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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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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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Ever had your website or blog hacked? Google is here to help!

Google recently launched a help center to specifically assist website owners who have had their website hacked. This help center comes complete with a set of step by step instructions as well as videos that outline each and every part of the process.

The steps include:
(1) Watch the overview
(2) Contact your …

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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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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 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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Watch out Google, Bing is taking aim at your shopping site. A new campaign launched by the 2nd largest search engine called Scroogle is geared to bring ‘awareness’ to users and merchants about the recently updated Google Shopping platform.

Basically, Bing is warning users not to get Scroogled this holiday season through Google Shopping’s paid ads. Of course they provide an alternative, search using an …

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Continuing the recent theme of reconsideration requests, Google’s Matt Cutts provided a video answering the question how long does a reconsideration request take to process?

Matt suggests that you should get a response within a couple of weeks, however if you don’t then post something on the Google Webmaster Forum.

Matt also outlined the 4 types of responses you should get for your reconsideration request. …

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There has been a lot of discussion ever since Google came down hard on the quality of content on websites and the several link building strategies that webmasters and SEO experts typically use. 2012 witnessed the launch of two major updates from Google, ala Penguin and Panda, which were clearly initiatives to curb the menace of spammy content and shady link building practices. The latest …

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