In this post, I mostly talk to myself, and to readers who appreciate good ideas (not really to guest bloggers). You see, I run a successful blog which I am taking seriously, most of its content provided by guest bloggers. I must say managing a multi-authors read more...

If the last few months of ranking changes have shown me anything, it's that poorly-executed link building strategy that many of us call white hat can be more dangerous than black-hat strategies like buying links. As a result of well-intentioned but short-sighted link building, many sites have seen significant drops in rankings and traffic. Whether you employ link building tactics that are black, read more...

So here’s an alternative view on inbound marketing, knitted together by my own views and the many conversations I’ve seen, heard or been involved with in the SEO industry. I hope everyone doesn’t take it too seriously, particularly those involved in the graphic. read more...

Bitly, a New York company that lets users shorten, share, and track URLs, is raising around $20 million in a new round of funding, we have learned from multiple sources. That's twice the amount the company raised in its last round, and shows a mature startup closing in on a working business model. We also hear Bitly is about to launch some new consumer products, including a real-time, viral searc read more...

People won’t stick if you start guest blogging too early, have patience! The readers will come when the blogger is ready! read more...

Mash-up of Matt Cutts videos reveals the hidden secrets. Like so many things in life, you need to read between the lines. If you want a good laugh. read more...

If you are sick and tired of spending huge chunks of your time trying to figure out analytics for your blog, check out these easy to use dashboards. read more...

Simply mind blowing numbers by Instagram. Check out this infographic to learn about this startups' blazing success. read more...

As we’re all ushered into this age of social media, each and every one of us is looking for ways to form stronger relationships with our audience, especially with current and potential customers. read more...

Certain marketers have done their homework well via their sales letter. They know that emotions and images play a big part in a consumer’s mind! read more...

For search engine optimization newbies (including people who are both learning about building links and clients who seek link services), this helpful glossary will help define some of the more common link building terminology, from A to Z. read more...

Here’s a hustle process that I went through with excellent results. I was working for a fairly large brand, but with just me doing the process, I managed about 1,000 manually built links (which I specified the exact location and HTML of) across about 50 sites over the course of three months. I even got my brand ranking number one in the world for ‘kama sutra’ in the process (200k visits a month). read more...

Ever wanted to hear the scary truth of social media from the inside? Click here to discover the seven hard-won lessons of a social media veteran. read more...

Twitter chat guide: what you need to start a twitter chat event, create a plan, checklist, promotions, analytics and archiving. read more...

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There are three key ways to force usable, 20 result "segments" out of Google's insanely huge index: research phrases, advanced operators and tactic-specific footprints. Learn how to dig into each and build out thorough prospecting query lists. read more...

Google's Matt Cutts explains Google's ranking and website evaluation process works starting with the crawling and analysis of a site, crawling timelines, frequencies, priorities, indexing and filtering processes within the databases etc read more...

Google’s actions against “overoptimised” sites have been intensified and it seems that the recent updates are able to detect various links-related overoptimisation violations that can result in short or long-term positional drops, ... read more...

With all of Google's warning messages about abnormal links they have built the negative SEO industry in a big way. In some instances those who are not good enough to compete try to harm competitors. I received emails & support tickets like the following one for years and years... read more...

It seems we're finally starting to see more of what many have suspected: that others can indeed affect your rankings with bad links – otherwise known as negative SEO. And this time it's going to be damned hard to get the worms back into the can! read more...