Do We NEED Google?

Blogger’s Question Of The Week:

Can We Live Without Google?

image - Google Search QuestionMuch of what we, as bloggers, do everyday involves Google in one way or another. We spend a lot of time building backlinks, keyword research and staying on top of the ever changing terms, etc.. For what? To what end? Are we looking for easy traffic or the best traffic?

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you lost your Google referral traffic overnight? It’s happened to good people before, a simple mistake can get you into big trouble with Google and as we’ve seen lately, Google’s terms and focus are subject to change faster than many of us can keep up.
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Blogger’s Question Of The Week

Introducing Our New Series Where You Have All The Answers!

image - Question Of The WeekNot long ago we had a weekly series on Hot Blog Tips called “Quick Blogging Tip Thursday” which has been moved to our newsletter and is now run by Ben Barden (It’s free to subscribe and receive those weekly tips). In the spirit of new ideas and a weekly series I thought it would be fun to ask you, the reader and subscriber, a weekly blogging question.

To kick off our new Blogger’s Question of the Week, here’s this week’s question:

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Why No-Follow Links Are Still Worth It

Should Your Blog Be No-Follow Or Do-Follow?

image - Stop Following MeMany companies put a great deal of emphasis on search engine optimization (SEO) and dofollow links in order to gain visibility for the company website. If many different websites across the Internet have dofollow links back to your website, the Google bots see this as a sign of a website with great content. After all, why would so many website be linking back to your website if it isn’t in reference to great content or because you offered great content? This will help your company website shoot (or eventually make its way) straight to the top of a search engine results page (SERP). This makes dofollow links extremely important; so important in fact that many companies have hired an expert or a team of experts just to make sure these dofollow links happen. Continue reading

Looking Great With The New Google Plus Layout

Look Your Best With The New Google+ Design

image - Hot Blog Tips Google Plus AvatarHot on the heels of Facebook’s Timeline, Google+ has begun rolling out its own makeover. This revamped version has several new features to help in “ease of use” and “networking” with improved chat, hangouts, better navigation and trending alerts just like Twitter. What we’ll focus on today is “tweaking” your Google Plus business page images for a better look and feel. Continue reading

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