Ranking Signals

[...] Fish & Chips.  Google understands this too, and for years they’ve used anchor text as a ranking signal.  Makes sense. Any good SEO has been well aware that anchor text factors into the ranking [...]

[...] been added to Google’s index. This got us thinking – could indexed pages be a ranking signal? Here’s a look at some of the information provided in the new feature: Google Webmaster [...]

[...] pages have been added to Google's index. This got us thinking - could indexed pages be a ranking signal? Here's a look at some of the information provided in the new feature: [...]

Google’s Penguin update generated a TON of talk about site links. Most of the time when SEOs and webmasters are talking about links, they’ [...]

[...] things being equal, more links to your site from relevant, authoritative sites, means higher organic rankings. This realization lead to the practice of link building services and a proliferation of [...]

[...] you haven’t read the book “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, your organic rankings could be at risk! It turns out that having enemies on the web can kill your SEO. For years, [...]

[...] ) of keyword rich anchor links on irrelevant (spam) sites to inflate PageRank and improve organic rankings. Here’s a great example: Take a look at this website – http://www.salafiyat.com/ [...]

[...] (like this one) to grab some low-hanging traffic? Have any of you experienced a drop in organic rankings or traffic following any of the previous data refreshes?  What exactly is a “data [...]

[...] , deindexing sites like BuildMyRank.com and even SEO company iAcquire. In the wake of the Penguin update, companies found using links from these shady sources have seen their rankings go to [...]

[...] ;t love without.” The buzz around paid linking has been strong ever since Google’s Penguin update and it doesn’t look like it’s going to die down any time soon. If you’re [...]

[...] Forums: Google Algorithm Changes How has your traffic been impacted as a result of Google's Penguin update? [...]

[...] for a focus on content marketing and link bait for several years.  However, with the recent Penguin update, the value of several bulk or spam link building techniques and the weight associated with [...]

[...] % of English searches.” For those of you living under a rock for the last three months, Google Penguin is an algorithm update designed to penalize sites not adhering to Google’s Webmaster [...]

[...] . You need an SEO strategy that is immune to Google’s constant algorithmic tweaks. Google Penguin has come and gone, but many webmasters and business owners are still trying to figure out why [...]

[...] If your website has been penalized with this latest update, your enemy now has a name – Google Penguin. Officially let out of its cage on April 24, 2012, Google unleashed Penguin to find and [...]

[...] updates Google has implemented (and the possible takeaways from an SEO perspective): Google Updates: Improvements to ranking for news results Better detection of major news events Smoother [...]

[...] Google algorithm updates (wait… if you didn’t need to keep up with the latest Google updates, you wouldn’t need to read our website either – so, errr… just keep on [...]

Just when you thought it things Google algorithm update land were starting to calm down, Matt Cutts Tweets, “Minor weather report: We pushed 1st [...]

Forums: Google Algorithm Changes How has your traffic been impacted as a result of Google's Penguin update? [...]