Search Engine Weekly Roundup #3

This weekly instalment of our Search Engine News Round-up is here to go through all of the finest talking points, blogs and news from the world of search, and all related areas. This week we have some great advice on how to tackle SEO issues on e-commerce websites, some extremely creative link-building ideas, why Google+ isn’t all its cracked up to be, the top inbound.org users for you to follow and a great infographic displaying the battle between search vs social.

The Most Creative Link Building Post Ever
Jon Cooper – PointBlankSEO
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This first article, by Jon Cooper of PointBlankSEO, has been immensely popular over the course of the week, and with good reason. The post is filled with people who work in the field of SEO giving their rebuttal to a question he posed to them: “what was the most creative way that you, or someone you know, got a link?” Some of these stories include a Halloween dog parade, creating baby bibs and of course, David Cameron with pasties. Jon is adding even more stories to this so you simply must check this post out.
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Search Engine Weekly Roundup #2

Here it is, the Search Engine Weekly Roundup #2 (SEO Harder). This is the follow-up to our post last week, where we trawl through the internet to find the biggest news and talking points, as well as the finest blogs from the world of search, and all related areas.

Panda & Penguin Tool: Find Which Google Algo Hit your Website
Harsh Agrawal – ShoutMeLoud

First of all, the folks at Barracuda Digital have recently released a Panda/Penguin checker tool, better known as the Panguin Tool. When people see that their traffic has taken a hit, and to quote Luis Navarrete, Head of SEO at Barracuda Digital: “It can be difficult to know if you have been hit by an update and it is even harder to find out which update you’ve been hit by” – So they’ve released the Panguin Tool. With the use of your Google Analytics account, this tool will help you analyse your traffic and see if your website has been hit by these updates. Harsh Agrawal of ShoutMeLoud has given his $0.02 on the matter, as he goes into further depth into what the tool is, its uses and how to properly function it.
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Search Engine News Roundup #1

This is the first instalment of our new feature, the Search Engine News Roundup. This is where we will bring you the finest articles/blogs, talking points and the latest news from the world of SEO and all related areas.

Your Guide to Google’s EMD Algorithm Update
Jayson DeMers – Search Engine Journal

To kick things off, we have one of the most notable events in SEO recently, the Google EMD (exact match domain) update, in conjunction with the Panda and Penguin updates, hitting some websites very hard indeed *cough* some of ours *cough*. Jayson DeMers of Search Engine Journal has written a full guide on the matter, including sites that were affected, and helpful tips on how you can prevent your website taking the full force of this update.