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How to Quickly Analyze Backlinks before Buying a Website or Expired Domain
"not a bad list...when ever I am examining a website I usually use semrush to check the traffic over time... if I see a large drop of traffic to the website which correlates to major google algorithm updates, its usually a good sign they were penalized and should be avoided.... I go ahead and use majestic to examine the extent of damage and if it can be easily recovered. "How to Turn Your Sales Copy From a Frog Into a Prince
"Although CRIT can point out errors and weak transitions it doesn't serve as a replacement for proper testing within the actual target group. In the age of digital it is very easy to test headline and copy. Use CRIT to find spelling and grammatical errors but also use proper split testing theory to choose winners. "Warning: Listening to Marketing "Authorities" Can Ruin Your Business
"To be fair, Matt did clarify his position on guest blogging after he said its dead... He did say blogging for branding is perfectly fine, his comments were aimed at those who try to "scale" guest blogging and distribute poor rehashed content just to get links. Also, Google's webspam team has the power to devalue anything they see fit, they look for patterns and diminish the effects of those patterns with add on algorithms, just like penguin and panda... Before penguin there was a widespread notion that bad links can never harm a website. Many SEO's lashed out at people who advised others to be weary of bad links pointing to their websites. The reason was, if bad links hurt, negative SEO can be easily done. In any case we all saw what happened with the release of penguin. "A Marketing Tactic You've Never Tried (But Should!)
"great tips Shannon. On my birthday last December I made a post on Google+ to help small business owners with free SEO audits and strategy. I genuinely helped without trying to up sell, that post led to a lot of business owners adding me to their circles and messaging me to say hello. "« previous1 next »
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Get Your Manual "Unnatural Links" Penalty Lifted Every Time
"hey great guide Adam, nice and easy to follow. Probably the best guide i've read on removing the manual spam penalty."