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How Long Does SEO Take?

June 30, 2022 by John E Lincoln

How Long Does SEO Take, Really? For the sake of a concrete answer, I’ll say that you can start to see the effects of a fully fledged SEO strategy within 6 months. You may see results sooner than this (some website owners claim to see results in as little as two weeks), or the process…

Negative SEO: Detect, Protect & Recover From Attacks

October 5, 2021 by John E Lincoln

Updated: October 5, 2021 Any digital marketer can tell you that one of the best ways to draw attention to your website is to make sure it’s optimized for search engines. But as more websites come online, SEO is getting more complicated and it’s not as easy as it used to be to rank number…

The Right Way To Do SEO Website Analysis (And See Results)

September 30, 2019 by John E Lincoln

“What happened to my website traffic? Why has my conversion rate dropped?” If you’re asking those kinds of questions, then it’s time to conduct an SEO website analysis. What We’ll Cover: Check for analytics problems Common issues Check for Google Search Console problems Check for algorithm updates Check for a penalty Check if your website…

How to Create a Favicon for Your Site (And Avoid Penalites in the SERPs)

June 24, 2019 by John E Lincoln

As part of a recent redesign, Google’s mobile search results now show favicons alongside all organic results. But shortly after the redesign launched, Google began removing icons it found in violation of the search engines terms. In this article, we’ll dive into how to create a favicon without getting slapped with a Google penalty. What…

Remove A Spammy Structured Markup Penalty Fast (Question Answered)

May 23, 2017 by John E Lincoln

If you get a notification for “spammy structured markup,” then you probably have a penalty from Google. In this post, SEO expert Andy Kelly tells how to remove a spammy structured markup penalty fast, based on his own experience helping clients. You’ll know when Google issues the penalty to your site because you’ll receive an email…

Google Will Index Desktop Over Amp and Changes to Schema | SEO Buzz

November 18, 2016 by John E Lincoln

This week: Google won’t penalize you for using multiple markup formats on the same content, the Hummingbird algorithm has nothing to do with spam, and wait until you hear how many web pages Google knows about. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Google Will Index Desktop Sites, Even If They Have AMP For those…

Faking HTTPS Boost and No Rank Increase for Penguin | SEO Buzz

October 21, 2016 by John E Lincoln

This week: Keyword Planner adds a new feature, that HTTPS ranking boost can be faked, and it’s easier than you might think to rank your AMP pages. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Keyword Planner Adds Forecasting Feature There’s a new feature in the Keyword Planner: forecasting. Now, you can see search volume trends…

Your Weekly Recap of What Happened in SEO This Week

May 20, 2016 by John E Lincoln

This week: Google experiments with real-time indexing, there’s an AMP filter in the Search Console, and wait until you hear about how many searches are voice queries. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Google Adds AMP Filter in Search Console Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMPs) are fast-loading HTML pages optimized for mobile devices. They’re intended…

How to Spot if Your SEO Company is Black Hat

June 26, 2015 by John E Lincoln

Black hat SEO is when an SEO company uses strategies outside of Google’s guidelines. This is often really enticing for SEO companies because it is much easier to get rankings this way. However, the issue is, the rankings only last for the short term. After doing SEO for a good amount of time, I can…

Simplifying the Google Panda Update – Infographic

June 11, 2015 by John E Lincoln

This infographic focuses the main things the Google Panda update hates, or looks for when filtering out content from the Google index. This is an infographic meant for beginners of those looking to explain the basics. Simplifying the Google Panda Update – An infographic by the team at Google Panda Update SEO Information Embed Simplifying…

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