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Google’s Matt Cutts recently took some time out of his (no doubt) busy day to discuss some of the biggest and most common mistakes a large number of webmasters continue to make with regards to search engine optimization (SEO).

According to Matt, these are the most common mistakes to make and can be easily avoided when you first get started on SEO.

So here goes….…

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In March, Matt Cutts, the head of Google‘s web spam fighting team, promised that a Penguin update, designed to more effectively fight spam, was going to be available sometime later this year.

Fast-forward to the beginning of May and Cutts hasn’t disappointed. He has warned webmasters to expect a Penguin “hit” in the “next few weeks”. Here are Matt’s exact words in reply to …

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With catchy domain names becoming slightly harder to find these days, many people are buying old domain names that would seem perfect for them. But, this can often lead to problems.

These domain names are often previously owned by spammers and can have you already on your back foot with your Google ranking before you even get started.

Before you think about buying one of …

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At the recent SXSW event, Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s search spam team, announced that Google’s Penguin algorithm updates would undergo some major changes in 2013. So take this as your official warning!

Cutts claimed that the Penguin algorithm update in 2013 is going to be so large that it is likely to be the most talked about algorithm update that Google makes …

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In his latest video, Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s search spam, addresses the standards Google has set in place for manually eliminating spam from Google’s search index.

Cutts did mention several times that Google is not going to ban or penalize a website for being judgmental of Google. As long as a website is doing nothing wrong or nothing that violates their terms, …

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Unconfirmed reports floating around the SEO community suggest that Google has penalized another link network.

The rumors flying around suggest that the link network presently being targeted by Google is SAPE links. In fact, several webmasters who have been using the SAPE link network have reported that their websites have taken several hard penalty hits from Google. It has also been reported that these hits …

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It’s long been speculated by webmasters and SEO’s that when you redirect a 301 page, the page rank which was passed to the ending page was diluted.

However, Google’s Matt Cutts has come out to set the record straight – its nothing but a myth!
In a recent Google Webmaster Help video, Matt answered the question: “What percentage of PageRank is lost through a …

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Google is apparently not happy that many websites in the United Kingdom have recently been selling links and they have decided to crack down on the problem.

Google frowns upon both the buying and selling of links and will punish any website caught engaging in either activity. Interflora, an online flower seller originating in the United Kingdom was recently penalized for their use of advertorials …

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Google has recently shed some more light on unnatural links that lead to your own website and the consequences on your Google ranking.

Unnatural links are often from untrusted websites which could results in content that is potentially hazardous to your website. Backlinking is good, however, you must use links to reputable services.

So, how do you know where to locate links on your website …

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These days its not too often that we hear news of Google PageRank, but when the search giant announces an update to the PageRank toolbar it certainly gets the attention of SEO’s and webmasters. Have we got your attention yet?

It would seem that Google has update the PageRank toolbar sometime around 7th February, with many webmasters noticing that Google pushed out new PageRank values …

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