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Myth: Link Building is Dead. <\/strong>Many people have become confused because Google has recently penalized websites that attempt to buy their way to a high volume of links. This is different than organic link building, which is what happens when links come to a site in a \u201cnatural\u201d matter. This type of link building is still very valid and can have a very positive impact on your SEO. There\u2019s a great value in working with a company such as eVisible that can create an organic link building campaign that stays within Google\u2019s parameters.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Myth: Social Media Has Replaced Link Building. <\/strong>With the exception of Google+, the opposite is true. Because social networks such as Facebook and Twitter don\u2019t share information with Google, Google doesn\u2019t factor social links into their SERP.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Myth: Search Result Positions Don\u2019t Matter. <\/strong>It\u2019s true that it\u2019s harder than ever to determine a true search engine \u201cranking\u201d because factors such as geolocation and personalization mean that people\u2019s search results are different. But there\u2019s still a major difference between being first on a page or tenth. And there\u2019s a huge gap between being on the first page of results or not.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Myth: Google Is Spying On You. <\/strong>Google isn\u2019t the government. While they use Google Analytics to determine if you are doing something against their \u201crules\u201d (such as creating multiple domains for links), they don\u2019t use Analytics as part of their site rankings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Myth: All You Need for a High Ranking Site Is Content. <\/strong>The message that \u201ccontent is king\u201d has been twisted by some people who now believe that you don\u2019t need to do SEO work in order to rank highly. The reality is that without the proper SEO features, your great content will just sit there unread.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
So what are the things that you need to pay attention to in order for your SEO campaign to work today? In many ways, some of the same things that have always worked:<\/p>\n
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Authorship: <\/strong>Make sure that your blog posts, articles and other content are linked to your Google+ profile. You also want to make sure that your business information is featured every time you post content.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Content: <\/strong>Don\u2019t post thin content or content that strays from specific topics. Anything that comes off as too \u201csalesy\u201d might get punished by Google.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Alt Tags: <\/strong>Use alt tags for your images and other places in your content.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Robots.txt: <\/strong>If your robots.txt file is blocking Google from crawling your site, you simply won\u2019t rank.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Page Speed: <\/strong>Faster page speeds matter to Google and to your customers, especially if they are viewing your site on a mobile device.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
URLs: <\/strong>Having site URLs be relative in your code doesn\u2019t help you. Instead, make them absolute along with being short and free of multiple query parameters.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Penalties: <\/strong>If you are penalized by Google, you need professional help to determine the problems and the solutions to get you out of \u201cGoogle jail.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With so much information out there about SEO, it\u2019s easy to get overwhelmed. In fact, sometimes a little bit of knowledge can be dangerous, as people can wind up falling prey to some common misconceptions about SEO. eVisible would like to clear up some of the myths that we see many website owners have that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,7],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seo-community","category-technical-seo-issues","tag-tips"],"yoast_head":"\n
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