The unequivocal answer is yes, there is SEO value in using Google+ for your business.  How so? Your Google+ activity, both profile and your own +1’s are shown in Google search results that others, who have circled you see. If you circle others, you see their +1 updates and Google+…

I read this article at SiteProNews with interest “Duplicate Content — It’s Time to Shatter the Myths” by Martin O’Neill. In the article the author states: “..feel free to use content from online sources but your long-term goal should be producing quality, original content and material that will serve your website…

Google hates keyword stuffing and clearly addressed this SEO tactic in the Panda update last year. In fact, Google actually states this in their webmaster guidelines about keyword stuffing:  “Filling pages with keywords or numbers results in a negative user experience, and can harm your site’s ranking. Focus on creating useful,…

In a recent interview done for an article by Eric Enge at Stone Temple Consulting, Matt Cutts, the lead Web Spam engineer for Google,  tells the industry that “link building is not illegal.” However, in the same interview Matt goes on to state that there is a link building tactic…