Link building is a complicated art form with many different tactics and approaches. Despite being one of the most mature processes in SEO, there’s still much disagreement about what makes a “bad” or “good” link building strategy, including effectiveness vs. risk, and what tactics Google can detect or punish a website for. This post will … Read more
This week’s Ask An SEO question comes from Nazim from Islamabad, who asks: “I have a price comparison/aggregator website with my country’s domain. I want to ask what type of backlinks/guests posts should I have (local/international). Also, I should build backlinks to my homepage or category/individual pages, too? Besides are (name removed) and (name removed) … Read more
If your business isn’t building quality backlinks, you’re not increasing prominence. If you’re not increasing prominence, you’re missing one of the fundamental criteria to rank higher in the search engine results pages (SERPs). As Google shares, prominence is based on “information that Google has about a business, from across the web, like links, articles, and … Read more
Google’s Gary Illyes recently answered the question of whether one should spend time fixing backlinks with wrong URLs that are pointing to a website, known as broken backlinks. The answer is interesting because it suggests a way of considering this issue in a completely unorthodox manner. Google: Should Broken Backlinks Be Fixed? During a recent … Read more
If your business isn’t building quality backlinks, you’re not increasing prominence. If you’re not increasing prominence, you’re missing one of the fundamental criteria to rank higher in the search engine results pages (SERPs). As Google shares, prominence is based on “information that Google has about a business, from across the web, like links, articles, and … Read more
Google’s John Mueller answered a question on Reddit about what to do about an increase in spammy backlinks that are perceived as having a negative impact on rankings. Mueller’s answer showed what publishers should focus on. Noticing Spammy Backlinks The person asking the question said that they had noticed an increase in spammy backlinks and … Read more
Learn how Hunter recovered 66 lost backlinks in just 30 days. Find effective tactics for backlink reclamation and protect your SERP positions. Source link
Backlinks continue to be an important ranking factor in 2023 — and it seems it never changes. But what kind of backlinks matter most in SEO? Editorial links, pillar links, sitewide links? What’s the difference between them? Which are worth the effort? In this guide, I’ll share 20 different types of backlinks in SEO with … Read more
If you want to drive organic traffic to your website, you must understand two critical aspects of SEO strategy: Relevance Authority With relevance, the key is knowing what your audience is searching for and providing the highest quality and most relevant content so it’s a no-brainer for Google to serve it up to them. But … Read more
Listen NEW! Listen to article Sign in or sign up to access this audio feature! No worries … it’s FREE! Digital strategies are dictating PR campaign tactics more than ever: Almost two-thirds of communication industry experts agree that digital marketing and PR tactics must be used more collaboratively. I agree, but despite the great digital … Read more
1. Toxic Backlinks Are From Spammy Sites Most people are smart enough to know a Nigerian prince doesn’t really want to give them $10 million, but are you just as smart when it comes to noticing spammy backlinks? There are entire websites dedicated to selling illegal or irrelevant products and these sites are usually packed … Read more
A huge part of the link building process is outreach. This is the step where you approach other websites and see if they will link to you. They may link to you for a range of reasons such as you’ve created a great piece of content or you’ve told them about a broken link and … Read more
