New Free Tool, the Google Backlink Checker Tool for Penguin & Disavow Analysis
We have a new Free Tool for everyone – the Google Backlink Checker for Penguin & Disavow Analysis I’m happy to announce today that we’re releasing the first of our free Backlink Analysis tools which are designed to help analyze a websites backlinks in order to find patterns that will help you know which links […]
Analyzing and Disavowing – The Sound of Silence
The past few months I’ve been doing a lot of link analysis for doing Google Disavows for websites. With Penguin now penalizing site for unnatural links, and with me speaking often about Penguin at conferences, and me being “the link guy”, a lot of companies have been coming to us for solutions after they’ve been […]
- 07-15-2013
All Your Questions about Rel=Publisher, Answered
Last week there was a pretty big SERPs test spotted from Google: “In-depth” articles that appear to be triggered from trusted sources of information: There are a few reasons why, if it takes off, it will be huge news for SEOs: We’ll have to figure out what Google considers “in-depth” We’ll have to figure out […]
- 06-10-2013
Three Types of Google Suggest Results
In 2008 Google officially introduced one of its greatest features: as-you-type suggestions. It was initially based only on what people typed when searching for the same phrase as you were. It was an optional feature (you could switch it off easily using Google’s search settings). Obviously, it was huge news for SEOs as search suggestions […]
- 06-03-2013
Historical Importance of Backlinks – Flashback to 2005
I was thinking of Penguin 2.0, and wondering how much historical backlink data can effect a site…for better, or for worse. The Brands who knew shit about seo, and did shit for seo, and got their ass kicked for years in rankings, are now the lucky ones as google has turned the tables …because if […]
- 05-23-2013
3 Ways to Visualize Google’s Search Results Page
There can never be too much searching: I can spend hours playing with various search operators and ways to re-phrase the search query. You get even more insight when you start playing with various search visualization tools! These are the three I have found that I think offer something truly special. 1. Create Tag Cloud […]
- 03-18-2013
Why Does Google Modify My Title Tags? (Weekly Q&A)
There’s an interesting thread over at SEOchat forum discussing why Google doesn’t seem to be able to index the site title tags. Google’s Announcement and Tools Google announced they were now trying to improve our titles a year ago, yet it’s still being discussed. Google itself recommends looking into “HTML Suggestions” feature in Webmaster Tools […]
- 01-16-2013
15 Cheatsheets for Google Junkies
I will be the first to admit to a strange addiction to shortcuts. Every time I sign up for a new services, whether it is Twitter or an app, I make sure I have their shortcuts page bookmarked until I learn it by heart. I have an entire folder dedicated to these pages, some of […]
- 01-07-2013
Toolbar Pagerank is Still a Signal… of What? (Weekly Q&A)
With all those Penguin updates forcing us to look into our IN-coming links, we almost forgot about another neglected Google’s love indicator: Google Toolbar PageRank. Yes, people are still looking into that and yes, it still indicates something we want to pay attention to. And this is what being discussed over at SEOchat forums: Sudden […]
- 09-19-2012
Over Analyzing Words from a Google Guy
You know how every time the President comes on TV and says something, pundits spend an hour afterward pulling it apart looking for hidden truths and secret meanings? Well it keeps multiple news networks on the air so maybe it’s worth a blog post for this. On Wednesday Search Engine RoundTable featured a conversation about […]
- 06-15-2012
