GoDaddy sure is making the headlines these days. Though people are mainly incensed about the fickleness of their stance on the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), what has been playing over and over in my head is Joost deValk’s post …

GoDaddy SOPA Backlash: Karma from Bad Link Practices? was originally posted on the Phoenixrealm SEO Blog by Gary Cottam.

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In my previous post on 404 pages, my advice as to when you should redirect the page and when you should just let it continue returning a 404 error (and eventually die) was simple and is summed up in …

Why You Shouldnt 301 Redirect Everything was originally posted on the Phoenixrealm SEO Blog by Gary Cottam.

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URLs that return 404 pages have always been a source of headache for webmasters. This is especially true for websites that have tons of pages, since the chances of getting 404 errors increase this way.

The good thing though is …

Dealing with 404 Pages was originally posted on the Phoenixrealm SEO Blog by Gary Cottam.

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Google’s bias for their own services has many people rethinking their SEO strategies. It even begs the question of whether SEO is still worth the effort.

Despite the seemingly disheartening future of SEO, I share the opinion of many who …

Social Media: The Key to Surviving the Evolving SEO World was originally posted on the Phoenixrealm SEO Blog by Gary Cottam.

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With Aaron Wall sounding more and more like an anti-Google evangelist each day, I have become even more careful in sifting through what I read as I try to maintain neutrality. Neutrality, which I believe is important in order weigh …

Google’s Anti-SEO Ad: A Wake Up Call was originally posted on the Phoenixrealm SEO Blog by Gary Cottam.

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I?ve been mulling over the staggering figures from my last post, and have come to realise that the figures merely strengthen my belief as to how we should approach SEO.

For the past several years I have emphasised time and …

Thoughts on Google’s Algorithm Changes was originally posted on the Phoenixrealm SEO Blog by Gary Cottam.

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Google has dominated search for years now and continue to do so not only because they?ve managed to get a chokehold on search users. No matter how much flak the big G may have been getting these days for showing …

Getting to Know Google Better [Infographic] was originally posted on the Phoenixrealm SEO Blog by Gary Cottam.

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When I posted about the Search Alliance transitions that Yahoo! Users were experiencing back in August, I stressed the fact that Yahoo! Advertisers in the UK need not worry about having to learn how to get around the Microsoft?s adCenter …

Sign Up for Yahoo?s December 8 Webinar on adCenter was originally posted on the Phoenixrealm SEO Blog by Gary Cottam.

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If you have been ignoring the WordPress news on your blog dashboard, as many people do, then you probably haven?t noticed WordPress? announcement of the latest Beta version of WordPress 3.3.

Click on the link if you want to …

WordPress 3.3 Getting Closer to Official Release with Beta 4 was originally posted on the Phoenixrealm SEO Blog by Gary Cottam.

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Connect with me on Google+…

Google+ was originally posted on the Phoenixrealm SEO Blog by Gary Cottam.

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