Web Gnomes

Pandeguin & Google Changes

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Before I jump into this week’s recap, I have a quick confession to make. I’m on vacation this week so I didn’t read nearly as many posts as I typically do. I still read a lot, but I’m sure a few gems slipped through the cracks. But fear not. Even on vacation, I can’t deprive […]

SERP Shrinkage & BECAUSE AWESOME

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Every week, I’m forced to make tough decisions about which posts actually make it into this weekly recap. But this week was especially difficult because there was an avalanche of great content. The following posts represent a very small sample of the content I really enjoyed this week. SERP Crowding & Shrinkage: It’s Not Your […]

Unicorn Linkbait & Update Hysteria

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Before I dive into the exciting week that was in Internet marketing, I have a quick story to share with you. Last Monday, I realized that Bill Slawski (founder of SEO by the Sea and one of my favorite people in SEO) is doing a weekly SEO recap on the WebiMax Blog. Being the upstanding […]

Demystifying Google’s June & July Algorithm Changes

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The biggest SEO story last Friday was Google’s announcement that they would begin incorporating “the number of valid copyright removal notices [they] receive for any given site” into their ranking algorithm. Then, a few hours later, Google quietly released a list of June and July algorithm changes. Due to the timing of these announcements, this […]

Twitter Mistakes & Competition Lessons

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It was another exciting week in the world of Internet marketing. Google actually made a number of announcements on Friday, but I’m going to discuss those in a post next week (foreshadowing FTW!). As usual, I’m going to focus on great posts that were published this week. But I have to warn you: I went […]