Google tries to scare you away from renting links, but their paid link detection algorithms are at best laughable. Which is why Matt Cutts puts so much effort into trying to scare you about bought links.
_________.com has repetitive and near machine generated sounding content, like
Loan calculators are made of different calculation types. In fact, for calculating the same type of loans, a large number of different calculator programs exist that will help you think about your loan and analyze your loans from different angles.
I recently created the internet marketing mind map, covering just about everything I know about online marketing.
I would love your feedback on the format, size, and content. Should I make more in depth mind maps for niche topics?
Update: Due to popular feedback I just Creative Commons licensed the internet marketing mind map, so you can download it, mix it, share it, and do what you like with it.
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This week, Rand talks about moving websites. Aside from the usual 301′ing of URLs, there are a few more steps one should take to make sure that all of their SEO efforts aren’t lost when the move is made.
My post yesterday caused a bit of confusion about internal linking practices and I figured it would be wise to clear it up with a handy visual representation.
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High authority sites do not tend to rank as well internationally as they do in the US. Domain trust counts less. As an Continue Reading »
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Google can’t catch most paid links. They can’t even catch large malware networks that have existed long enough to be reported in the mainstream media. But they can go after business models they do not like.
As Google tries to shift the web to improve user experience AND extract as much profit as possible, certain classes of information and information formats are rendered useless and/or unprofitable.
