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Just wondering, did the recent Google penguin updates penalize some link building techniques or was it only meant for over optimization of keywords, I have noticed ever since many people have become possessed with guest blogs.

Google Authorship is going to be the next big thing in SEO.

At the moment, there's a small ranking benefit to applying your content to an author. This is likely to increase in the future. It also takes into account the authority for the author on Google+. It also means, if you contribute to multiple sites, you can attribute all your work to your Google+ profile and further increase your authority.

The big advantage though ...

On Page SEO is still extremely important.

There are 5 things you should always look to get right:

1. URL - Does your keyword appear in your URL? Is the URL always relevant to the page?
2. Title Tag - Make sure your Title Tag contains your keywords and preferably your brand name too! 70 Characters is the suggested maximum
3. Description Meta Tag - This is not used 'officially' by Google any more as a ranking factor, ...

This is a thread to post one single little tip that can help our users with SEO.

My one tip would be get your URL structure right!

The keywords that relate to your page need to be in the URL. This one simple tip can make a big difference!

How can Guest Blogging help you with your SEO Campaign?

Ever wondered why there are so many guest posts on blogs all over the Internet?

There are loads of benefits to guest blogging on relevant blogs. Most of them to do with helping your SEO.

1. Backlinks - Every time you write a guest post for another blog you will be given the chance to post a backlink. This normally occurs at the bottom of the ...

SEO Moz's Whiteboard Friday this week was:

8 Link Building Tips - Whiteboard Friday

Interestingly enough he mentions looking for guest blogging opportunities that your competitors have already taken advantage of.

Sounds like an interesting tactic to me!

How many of you guest blog already?

Not many people are aware that apart from using keyword research tools, PPC can be the best option to know which are the best of the best performing keywords to target for SEO as well as Adwords.

SEOMoz.com have published a blog post on 10 big SEO myths that people are worried about.

It's part of their weekly "Whiteboard Friday" series that always has some great ideas!

There's a lot relating to spammy links. If you've got 10000 spammed links pointing to your site and no reputable ones then you might be in trouble. But if you have a good base of quality links, search engines usually choose to turn a blind ...

SEO is a huge subject which can take years, decades even a lifetime to perfect.

But everyone has to start somewhere!

Taking small steps to ensure that your site has some decent SEO foundations will make more advanced SEO much easier in the future.

The way search engines display results and collect data is constantly changing, normally with Google at the head of affairs.

This means that certain SEO techniques that work today, might ...