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Websites can go into a state of limbo due to Google algorithm bug

November 29, 2021 by Raymond Hackney

Roger Montti published a piece over at SearchEngineJournal.com with regards to a Google bug that leaves websites in a state of limbo. It’s funny because someone on Thanksgiving was telling me they could not get their website to rank, even for their own domain name. In a Google Office-hours hangout, John Mueller answered a question […]

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Filed Under: Google, Search Engines, SEO

A look at the keywords that are rising and declining in a Covid world

November 8, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

A couple weeks back someone had asked on Namepros if there were certain categories or keywords being devalued due to Covid-19. Are you dropping certain names in specific niches, or at a minimum lowering prices? SearchEngineJournal published an article on the topic from an online search viewpoint. The research is courtesy of BrightEdge Here are […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Search Engines, SEO

A Look at 5 Keyword Search Tools To Help Advertisers Can Help Domainers Too

April 17, 2016 by Raymond Hackney

Erin Sagin wrote an article on the WordStream blog about 5 keyword search tools all online marketers should be using. These tools can also be helpful to domain investors for things such as developing long tail domains, setting keywords for parking and to look for similar names to shore up an investment in a certain […]

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Filed Under: PPC, Search Engines, SEM

What would Google Search look like without backlink relevancy ? Matt Cutts says it would look worse

February 19, 2014 by Raymond Hackney

By: Raymond Hackney Matt Cutts put out a video today that answered a question that dealt with a Google algorithm without backlink relevancy. Matt said there is nothing available to the public but they have tested it internally and it was much worse without the backlinks. So backlinks will continue to play a big part […]

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Filed Under: Google, Search Engines, SEO

A look at the Pros and Cons of the Google Keyword Planner and other options for keyword data

October 19, 2013 by Raymond Hackney

By: Raymond Hackney Ebrandz takes a look at the pros and cons of the new Google Keyword Planner and some other competing services to be used for keyword data.   Moz.com also did a good article last month about the pros and cons of using the Google Keyword Planner. From the article: While far from […]

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Filed Under: Google, Infographics, Search Engines, SEM, SEO

5 Years After Launch Chrome Is On Top Of The Browser World

September 7, 2013 by Raymond Hackney

By: Raymond Hackney When Google announced the release of its own web browser Chrome in 2008, many people asked themselves why Google was building a web browser. In retrospect, the better question would have been, why Google hadn't built a web browser earlier. After all, the company's entire business is people using a browser to […]

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Filed Under: Google, Search Engines

Search Ranking Factors in 2013

August 4, 2013 by Raymond Hackney

By: Raymond Hackney The folks at SearchMetrics have released their SEO ranking factors for 2013. This is their ranking correlation study they worked on for the past 3-months, right after the second-generation Penguin update was pushed out by Google. Courtesy of Search Metrics

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Filed Under: Infographics, Search Engines, SEO

How Important Is It To Be On Top Of Google Search ?

May 31, 2013 by Raymond Hackney

By: Raymond Hackney Forward Push Media put together this infographic on where people search and the numbers behind search engine position. Positioning matters on the paid ad side as well. Courtesy of Forward Push Media

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Filed Under: Google, Infographics, Search Engines

What Do People Search For ?

May 19, 2013 by Raymond Hackney

By: Raymond Hackney What do people search for ? This infographic was put together by iacquire.com and Survey Monkey. Interesting that 50 % of people clicking an ad think they are clicking an organic search result. Courtesy of iacquire and survey monkey

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Filed Under: Infographics, Search Engines

Matt Cutts Answers ” How Can A Legitimate Business Compete Online ?”

April 9, 2013 by Raymond Hackney

By: RH Ranking being so valuable, how does a true business owner that offers a legitimate business and has a vast number of customers supposed to compete and gain the traffic deserved over those that specialize in creating traffic ? Matt talks about not having a site that sucks and even because you are a […]

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Filed Under: Google, Search Engines

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