In this post, we take a look at thin content. Why do we Care about Thin Content? According to Google, the Panda algorithm looks for thin content and devalues rankings for websites that have thin content. Because of this, people are afraid that they might have it on their website. What is Thin Content? Worried…
How to Evaluate a Domain for Google SEO
If you buy a bad domain, with a penalty, or a ton of bad links, that can really hurt the potential future success of that domain. In this video, Matt Cutt’s from Google covers what you should evaluate when considering a new domain, from an SEO perspective. Some things he covers are: Do a search…
Affected by a Google SEO Penalty? How can you Tell?
In this video, Matt Cutts discusses how you can tell if your site has an algorithm penalty from Google. The answer Matt gives is very long and complicated. He first states that if you have a manual action you will know by logging into webmaster tools. But an algorithm penalty is very hard to determine,…
Can Non-Spammy SEO Sites Rank Well?
At Ignite Visibility we do not do anything spammy. Our company takes pride in doing things 100% whitehat. But there are other SEO companies out there who just buy a bunch of links. This will allow you to rank quickly, but eventually, you will be caught, get a penalty and probably be calling a company…
Internet Marketing News Feb 2014, Algorithm Updates, Penalties – Ignite Visibility University
February 2014 was an exciting month for Internet marketing. In this video, Ignite Visibility’s John E Lincoln covers the changes that occurred this month. Internet Marketing News Feb 2014, Algorithm Updates, Penalties and More Topics Covered Google Places / Plus Updates their Quality Guidelines Matt Cutts Comments on Google Rankings with no Links Bing Says…
Google Places Updates Quality Guidelines for SEO
When it comes to local Google SEO, there are really three ways to play. You can create a local page on your website, you can create a local page on another website (such as Yelp) and you can create a Google Places (Google +) profile. Just like Google has quality guidelines for websites, they also…
Google SEO Rankings with No Links – How does it Look?
In this video Matt Cutt’s discusses the quality of Google results when backlinks are not considered as a ranking factor. You can tell that Matt has a hard time answering this question. Pretty much looks like it pains him to even consider it. Matt has spent his entire life defending backlinks as a legitimate ranking…
Grammar and Spelling in Blog Comments for SEO
Often, a person will leave a comment on a blog and use terrible spelling and/or grammar. I myself often write way too fast and make mistakes in this area. In this video, Matt Cutts from Google discusses grammar and spelling in blog comments and SEO. He basically says, it is not an issue. However, what…
Unnatural Links to Site – Impact Links – Manual Action and SEO
The unnatural links to site – impacts links notification is very common. This is a manual action that is put in place by Google. You can verify if you have this manual action by logging into webmaster tools. A website will generally get this notification if they have poor links pointing at their website. However,…
Google Thin Content Penality – What is it?
Google sends out penalty notifications for something called thin content. In this blog post, we cover the basics of this penalty. What is the Thin Content Penalty A website can get the thin content penalty if they are creating pages which only differ based on keywords being inserted into certain fields, if they create doorway…