Disavowing links is tedious work. I have been doing quite a bit of it since the Google Disavow Tool launched back in October 2012. I’ve been fortunate to get some sites re-included, but I’ll be honest, it can be hard for sites with nearly a decade of poor links. I have learned a lot by…
How to Make sure your Mobile Website is Running Fast – Advanced
Page speed is a factor in search engine optimization. If you have a really slow website, it can hurt you. That is why many people like to host in the cloud, use CDN and make sure all of their page speed optimization is line. If you have a WordPress site you can usually just install…
A Letter to Google: Please Stop Hurting Small Businesses SEO by Improving Transparency
This is an open letter to Google on behalf of many websites out there who have suffered needlessly. I ask that you share this as much as possible to get the message to Google. Recently, I have been helping many webmasters clean up penalties, deal with malware or disavow poor links to their website. Generally,…
What is Google Glass?
Google Glass is starting to show up everywhere. If you don’t know what it is, Google Glass is a pair of glasses that you wear on your face. The glasses have a small screen that allow you to get directions, communicate with friends, share what you are seeing and view what others are seeing. It…
Webmaster Tools Examples of Bad Links
For those of you who have been cleaning up bad links that other search engine optimization companies built, you know it can be hard work. But good news is here! Google is going to continue to provide more insight into which links they think are bad. Right now, they sometimes provide a sample of the…
Industry Shift: Press Releases No Followed, Analytics for SEO Rankings
Yesterday I watched a really long Google hangout with Jon Mueller, a guy who is pretty in touch with changes in the Google search algorithm (he works on them:). I was most interested in this hangout because he directly addresses the new change regarding press releases and guest blogging in the Google quality guidelines. Basically,…
Will Gmails Recent Change Kill Promotional Email Marketing?
For those of you who don’t know, Gmail just made a HUGE change. They are now organizing emails in 3 segments. They are Primary, Social and Promotions. In order to see your social and promotion emails, you have to actively click on a tab to see them. You can also further segment your inbox by…
Should you Link Domains together for SEO?
Generally, when you increase the amount of links to a website it helps search engine optimization. Your rankings will go up, your page rank and likely your traffic. Of course, the important point is, how you get those links. In this video, Matt Cutt’s addresses the question, Should you Link Domains together for SEO? Some…
Mobile SEO Basics, What You Need to Know
When designing a mobile experience for your site, it can sometimes be confusing on how exactly to start. Three main options for configuring your site include responsive design, dynamic serving or mobile URLs. Responsive Design A responsive design displays the same content on every platform, but is able to detect different devices and changes the…
Googlebot Cannot Access your Site, Does it Hurt SEO?
When a website crashes it can be a nightmare. All webmasters strive for 100% up time, but at some point it is very likely that the website will be down or inaccessible by Googlebot. We have had some downtime on Ignite Visibility. Mostly due to a cruddy server that Godaddy had us on. Boy was…