
Ask the SMXpert: Google manual penalties explained
Search Marketing Expo (SMX) West 2018. Today’s Q&A is from the All Google Manual Penalties Explained session with speaker Kaspar...

Where to find ideas for content your audience will love, look at and link to
While it often feels fun and exciting in the beginning, it can quickly become a monotonous task that you dread. I mean, no matter how...

How to use a podcast to create smart and usable content
This is Part 3 of a three-part series. Here are Part 1 and Part 2. The more podcast interviews you do, the more credibility and authority...

Stop being a link snob and saying no to certain links
The client won’t accept a nofollow or an image link or the anchor text isn’t what they specified. Guest posts will get you penalized....

The power of podcasting: How to boost your reputation and search engine rankings
If you’re in the digital marketing industry, you know podcasts are HOT. Whether you’ve started your own or are a regular podcast...

Stop! Think twice before using nofollow on your website
Recently, a number of major websites like Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc. and Huffington Post started using nofollow attributes on their...

4 concrete ways to use images to build links
“Create visual content and the links will follow” is a nice sentiment, but in reality, it’s a prerequisite, not a guarantee of the...

Can you predict what the future holds for your inbound links?
Almost five years ago I wrote an article about predicting a site’s future and using your expectation to decide whether you should pursue...

What to get right before launching a global business
Taking your brand to an international stage is exciting. You reach untapped audiences and expose your brand, product and services to a...

How to use brand mentions for SEO, or the linkless future of link building
Google has used links to determine the authority of websites since its early days: the idea of webpages casting “votes” for other pages...

18 link resolutions for 2018
Oh, the resolutions keep coming! Based on last year’s 17 link resolutions for 2017, I give you my 18 link resolutions for the new year....
















