This post is going to explain how to optimize images before you upload them to your WordPress dashboard and what you’re supposed to do after that. You may be tempted to just click the Add Media button in your WordPress and use your images as is. It’s a total no-no guys. (more…)
Category: SEO
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Bulk PR Checker
Bulk PR Checker??? Yeah, I know that PR is not a primal SEO metric anymore, but you still may need to check it from time to time. You may use it if you get an email from an SEO who offers you cheap links on high PR sites, blah-blah-blah … Sure thing, it’s Ok to just delete that sort of messages right off the bat in most cases. Should you get a hunch that that person offers you something worth your while, you need a tool that can quickly check PR. It goes without saying that it’s just the first step of doing due diligence, but you do want to make it happen as soon as possible and in bulk. That’s exactly what the tool is perfect for. (more…)
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What the New MozBar Brings to the Table
If you’re a serious SEO guy (in the best sense of the word), you totally need the new MozBar. In case you have it installed on your browser, you should have the newest version because it automatically updates which is a good thing in this case. Though some features are available to paid subscribers only, the new MozBar is still worth installing because it makes your SEO life by far easier. You’ll be able to easily perform page analysis (on-page elements, general attributes, inbound links, markup and http statuses), highlight certain type of links, quickly analyze SERPs (with custom search profiles) and even assess keyword difficulty. (more…)
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How to Check Links Manually
You may be like,” Why check links manually?” It goes without saying that you need to automate whenever possible if it does not jeopardize your link profile and online reputation. That said, you still need to do some stuff manually. For example, check links pointing to your site from third party ones. It may even sound like or actually be a really menial work, but there are times when you need to do it just because you can’t outsource that sort of activities for either security or reliability reasons. Some things are just of too high importance for a third party assistance. One of such things would be a manual backlink checkup. (more…)
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How to Manually Detect a Link Network
As you probably know Google got really unhappy with link networks. Especially free and low-quality ones. If you need to track down link networks manually, you need to know what factors are taken into account while doing so. Plus it’s always a good idea to double-check any automatically-generated result that claims the need to remove your link from a specific site. It can just be downright wrong. To be on the safe side, you actually need to be absolutely sure that the presumably link network is actually one. Now, let’s get your hands dirty with all the nitty gritty factors that make a bad link network. (more…)
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SEO for Bloggers – Audiobook Review
As a busy search engine expert, you don’t really have that much time on your hands to sit down and actually read a nice book about SEO for bloggers or what not, but there’s still hope. Thing is, you can just start listening to audiobooks. Odds are, you may be surprised by the amount of totally awesome books which are currently available in audio format. What’s more, there’s a whole lot of search engine optimization related audiobooks out there. This post reviews one of them that I hand-picked for your consideration. The book you’ll learn about is called SEO for Bloggers. (more…)
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How to Ping Brand New Pages
You need to get to know how to ping brand new pages just because search engines don’t really pay much attention to pages created in the deep web. The deep web is the part of the Internet that is not often (if at all) crawled by search engines just because it’s not considered important enough. If you create a site on a sitebuilder platform and don’t add a decent amount of useful content, chances are, you’re in the deep web. That’s exactly where pinging comes to rescue. You’ll learn now how to do it with the help of Pingler.com. The post offers you both an official explainer video and WebDesy’s step-by-step tutorial. (more…)
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Working on a New Course on Link Building (video)
If you ever felt like you need a full-fledged video SEO course on building links on high domain authority sites, I got good news for you. A new course on link building is on its way! Thing is, I’m currently working on a brand new video course that shows how to do just that. You’ll be able to just watch episodes and create links for your site on a regularly basis. It’s a totally unique course because there are no alternatives out there. Sure thing, there are things like Moz and stuff like that, but their videos talk about SEO in general. Sort of. The course that I’m working on will pretty much take you by the hand and (more…)
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SEO Guy Available for Hire Now
Really awesome news here. I’m ready for hire 🙂 Thing is, I’m done with most of my major clients and ready to help more people when it comes to search engine optimization and brand promotion on the web. In case you have a website that needs an SEO revamp, you can just get in touch with me the way you like, such as in the comments, via Twitter, Facebook, Skype. Once you show me your site, I’ll run an in-depth analysis of your situation and compare you against your competitors. That done, I’ll get back to you with a detailed plan of attack that you can stick to in order to take over your competitors and conquer the world. (more…)
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How to Run Your Accounts Properly and Efficiently
Thing is, sites with high domain authority usually have pretty vigilant moderators who look through newly created accounts (especially brand new and suspicious ones) and just delete them. Here’s what you need to do in order to run your accounts properly and keep your links in good standing for good. Basically, you need to do whatever possible to keep your profile as natural as possible. Actually, you want it to BE natural.That means you need to fill out all the forms that are applicable for your situation. It goes without saying that I can’t point out all aspects that you’re supposed to keep in mind, but here are the most crucial and ubiquitous ones. (more…)
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What’s the Best Way to Lose Weight for an SEO Guy? (poll)
I’d like to raise the issue because it looks that I’m not the only SEO guy out there’s who’s wondering about the best way to lose weight. Here’s how I want to do it. I’m gonna share some of my ideas on the ways to do that and you can add yours in the comments. Deal? So, here’s how the cookie crumples for me. It goes without saying that you need to go in for sports to become and stay fit. Problem is, it’s not really easy to do that sometimes. For starters, you can be physically not ready for that. For example, you had some sort of injury that does not allow to play basketball or run. If it’s the case, you can just follow a diet, but it’s not for everybody as well. (more…)
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How to Redirect to a Preferred Domain (htaccess SEO)
Any htaccess SEO issue out there seems to be a pretty complicated one because the file usually has all sorts of coding which does not really make much sense if you’re new to regular expressions and programming in general. You can do a whole lot of things with the help of your .htaccess file. This post focuses specifically on redirecting your site visitors from a www address of your site to a non-www one. You’ll also learn how to do it the other way around. Which means redirecting from a www address to a non-www version of your website. It’s gonna be an htaccess SEO blast guys!
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How to Find Links to Your Affiliate Programs
You may need to find links within your site if a site whose affiliate program you take part in updates its link structure. For example, you used http://www.your-aff-link.com?a=me, but now you’re supposed to use http://www.your-aff-link.com?a=moi. If your don’t update your affiliate links, you just won’t be paid for your referrals. Long story short, you need to find all your affiliate links and update them so that they have the correct structure (i.e with ?a=moi). If you don’t have that many of them (affiliate links), you can find and update your affiliate links manually. Problem is, it may get pretty daunting to do that if you have a deluge of affiliate links. (more…)
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Best Free SEO Apps for Your iPhone 5s
Thing is, there are tons of free SEO apps for your iPhone out there. That means you can install them and assist your customers or just work with your own site right on the go. Right here and right now. I’ve spent a few HOURS installing and testing a whole lot of apps for my iPhone 5S. Here’s the thing. This post is actually a roundup of the best free SEO apps for your iPhone. Most of them are actual apps that you can use for all sorts of search engine things, but you’ll also find two items that are essentially video courses packaged as Udemy.com courses. Thus you can learn how to handle SEO for your website and select the tools you want to use for that. (more…)
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How to Buy the Perfect Domain Name for Your Web Site
This is a guest post by Cara Chance. She kindly shares the tips and tricks on how to get an aged domain name for your site. That’s beneficial to launch your online business with such a domain in terms of SEO.
You have a great idea for a web site, and you’re sure you can generate some income from it. You also have a terrific design idea, one that is sure to bring in audience and keep it on your site. Now the trick is finding just the right domain name for your site. (more…)














