Building Links In a Post-Penguin World

Ever since Google first rolled out its infamous Penguin update in 2012, webmasters have been hesitant to build backlinks to their site, fearing it could hurt their search rankings. Backlinks are a prime ranking signal used by search engines, but not all backlinks are beneficial. Google uses Penguin to devalue rankings of websites that violate […]

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Link Building Is Sweat and Creativity, Says Matt Cutts

As last year’s Search Marketing Expo (SMX) Advanced, Google’s own Matt Cutts answered some questions during a live Q&A, some of which focused on link building. Whether you’re building your first website or your hundredth, you should pay close attention to what Cutts has to say. Cutts, head of Google’s Webspam team, said that link […]

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