In December of 2010, both Google and Bing confirmed that links shared through Facebook or Twitter have a direct effect on search engine rankings. And in a 2011 Marketing Sherpa Report, 64% of marketers have begun integrating social media into their search marketing efforts. http://mashable.com/2011/03/04/search-marketing-changes/
Graphic designer since before the Internet. Started with newspaper paste-up; then art director for advertising agency in Reno, NV; and now freelancer designing marketing materials, print-on-demand t-shirt art, websites, and social media graphics.
Is there a limit to how many 301 (Permanent) redirects I can do on a site? Google’s Matt Cutts answers: Is there a limit to how many 301 (Permanent) redirects I can do on a site? How about how many redirects I can chain together? Other things to watch out for with chained redirects: Avoid…
I run a couple of paid links here on Designparc that are industry and category specific. And since I don’t want Google to kick my ass over passing PageRank, I added “nofollow” tags to all of those paid links. A few companies who wanted to place paid links on Designparc got pissed off when I…
Google’s Matt Cutts ends up answering the should I nofollow internal links question by answering a specific case study: Should “back to top” links have nofollow? Should internal links use nofollow? Matt recommends to never nofollow internal links, unless there’s a specific and logical reason. Share this post: Share on X (Twitter) Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn…
Search engine optimization has maintained a top-10 Google search engine ranking for 3 years for Scivago Vintage Coats and Vintage Fur Coats! We started a SEO campaign in January of 2006 and Scivago.com has kept its top-10 Google ranking for all this time. It pays to use Google-approved, white-hat search engine optimization techniques. #4 on…
Should I nofollow the social media icons on my own site that link to my own Social Media profiles?* Do not nofollow your [own] social media profiles. Do not nofollow your own links or links to properties you manage. Only nofollow links if they are low quality sites, you have a commercial relationship with them, or…
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