The Truth About Link Building – Is It Safe Or Not

Backlinks are the most important ranking factor in Google. Period! This is how it has been for the last years and how it will be for at least the coming years. The more good backlinks your website has, the better rankings in Google you’ll get. At Monitor Backlinks, we are often asked if it’s safe …

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What Are Implied Links?

Many online marketers have long speculated that backlinks will soon carry less weight in Google’s ranking algorithm. While everybody is talking about brand authority and brand citations, Google just released a patent that gives us an insight about how they determine the authority of a website. Within this article, I will give you a quick …

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How To Keep Your Website Safe From Google Penalties

If you’ve been in SEO for more than a few years, you know how vulnerable any website can be when it comes to Google penalties. We’ve seen it all. From known reputable websites, to small businesses, any website can be penalized. Google has become very severe against all websites that are violating their Webmaster guidelines. …

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How to setup your Google Authorship for your website

Got Google Authorship? You should. Did you know that sites that have author images displayed in search results enjoy higher click-through rates? They also tend to rank higher. To understand Google Authorship, you have to understand where it came from. Agent Rank was a patent filed by Google in 2005. The premise was to create …

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