Monthly Archives: October 2011

Google’s Search Quality Guidelines PDF

Google’s Search Quality Guidelines PDF version 3.18 recently leaked, is a goldmine of information on how Google scores websites. You can download this 125 page insider document here.

Google Places Optimization Webinar

This free 2-hour webinar replay covers Google Places and Local Search Optimization and walks you through the steps that you need to do to get 1st place listings in Google.

Keyword Forensics Webinar with John Alexander

Do you spend hours doing keyword research?
Effective keyword research is essential in online marketing and to do it effectively the “old school way” can take up hours of your time.
And when done doing keyword research the “old school way” all you’re left with is a list of keywords which all your competitors are using.
Don’t you wish that there were a better way that was faster, found keywords with low competition and high search volume and keywords that your competitors were not using?
Now there is a better way, Keyword Forensics.
“Keyword Forensics enables you to discover hidden search trends and tap into ... Read More

Help, My Website Was Banned by Google!

Yesterday I received this “cry for help” from an old friend asking me for advice who is involved in Internet Marketing in the home entertainment industry.
His main website which brings in over $40,000 a month and 40% of his companies revenue, was just banned by Google!

My old friend also attached his email from Google advising him of their ban.

I took a look at my friend’s website and after a few minutes spotted the problem.
As discussed in last week’s SEO tip of the week Google is in the process of draining the cesspool of sites from their index, which violate their ... Read More

You Must Adapt to Survive the Panda Update

Are you still wasting time submitting articles to worthless article websites?
Prior to the Panda update writing, spinning and submitting articles to all those article directories such as EzineArticles, Article Base and Squidoo was a quick and easy way to build a ton of backlinks to your site.
However the effectiveness of this strategy came to a screeching halt on February 23rd the day Google released their first Panda update.
You may have noticed that EzineArticles, Squidoo, Article Base and many of those other article directories have all disappeared from Google’s SERPs and that the “link juice” from those articles has evaporated.
Another factor ... Read More