By Matt Southern Facebook advertisers can again run ads for cryptocurrency after the company reversed a ban put in place back in January. The post Facebook Once Again Allows Ads for Cryptocurrency by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Source:: SEO News
By Angel Niñofranco Want to get ahead of the voice search optimization curve? Don’t miss the next SEJ ThinkTank webinar. The post 5 Voice Engine Optimization Strategies That Will Boost Your Rankings [Webinar] by @A_Ninofranco appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Source:: SEO News
By Anna Crowe What do you do after someone links to you? Loren Baker has found the answer. And it’s pretty genius. You shower your link devotees with a motherlode of thanks. Baker has coined this action “link gratitude.” How Can You Show Your Link Gratitude? It starts with you emailing the webmaster to say thanks for the link. Then, you could offer to: Conduct an SEO audit for them. Help them with their SEO (e.g., fix their 404 errors or an external broken link). Read, follow, and share their stories. Everyone benefits from link gratitude. For the site linking…
By Matt Southern Google has released a series of statistics which reveal how the search giant fought web spam in 2017. The post Google Has Reduced Amount of Spammy Links by Nearly Half by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Source:: SEO News
By Danny Goodwin Use these resources and Google algorithm monitoring tools to track ranking fluctuations and SERP volatility. The post Why & How to Track Google Algorithm Updates by @MrDannyGoodwin appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Source:: SEO News
By Shelley Walsh Learn how to create content that top-tier publications and journalists would want to link to. The post How to Connect Your Content to What Journalists Want for Top-Tier Links by @shelleywalshuk appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Source:: SEO News
By Angel Niñofranco Which content type is the most effective for bringing website traffic? Discover what the SEJ community had to say. The post What Type of Content Is Most Effective for Attracting Website Traffic? [POLL] by @A_Ninofranco appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Source:: SEO News
By Matt Southern An update to Google Search Console will allow users to check when a specific URL was last crawled. The post Find Out When Google Last Crawled a Specific URL by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Source:: SEO News
By Matt Southern For the first time, Google is now letting individuals and organizations suggest edits to their own Knowledge Panels. The post Google’s New Verification Process Lets Users Edit Knowledge Panels by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Source:: SEO News
By Matt Southern Google’s John Mueller revealed that the search engine’s algorithms do not punish keyword stuffing too harshly. In fact, keyword stuffing may be ignored altogether if the content is found to otherwise have value to searchers. This information was provided on Twitter in response to users inquiring about keyword stuffing. More specifically, a user was concerned about a page ranking well in search results despite obvious signs of keyword repetition. Prefacing his statement with the suggestion to focus on one’s own content rather than someone else’s, Mueller goes on to say that there are over 200 factors used…