DMOZ Drops Over 1 Million Sites From Directory?

Did you notice that DMOZ, one of the oldest and largest human crafted web directories, has removed over 1 million sites and 10,000 editors from their directory?

The Link Builder’s Brick Wall, And How To Vault It

After having more of a management role in my company for the last few years, I’d almost forgotten how easy it is to burn out when it comes to link building. But lately, I’ve been in the trenches myself, and I’ve approached that brick wall that we all hit at some point.

Luckily, I’ve learned a few tricks to help me, and my employees, whenever we’re ready to throw our hands in the air and walk out. And I’ll share them with you here.

New To Google Author Rank? Tips On Building Your Rank

Gaining an advantage when it comes to content creation is vital: with so many competitors out there, it can be absolutely overwhelming to get your content featured in the top search results.

Webmasters have had their own ways of boosting exposure since the first days of search engine optimization, but it is a constantly evolving process. Nowadays, major search engines like Google are jumping into the fray, giving quality content creators the ability to have their content featured – with Google’s backing. Below, we’ll outline several ways in which you can boost your Google Author Rank and gain needed exposure.

“How Google Search Works” - Releases Interactive Infographic Secrets

Every wondered how Google Search works, finds pages from across the web and decides how to list them in response to a search? If so, Google’s got a new resource designed to answer questions. Called “How Search Works,” the new area announced today is an interactive infographic that explains more about the search process, including how Google deal with spam issues.

The new area was inspired by Google’s The Story Of Send, an interactive infographic that Google released last year to explain how it handles email.

Get 100 New Subscribers, or More, to Your Membership Site

Whether you have an existing membership site or you have an idea for one and are in the process of starting it up, you’ll have one burning question on your mind: how to get new members.

The truth is, no matter how many members you have today, or will have tomorrow, the amount of work you have to do to keep your site fresh and compelling is exactly the same, so you may as well continue to add paying members to make it worthwhile, right?

Is It Worth Obtaining No-Follow Links for Your Website?

We have seen a plethora of discussions over the months and years that debate whether or not it is in a webmaster’s best interests to pursue no-follow links. From a broad perspective, no-follow links are specifically coded to tell search engines not to follow or judge your website based on the content of these sites.

Various changes in recent years in regards to how people communicate and interact with one another has shifted this dynamic, with some no-follow links not being true to their name and instead providing positive or negative “karma” to a site.

5 Tips For Dealing With Duplicate Content

With the recent Panda 3.9 refresh, (not to mention a series of other algorithm updates that have surged through the web), the term “duplicate content” has been passed around somewhat more frequently. For those unsure of exactly what duplicate content is, this phrase basically refers to text that appears online at more than one URL. Whilst this many sound harmless enough, duplicate content actually poses a serious threat to your site. When search engines are presented with more than one piece of identical content, they are forced to try and decide which is the original, which more often than not leads to a dip in rankings and traffic.