6 SEO Mistakes You Need to Stop Immediately
With digital marketing evolving at a rapid pace in recent years, staying ahead of the game has never been more difficult. There is an insane amount of competition in the […]
SEO Job Knowledge Interview Question #20: Define Duplicate Content
As hard as it is to assess ANY job candidate’s knowledge, it’s even harder with SEO candidates because there’s so much gray area in the industry. This blog series presents questions you […]
Overcoming the Duplicate Product Information Dilemma
Let’s face it. If your website consists of products that you buy from other manufacturers, you have a uniqueness problem. Not-so-ironically, you’re not alone. The hundreds of other sites selling […]
Clean Your Litter Box: Use Search Optimized Canonical Urls
Before you can go about optimizing a website, typically you have to go about making sure it’s search engine friendly first. After all, a keyword optimized site that doesn’t have […]
Every Webpage Needs a Canonical Tag. Here’s Why:
I’m not a huge fan of the canonical tag. While it has its merits, I consider it to be little more than a band-aid solution for serious website problems. But […]
Don’t Start Link Building Before You Take These 3 Critical Actions
Link building is fundamental to a successful SEO campaign. But before you jump in, there are several actions you need to take. What I’m about to show you will not […]
Duplicate Content Isn’t a Penalty, but It Is a Problem
People often talk about duplicate content penalties, but in reality there is no penalty whatsoever for having duplicate content on your site. It’s really just more of a self-inflicted wound. Let me […]
Update: The Complete Guide to Mastering Duplicate Content Issues
There is little doubt that duplicate content on a site can be one of the biggest battles an SEO has to fight against. Too many content management systems are designed […]
New Site Launch Tip #6: Delete Duplicate Content Created by Your CMS
Every content management platform has its own quirks but with all of them, duplicate content is a potential problem. Whether you run an ecommerce store or a blog, you have […]
Don't Let Duplicate Pages and Bad URLs Destroy Your SEO: Kill It Dead! (Part 3 of 3)
This series is pulled from a presentation given at SMX East. Part I of this series covered the problems duplicate content creates. Part II covered some of the causes of […]
Don't Let Duplicate Pages and Bad URLs Destroy Your SEO: Kill It Dead! (Pat 2 of 3)
This series is pulled from a presentation given at SMX East. Part I of this serious covered the problems duplicate content creates. This post covers the causes of duplicate content, […]
Don't Let Duplicate Pages and Bad URLs Destroy Your SEO: Kill It Dead!
Duplicate content is like a virus. When a virus enters your system, it begins to replicate itself until it is ready to be released and cause all kinds of nasty […]
Six Easy Ways to Eliminate Pesky Duplicate Content
Yeah, yeah, the search engines are getting smarter about duplicate content… blah, blah, blah. It’s no longer the problem it once was… yada, yada, yada. Google will get it all […]
Solvable Dynamic Content Problems
Years ago dynamic websites posed significant problems for search engines. While the engines have come a long way since the early days of dynamic website development, there are still some […]
Your Site is Keyword Optimized, But is it Search Engine Friendly? You Might Be Suprised!
There is a big difference between optimizing your site for keywords and making it search engine friendly. While one of the first steps in the optimization process should be focused […]