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Losing Organic Traffic After A Redesign? Four Things to Check
While web designers and developers are often strong at designing and programming websites, not all are as well prepared to handle SEO issues,...
What The Government Shutdown Means For .gov SEO
As part of the US government shut down, many .gov sites have also shut down, replaced by messages like this: “Due to the lapse in federal...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Internal Linking Strategy
It’s not the first thing you think of when you hear “link building.” It’s definitely not the sexiest aspect of link building....
No, Microsoft Didn’t “Disappear” Kogan From Bing Over The “IE7 Tax”
Shopping site Kogan imposes an “Internet Explorer 7” tax. Kogan then mysteriously disappears from Microsoft’s Bing search...
The Latest & Greatest On SEO Pagination
Technical SEO topics such as pagination are near and dear to my heart. This article will build upon and update my previous treatment of...
Google’s Matt Cutts Offering More Detailed Video Search Tips
The Google Webmaster Blog announced a new format for Google’s Matt Cutts video tutorials. Instead of the short minute or so videos, Matt...
Google Disables URL Removals After Bug Allows Anyone To Remove Any Site
This morning, James Breckenridge discovered a loophole within Google’s Webmaster Tools that allowed anyone to remove any site from Google....
Google: rel=”canonical” Now Supported In HTTP Headers
Google announced they are now supporting the rel=”canonical” attribute within HTTP headers. This enables webmasters to set up a...
Google On Designing Mobile Friendly Websites
Pierre Far from Google wrote a blog post on how to design mobile friendly websites while considering Google’s webmaster guidelines and...
According To Google, The BBC = AmirGabriel.com
Here’s a weird one. Try a search for the BBC TV series Doctor Who on Google. You’ll find the official site, but look closely at the...
Getting The Credit Your Analytics Efforts Deserve
The population of search marketers out there (you’re a lovely people) relies heavily on analytics tools to capture and report on success,...
Why Mobile Searchers Need Mobile-Optimized Sites
In mobile SEO I straddle two industries: mobile marketing and search marketing, both of which contain smart people with good questions about...
Local Newspapers Need To Embrace SEO To Survive
It's no secret that newspapers have been struggling with the disruptive innovations introduced by Google, and this has resulted in some level of...
Calculating The True SEO Costs Of Major Site Changes
Your site will pay a penalty in search rankings when you make modifications to content, structure or domain name. Here's how to estimate what...
See What Googlebot Sees On Your Site
Google Webmaster Tools has just launched a “labs” section, where you’ll find new features that may be early in the development...
FeedBurner Goes 301 All The Way
The Google AdSense for Feeds (aka FeedBurner) blog announced that all of their links will be 301 redirected, as opposed to some that are 301...
A Case Study In Changing URL Structure
In one of the SMX videos available in the member’s area of Search Engine Land, several panelists noted that a shorter URL is more likely...
New York Times To Restore Links To IHT Stories In Coming Weeks
Over the weekend, the New York Times was once again ridiculed for how links to its former International Herald Tribune web site were not...
Do Links From Expired Domains Count With Google?
From time-to-time, issues about how domain names can impact Google rankings come up. Is it true that if you buy a name, all the “link...
The DiggBar Compromise: Show Framebar Only To Logged In Digg Users
Digg is promising a significant change to how its DiggBar framebar operates, one that should solve SEO concerns about how link credit is passed...
