One persistent rumor about Google is that the search giant favors big brands—“authority websites” and reputed sites of long standing—when it comes to search engine rankings. Prior to Google’s Penguin algorithm update, it was easy for small websites to rank ahead of big brands by using

Have you ever been searching for something (or for yourself or one of your competitors) and noticed that many of the organic search results seem much more appealing? You aren’t imagining things — and yes, you can make your search results do that too. Read on to learn how you can attra

A lot of newbie marketers have become anxious about attracting visitors to their websites out of a fear that Google might slap them for something they aren’t aware of. Sure, we know all about Google Panda and Penguin, but what if Google rolls out another update one of these days

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For the newbie webmaster, SEO can seem like a grueling process. You need to consider tons of things to get your site ready to impress the search engines. You strategize and design for optimization, with the hope that Google will pick up your site and award it favorable rankings. The s