A movie about SEO? Yes, there is in fact an SEO Movie. By now you’re likely aware that John Lincoln, CEO of Ignite Visibility, has written, produced, directed and narrated SEO: The Movie, which is available for viewing now at https://ignitevisibility.com/seo-movie/ The movie, told by industry pioneers Danny Sullivan, Rand Fishkin, Jill Whalen, Brett Tabke, […]
The Ten Commandments of Link Building
At what point does a link-building tactic make the leap from acceptable to not? When does white hat become black hat? Or gray hat? Or pink?
edu Inbound Link Myths Still Confuse Marketers
(updated May 23, 2017) One of the never-ending link building myths is the impact that inbound links originating from .edu domains can have on your search rankings. Lost in the discussion is that the quality of IBL’s from within the .edu domain varies significantly. [Note: If you like this post make sure to also check out […]
Backlink Research Best Practices
(Originally published May 8, 2008, updated 12/2009 and 5/2017) My silence regarding 3rd party linking analysis tools has been mistaken by several people as meaning I don’t like them. Quite the contrary. I do like them, and I’ll post here what I’ve published on a few other blogs, almost verbatim. Over the years I have lost […]
LinkMoses Private Video Tutorial – Vetting A Directory (7:59)
NOTE: Please mouse-over the video and click on the bottom right to view it in full-screen mode. In this LinkMoses Video Tutorial, Eric Ward shows the process he uses to quickly vet a niche or topical directory to determine whether or not it might make sense to pursue as a publicity or link opportunity for […]
Understanding Google’s Latest Assault On Unnatural Links
Understanding Google’s Latest Assault On Unnatural Links By Eric Ward on August 13, 2013 (Updated 2/22/17, originally written for SearchEngineLand) Without much fanfare or publicity, Google quietly updated the Link Schemes/Unnatural Links document inside the Webmaster Tools section of their site last month. If not for the excellent work of Barry Schwartz, many of us […]
Link Building Case Study – Passively Obtained Natural Backlinks
At what point does a link-building tactic make the leap from acceptable to not? When does white hat become black hat? Or gray hat? Or pink?
Eric Ward’s Link Development Philosophy Explained in a 15 Second Video
Eric Ward’s link development philosophy explained in 15 seconds (thanks to the awesome http://slide.ly/ this took less than 10 minutes to make). A few additional thoughts I may be in the minority since I’m happy Penguin is now baked in to Google’s algorithm. Time will tell, based on the law of unintended consequences. Some people say the new Penguin-baked-in algo […]
Live Q/A With Eric Ward
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Link Building At The Speed Of Natural – Examples Of Natural Link Building
Link Building At The Speed Of Natural – Examples Of Natural Link Building (Author note: This post is an update to a column I wrote for Search Engine Land a couple years ago) “Natural link building” has long been a sore spot (some would call it an oxymoron) among many in the online marketing community. The […]
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