There’s a lot of mythology surrounding PageRank, especially if you’re new to SEO. Everyone seems to have an opinion about it… …and it can be confusing if you even need to pay attention to PageRank, since it’s just one of the myriad of signals nowadays. I decided to clear this up once and for all …

Imagine a social network for storytelling and business writing. Frequented by other passionate, educated, young writers who want to share their ideas with the world. Like Instagram, but for storytelling and with SEO value. (Or LinkedIn for Mac types.) Bonus: It even has curated publications with built-in audiences that are interested in the stuff you …

You spend a lot of time acquiring precious backlinks. But those backlinks don’t always stick around. The site you got a link from might no longer be active. (A lot of newbie blogs don’t make it). Perhaps one of your competitors stole your backlinks. (Those horrible people.) Whatever the case, a backlink earned does not exist in …

You know people want and need SEO… So why are you having such a hard time getting SEO leads?     In my experience, it’s probably one of three problems: 1. You’re a wandering generality instead of a meaningful specific; 2. You don’t know how to talk to your SEO leads; 3. You don’t know …

JavaScript backlinks are lingering question marks for SEOs. We know that they’re executed in JavaScript, rather than coded in HTML with the classic form of anchor text. And we know Google tracks them. Google told us this in 2014 and Search Engine Land reported on tests that confirmed it in 2015. Elephate ran an in-depth study in 2017 and …