by David McBee | Jun 4, 2013 | backlinks
Before reading this article, it is important to understand the role that backlinks play. This article may help… The definitions of good links and bad links have changed over time. Back in the day, any link was considered a good link. That’s because Google...
by David McBee | Apr 30, 2013 | backlinks, forum comments
I was recently explaining to a client that the best way to determine if a link is good or not is to ask this question: “If it weren’t for SEO and link juice and PageRank, would I still want the link?” And if the answer is “yes”,...
by David McBee | Apr 3, 2013 | backlinks, link building, seo
I talk to a lot of small business owners who are trying to figure out the world of internet marketing. The days of buying a yellow pages ad or even some newspaper ads have been complicated by the many channels that are now available online. And not only are they...
by David McBee | May 9, 2012 | backlinks, local seo, seo
There’s no way to set budget for SEO and provide accurate expectations. There are too many variables that the SEO specialist cannot control. Let’s look at a couple of cases. I recently worked with a tire dealer in a medium size suburb. We searched ten pages deep for...
by David McBee | May 5, 2012 | backlinks
Despite the buzz from webmasters and search engine optimization specialists, Google’s Penguin update did not render link building worthless. If you’re not familiar with Google’s Penguin update, it’s their latest algorithm update and it has turned the search results on...
by David McBee | Jan 9, 2012 | backlinks, do-it-yourself-seo, seo
It’s the million dollar question – why are your competitors’ sites ranking better on the search engines? The answer is nearly always one of the following: 1) Their website is more relevant. They have more content on their site about the given keyword...