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Ask the Experts: SEO for Web Developers – Will My Idea Work?

A web designer wonders if there’s a way to improve upon the “designed by SuchandSuch” links at the bottom of client websites…

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Ask the Experts: Should I Move My Blog?

So you have a successful, popular blog, but it’s hosted somewhere in a galaxy far, far away? Should you move it to join forces with your main site, or stick it out in deep cyberspace? Read on to find out…

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Ask the Experts: Why Aren’t All My Links Showing up in Google?

The Google “link:” command won’t show you all of the inbound links to your website. Here are some other approaches…

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Ask the Experts: What Content Is Linkbait?

Posting non-commercial content on your website won’t make you look “weird.” Just choose it wisely…

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Ask the Experts: Will W3C Validation Affect My Search Engine Rankings?

The short answer is “No.” While we advocate W3C validation as a general web development best practice, we are not aware of any direct connection between validation and search engine rankings….

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Ask the Experts: Am I Giving Away SEO Secrets?

We don’t think you’re in danger of “shooting yourself in the foot,” for a number of reasons…

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Ask the Experts: Follow the SEO: An Hour A Day Plan…or Else?

Should this website owner ditch his web designer if they won’t do SEO? We weigh in…

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Ask the Experts: Will Google Penalize Me for Building Links Too Fast?

It’s true that there are penalties for websites building a lot of links in an “unnatural” way in a short time, but…

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Ask the Experts: What are those Secondary Links in Google Search Results?

The secondary results you’re describing started showing up in Google’s search results sometime around the Summer of 2005 when they were doing a bunch of experiments with their search results…

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