon 2014 in Las Vegas, I had the opportunity…

Google Isn’t Spying On You, Says Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt

Criticism against the search giant for allegedly spying on its users isn’t going unheard, as Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt reportedly shot back in defense of his company at a…

A Serious Talk About The Unified Search Marketing Code of Ethic

Editor Note: This “pro” post is part of a two-part series about the proposed Search Marketing Code of Ethics, as presented by SEMPO at SearchCongress.org. To read the “anti” viewpoint…

5 Sources of Online

Online traffic is one of the key performance indicators for online businesses, as it directly affects the number of leads your business acquires. Most online marketers focus their attention on…

Take Charge of Your SEO With Five Tools No One is Talking About

SEO still matters. Jean Dion recently wrote a piece detailing why search engine optimization is still very much on the plate. You still want to use properly placed keywords, draft blog…

Google’s Local Search Algorithm Is Rolling Out To UK, Canada, And Australia

Earlier this summer Google introduced an algorithm specifically designed to improve local search results. At first it was only rolled out in the US, but now there’s evidence to suggest…

SEO 101: How to Find The Best SEO Agency For You

As a business, you are held accountable for every dollar you spend. If you are not seeing an acceptable ROI from your SEO marketer, then they are failing you. The…

Forget Conversions! High SERP Rankings Maybe a Strong Brand Booster

Brands are like people: both have a physical structure, a name, a personality, and a reputation. Both can be respected or even loved, liked, and considered as part of our…

Monitor Backlinks Review: The Good, The Bad, and The Awesome

This is a sponsored post. I was given an account with Monitor Backlinks to review for SEJ readers. What I really like about SEO tools, particularly Monitor Backlinks, is not just the detailed information you…