What’s new with Sitemaps

Webmaster level: All Sitemaps are a way to tell Google about pages on your site. . . . → Read More: What’s new with Sitemaps

Local SEO Checklist for New Sites – Whiteboard Friday

Posted by Aaron Wheeler A couple of weeks ago, Rand went over his general SEO checklist for new websites . It’s a great resource to reference and help give your site that initial advantage other new sites don’t have. Keep in mind, though, that there are other factors at play when trying to rank in the local results specifically, and in many countries, like Peru, targeting local results is one of the best ways to start ranking . . . → Read More: Local SEO Checklist for New Sites – Whiteboard Friday

PDFs in Google search results

Webmaster level: All Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. During this ambitious quest, we sometimes encounter non-HTML files such as PDFs, spreadsheets, and presentations . . . → Read More: PDFs in Google search results

9 Actionable Tips for Link Prospecting

Posted by Paul Rogers This post was originally in YOUmoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. I find link prospecting to be one of the most time-consuming and challenging parts of link building. . . . → Read More: 9 Actionable Tips for Link Prospecting

9 Actionable Tips for Link Prospecting

Posted by Paul Rogers This post was originally in YOUmoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc . . . → Read More: 9 Actionable Tips for Link Prospecting

Panda 2.4 and Analytics Session Update Rolled Out Simultaneously

Posted by MikeCP On August 12, Google announced that their high-quality sites algorithm, otherwise known as “Panda”, had been rolled out for all languages save for Korean, Chinese, and Japanese . The change is said to impact 6-9% of users’ queries, down from the 12% seen in the initial Panda update back in February . . . → Read More: Panda 2.4 and Analytics Session Update Rolled Out Simultaneously

Is Optimizing Photos More Important Than You Think?

Posted by kasy.allen This post was originally in YOUmoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. . . . → Read More: Is Optimizing Photos More Important Than You Think?

How to Build Your Own Thumbdrive SEO Browser

Posted by allforJesse This post was originally in YOUmoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc . . . → Read More: How to Build Your Own Thumbdrive SEO Browser

3 Ways to Use Google’s New Search by Image for Link Building

Posted by Jason Stinnett @ Internet Exposure This post was originally in YOUmoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. . . . → Read More: 3 Ways to Use Google’s New Search by Image for Link Building

The New Google Social Network – Google+

Posted by caseyhen Last night I got my first look at Google+, I spent just over three hours diving in and playing with all the features they have to offer. For those of you who already have access, please share your thoughts in the comments and those without access, enjoy this preview and share your thoughts on what this new social network could mean for SEO . . . → Read More: The New Google Social Network – Google+

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