Google Closing Several Services

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Google Closing Several Services

By Pat Marcello on Monday, November 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Did you get the email about Google Wave last week? We all knew it was coming, but they’re finally dropping the hammer. I remember the hoopla when Wave was due to arrive. We couldn’t wait! It meant that my team at Overcome Everything would be able to collaborate in real time, something we’d been hoping [...]

What to Do If You’ve Been Bitten By Panda

By Pat Marcello on Monday, August 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Earlier this year when Google smacked the dupe content world with their Panda algorithm update, some very high-profile sites felt the bite. Ezine Articles, eHow, and HubPages, for example, had dramatic drops in traffic almost overnight. And they’re not recovering very quickly. I ran into an interview with HubPages CEO, Paul Edmondson over at ZDNet, [...]

Interesting Changes to Link Directory Traffic

By Pat Marcello on Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 | No Comments

Have you been using link directories to boost your backlinks? Most folks shy away from sites like Yahoo, which charges $299 a year to be included or other high-priced directories because they just don’t see the value. Well… I did a little studying today to see what the deal was with directories after Panda, and [...]

Common SEO Mistakes

By Pat Marcello on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 | 4 Comments

I found a really great post over at Search Engine Land, called “25 Super Common Mistakes .” It’s from back in October, and I’m not sure how I missed it. There are some issues that you may not be thinking about when it comes to SEO. For example: Image via CrunchBase Using broad match when [...]

Google Tests New META Tags for Duplicate Content

By Pat Marcello on Thursday, November 18th, 2010 | 2 Comments

For a very long time, the duplicate content question has plagued SEOs from around the Internet. Does it matter? What happens when you put it out there? Does Google penalize you? Image by Getty Images via @daylife All of these questions are valid for webmasters wanting to know how they can be credited for their [...]

WordPress: Why Did My Blog Disappear?

By Pat Marcello on Monday, December 28th, 2009 | 9 Comments

Today, I’m proudly showing my new blog address/theme, etc. to my friend, Brian Edmondson, and he says, “Looks great in Firefox, but something’s wrong in IE. I can only see the header.” Grrrr…. What’s the deal? I tried changing to Kubrick theme (the blue & white default), and nada… Same thing. Enter WordPress’s support blog. [...]

SEO: Google Analytics Has Changed

By Pat Marcello on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Are you a stats junkie? Well… I don’t have time to be much of one, but I do enjoy looking a good batch of stats and seeing progress, don’t you? Google Analytics has been very cool to me and it’s getting cooler. There’s now an “Intelligence” segment to your reporting. It will alert you if [...]

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