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BANG Ouch Blow Up SEO Infographic - 5 Tips To Prevent #seo Pain via @Curagami

BANG Ouch Blow Up SEO Infographic - 5 Tips To Prevent #seo Pain via @Curagami | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
From www.curagami.com - October 3, 2015 1:16 PM

Bang Ouch Blow Up SEO Infographic
Our post (http://www.curagami.com/bang-ouch-blow-up-seo-infographic/?v=7516fd43adaa ) and infographic shares how easy it is to blow up had won seo due to inadvertent code, name or content changes. DON'T DO THESE 5 things!

We've done 3 out of these 5 (and we know better). It is EASY to damage your relationship with Google's spider and not even know it. Don't do these 5 THINGS and you will avoid some of the SEO pain we've experienced.  

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Pandas, Penguins, Hummingbirds, Oh My! How to Keep Up With the Latest SEO Trends

Pandas, Penguins, Hummingbirds, Oh My! How to Keep Up With the Latest SEO Trends | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
From blog.hubspot.com - April 2, 2014 4:46 PM
Learn how you can stay up to date on the latest SEO trends and algorithm updates.
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15 SEO Writing Tips [5 Infographic, 5 Marty]

15 SEO Writing Tips [5 Infographic, 5 Marty] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
From leaderswest.com - May 1, 2013 8:15 PM

This is an infographic about current SEO thinking with tips and tools to help sites rank better on search engines.

 

Most people have a general idea of how to optimize their content for search engines. That search engine algorithms are proprietary and evolving inevitably causes different opinions on SEO. Of course there’s another school of thought that minimal keyword research and a green-light from a SEO plugin are enough to publish a piece.

 

This infographic challenges writers and some of the preconceived notions about SEO. It has a mixture of tips and tools to help you rank better in search...


Via Lauren Moss, John Boitnott
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Marty's 5 SEO Writing Tips

I've written about how to write for humans and spiders extensively at http://scenttrail.blogspot.com/2009/03/seo-writing-2.html , but here are 5 "quick SEO Writing tips" to add to this excellent infographic:

5 More SEO Writing Tips
* Write out "Stop words" (words like I, and, but, we, them, they spiders can't understand).
* Be specific - one way to write out "stop words" is to be specific.

* Short Sentences - helps eliminate connections (and, but, thus, so).

* Short paragraphs - helps humans read online.

* Use subheads (H2s) - Only ONE H1, but you can have multiple H2s.

 

You may not know about "stop words". I was taught to gauge quality score by putting total words on the top and stop words on the bottom. If you have 10 words with 5 stop words you would have a "quality" score of 2.

I don't have to do the math anymore. Now I WRITE long and edit out as many stop words as I can before copy sounds spamming. Seeing words like "it", "they" or "them" I rewrite by being specific about those things. Sometimes I have to use alternative words since to use the main word to replace a non-specific word like "it" may mean the copy is too keyword dense.

Any word with MEANING is better than a stop word. Write "natural" and train your editing eye to see and replace stop words, long sentences and dense paragraphs. Web writing is more Hemingway than Faulkner, so punch those words out :).

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Martin (Marty) Smith's comment, May 2, 2013 12:52 PM
Great comment MizWalidah. I wold modify one point. Instead of "continually optimizing your meta keywords and tags" I would find ways to ping in fresh content such as User Generated Content from reviews or comments. Once a website I've SEOed is inside of Google's algorithm changing meta values that matter (mostly the page's title) can HURT SEO. I change titles VERY VERY carefully since the first rule of SEO is DO NO DAMAGE. The QDF (Quality Deserves Freshness) movement post Panda and Penguin LOVES it when a page pings, so I love the 1% of visitors who are willing to comment, review or otherwise contribute User Generated Content.

I DON'T play with meta nearly as much as you imply since to do so can look SPAMMY and cause real harm. The most important idea is creating content other people want to share. This is why I love GAMES and CONTESTS especially for bands. High engagement content such as Contests and Games can help with SEO and they can help create a distinct brand all bands need. Appreciate your enthusiasm, but be careful about meta (especially title) changes. Marty
Coralie D.'s curator insight, May 3, 2013 4:32 AM

Infographie sympa sur la rédaction SEO... A lire et relire, c'est toujours utile ! ;)
Joe Wise's curator insight, May 21, 2013 5:31 PM

Any of you SEO gurus out there care to confirm any of this?
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Why I'm Not A SEO via @Scenttrail Now #1 on Google! TY Readers & Sharers

Why I'm Not A SEO via @Scenttrail Now #1 on Google! TY Readers & Sharers | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
From www.scenttrail.com - May 22, 2015 11:20 AM

Why I'm Not A SEO
Thanks to readers and those who share the first part of our 3 part Why I'm Not A SEO triptych is now #1 on Google for the term. THANKS!

Why I'm Not A SEO on Scenttrail Marketing
http://www.scenttrail.com/why-im-not-an-seo/  

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Holiday SEO: How To Avoid Google’s Naughty List This Season

Holiday SEO: How To Avoid Google’s Naughty List This Season | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
From onlinebusiness.volusion.com - July 25, 2013 9:51 AM
Is your store's SEO naughty or nice? Read on to see how you can keep your online business on Google's good side when preparing for the holiday season.
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Great List of Naughting and Nice SEO Tactics: 

Nice SEO

  • Properly optimized on-page content and tags that are distinct from other pages’ content and tags
  • Unique content that’s truly helpful to your target audience
  • Natural links from respected sites that point back to your site or blog
  • Mentions on respected websites and in social media
  • A consistently updated blog that shares useful information
  • A social presence that brings value to its audience
  • User generated content such as reviews
  • Rich markup such as schema
  • An active Google+ author account that’s synced up with your blog
  • Clean site architecture that’s easily crawled and navigated

 

Naughty SEO

  • Irregular and inauthentic link building campaigns that result in sudden large numbers of low quality links
  • Purchased links on low quality link farms*
  • Dated link building tactics such as spammed blog comments and spinning content
  • “Spammy” or over-optimized tags and content, stuffed with keywords
  • Poor quality on-page content that offers little if any value to your target market
  • Sporadic involvement in the online ecosystem, such as social media
  • Excessive footer links that are clearly present for the search engines alone
  • Utilizing the same keyword anchor text across all backlinks
  • Linking externally to just one page on your site



Agree 100% November is way to late to correct bad #SEO behavior. NOW is when Google is setting up their Holiday index so get on the NICE side of Google / Santa ASAP. 

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5 SEO Mistakes That Even Experts Miss [+ Marty Note]

5 SEO Mistakes That Even Experts Miss [+ Marty Note] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
From www.quicksprout.com - January 17, 2013 2:23 PM
Tweet Tweet The SEO game has changed drastically over the last year.
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Great, insightful article here and yes I've missed at least one of these. The five tips shared in the article include:

* Too rich anchor text (non-random= "over optimized".

* Too many links too fast.

* Too many links to your homepage. 

* Creating tons of bad content (bad = not shared).

* Author Rank and other secrets to maximize authority. 

 

It can be hard for people coming into Internet marketing now to understand all this SEO roil. Keep in mind that Google ranks PAGES not websites and once a page is modeled (inside of Google) it has expectations about what is "normal".

If you violate your "normal" by 100% then you are spamming. This is why the More, Faster, Better rule is so important. You can't jump this shark. TIME is the only way to gradually increase your website's authority and content marketing. 

Dumping a bunch of anything (content, links, likes) on your site too fast send your URLs into "watch" status. Continue to violate and you are being reviewed by a Google editor and that review is NEVER a good thing. 

Don't make the mistakes outlined in this article and build with cool content people love on a steady pace of more, faster better and someday you will be an authority. Authority websites receive all kinds of traffic they aren't even after because Google trusts them to be relevant and have high quality.  

 


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