Google’s Cutts Reveals 5 Most Common SEO Mistakes

Ryan Lundin
Posted on April 30, 2013 by Ryan Lundin

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After explaining why new pages drop in ranking over time and warning site owners about the dangers of purchasing a spammy domain, Google web spam chief Matt Cutts is back with a new informative video. This time, Cutts is talking about the top 5 mistakes site owners make with their SEO. Although these may not be the most damaging mistakes you could make on your site, they are the most common, according to Cutts. While the video may be most targeted to the more inexperienced among us, even many veteran site owners could use this quick refresher course.
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Bing Touts Dynamic Page Sizing, Reveals Click-Thru Rates

Ryan Lundin
Posted on April 25, 2013 by Ryan Lundin

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A post yesterday on the Bing Search Quality Insights Blog explains the company’s feelings about search engines that show no more and no less than 10 blue links on a page. In short, Bing thinks it has a more intuitive solution. In explaining the solution, Bing also revealed some interesting statistics about click-thru rates and how they depend on a link’s position in the SERP. If you’re pining over that top spot now, just wait until you read this.
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Nielsen Releases Stats on “Second-Screening”

Ryan Lundin
Posted on April 23, 2013 by Ryan Lundin

Although tablets are often referred to as “mobile devices,” most people aren’t carrying them around on a 4G connection day in and day out – rather, they’re spending plenty of their tablet time sitting on the couch and engaging in an activity that’s come to be known as “second-screening.” In other words, they’re watching television and using their tablets either for totally unrelated tasks, or to augment the information they’re getting from the TV. Marketers of all stripes are looking for ways to cash in on this new, incredibly of-the-moment phenomenon, and a new report from Nielsen should give them some actionable information.
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Bing, Yahoo Gain Ground on Google in March

Ryan Lundin
Posted on April 15, 2013 by Ryan Lundin

Much of the gains Google managed to make in search market share in February were lost to rivals Bing and Yahoo in March, according to a new report from comScore. Perhaps even more interesting was the jump in desktop-based search activity detected by comScore. Just one month ago, it appeared that searching from mobile devices would gradually but steadily replace desktop search, but that trend has already been interrupted.
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Can a Spam Domain Rank Later? Unlikely, Says Cutts

Ryan Lundin
Posted on April 11, 2013 by Ryan Lundin

So, you found an existing domain name for sale relevant to your niche, and it just so happens to be available at a steal of a price. The only problem is that for most or all of the domain name’s life so far, it’s been a spam site packed with black hat SEO techniques. Now, you have good intentions to turn the domain around and use it for your reputable business. Will you have a harder time ranking? Is it worth the cost savings, or is it better to pony up for a fresh domain that hasn’t earned a poor reputation? As reported by Search Engine Land, Google’s web spam head Matt Cutts is back with a new video to share the answers.
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