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    The Clarity of What You Write Matters a Lot

    March 13, 2014 - By Nancy McCord

    Matt Cutts has some great words of wisdom for bloggers and website owners in this video on how technical you should get in content and blog posts. You can watch the video at YouTube. In a nutshell, here are the takeaways on this important topic. 1. Clarity of what you write…

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    Does Google Love or Hate Links in Their Ranking Algorithm?

    March 4, 2014 - By Nancy McCord

    Over the years Google has valued links in their ranking algorithm by boosting sites with more links to a higher position in the organic or unpaid search results. By valuing links Google created a cottage industry that SEO’s jumped on and really milked with clients. Some SEOs charged exorbitant amounts…

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    Building Links Using Article Directories is a Dead Strategy

    February 13, 2014 - By Nancy McCord

    Creating articles that were informational in nature with links back to your website in a bio and placing these on news sites, article directories, and ezine sites for use by other webmasters on their blogs and in their websites in a way to build incoming links is just another previously…

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    Can Older Websites Retain Their Organic Placement?

    February 11, 2014 - By Nancy McCord

    Matt Cutts from Google helps to demystify the issue that many older and previously well placed websites ask frequently, “how can I maintain my organic placement against new website startups in my industry?” You can watch the full video here. Here are my tips to assist you even further on…

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