How can I research a domain that I may want to purchase?
How can we check to see if a domain (bought from a registrar) was previously in trouble with Google? I […]
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Unnatural links from your site
Matt Cutts and Sandy explain what it means if your site has a manual action labeled as “Unnatural links from
If I use multiple versions of a phrase, would it be seen as keyword spam?
HVR asks: “I noticed that, for example Texas widget and widget Texas, return different results. I think the gist is
Webspam Content Violations
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Can a spammy website affect the ranking of other sites hosted on the same server?
My SEO client is using shared hosting for one of their websites. When I checked other sites hosted on their
Why might a page with bad backlinks links be ranking highly?
I’ve seen multiple websites that appear in the #1 spot for various keywords, whose backlink profiles are pretty low quality
What should I do if my competitors are using webspam techniques?
White hat search marketers read and follow Google Guidelines. What should they tell clients whose competitors use black hat techniques
Googlebot: SEO Mythbusting
In the second episode of SEO Mythbusting, Martin Splitt (WebMaster Trends Analyst, Google) and his guest Suz Hinton (Cloud Developer
Does Google consider SEO to be spam?
Matt Cutts answers the question: “Does Google consider SEO to be spam?” New to SEO? Check out our SEO Starter