SEO Tip #103: Do You Recommend Article Marketing As An SEO Strategy?

SEO Tip  #103: Do You Recommend Article Marketing As An SEO Strategy?

Matt Cutts: Honestly I’m not a huge fan of article marketing. I mean if you think about it you’re writing an article and you try to include a link at the bottom and you’re hoping a bunch of other people put up copies or mirrors or duplicates of that article and that those links might
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SEO Tip #102: Is HTML Validation Necessary For Ranking?

SEO Tip  #102: Is HTML Validation Necessary For Ranking?

Matt Cutts: Today we have a guest to answer today’s question. Danny how would you answer that question? Danny: Well a lot of websites can have invalid code but render just fine because modern browsers do a good job dealing with bad code. And so it’s not that the code has to be absolutely perfect but
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SEO Tip #101: Does Google Recognize The Difference Between Different Meanings of A Word In A Query?

SEO Tip  #101: Does Google Recognize The Difference Between Different Meanings of A Word In A Query?

Matt Cutts: We relatively do a good job about that. If you only do the query “boxer” then we really don’t have any idea which one you mean for that particular query. But suppose you take “Sterling Silver” vs. “Stirling Engine” and you misspell both of those with ‘sturling’ we’ll correct ‘sturling engine’ with an ‘i’
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SEO Tip #100: What Are Some of the Projects that the Web Spam Team Might Tackle In 2011?

SEO Tip  #100: What Are Some of the Projects that the Web Spam Team Might Tackle In 2011?

Matt Cutts: Today’s question actually comes from. I seeded the page with various questions such as what are some of the projects the web spam team might tackle in 2011 and that one actually got 40 or 50 votes so I thought I would go ahead and give a quick preview
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SEO Tip #99: How Should I Handle Localized Content?

SEO Tip  #99: How Should I Handle Localized Content?

Let’s say I want to add multiple languages/countries to mysite.com. Would I be better off including all translations within mydomain.com or would I be better off creating mydomain.fr, mydomain.nl, mydomain.ca, etc.?

Matt Cutts: Well mydomain.ca is Canada so if you’re English you don’t need to translate that one unless you wanted to


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How to Get Started With WordPress

How to Get Started With WordPress

Hi everyone, welcome to BuildMySiteForFree.com. In today’s tutorial, I’m just going to show you quickly how to get started with WordPress ‘cause it’s actually a very simple process. And for those of you who don’t know, WordPress is an open source blog tool and publishing platform that allows you to create and run your blog
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What is Build My Site for Free

What is Build My Site for Free

Hi, everyone.  Welcome to BuildMySiteForFree.com.  And today’s tutorial is going to be about BuildMySiteForFree.com.  Now what is Build My Site For Free?  Well, it’s a website where you can find WordPress tips, tools, and all the information you need to start, maintain, and then of course, grow your WordPress blog or website.   Build My Site For Free
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How to use alt tag for Images on WordPress

How to use alt tag for Images on WordPress

Hi guys, welcome to BuildMySiteForFree.com. In today’s tutorial, I’m just going to show you how to alt tags to images. And alt tags are short descriptions of your image. And the reason we use them is: one, it helps people that are visually impaired, and two, it also helps search engines to understand what the image
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SEO Tip #98: Are There Any SEO Certification Programs You Are Aware Of?

SEO Tip #98: Are There Any SEO Certification Programs You Are Aware Of?

Matt Cutts: Nick has asked about industry certification, which is kind of a hot button topic. I’ll answer the easy question first, which is Google does provide certification for certified AdWords professionals. That is something that’s relatively simple. You can check that people are very competent with the program, they understand all the mechanics, the
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