To answer my own question… Yes. I do think they are overrated. Now, pump your brakes. I’m not saying they are completely worthless, I just think some people assume they are THE definitive answer to some massive search engine ranking increase. The Advantages SEO plugins can be useful when they provide additional reporting features, display [...]
Update: 150,000 Monthly Page Views – STILL No Backlink Building
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You may remember my post from last August titled 100,000 Monthly Page Views & No Backlink Building. So I wanted to update you on the traffic to my hidden WordPress website I created in 2011 that I have been using to test how much organic traffic I can build without chasing backlinks. It’s been six [...]
Did Google Kill The Niche Site Model?
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For the last two weeks, the Net has been buzzing with chatter about the latest Google algorithm shake-ups. This time there were 3 fairly big updates that rolled out over the span of 10-12 days. So in case you missed it, here’s a recap… On September 27/28th, Google launched an EMD update (Exact Match Domain) [...]
How to Display Google Custom Search Results In WordPress (Video)
Filed Under: General Web, SEO 61 Comments
It’s no secret that the default WordPress search engine leaves much to be desired. It prioritizes recency over relevancy, which makes for some odd results at times. And to make matters worse, some themes display full posts instead of traditional results. I find that to be limiting for the user experience. So the best remedy [...]
100,000 Monthly Page Views & No Backlink Building
Filed Under: Build Traffic, SEO 390 Comments
Note: This article was updated in February, 2013 and I’ve added a screenshot of the traffic from Jan-Feb, 2013. Traffic stats are below. I couldn’t wait to write this post because the results I’m about to show you probably go against many of your opinions about search engine optimization today. If you’ve been following me [...]
Will Google’s New “Knowledge” Smack Down Content Publishers?
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In case you haven’t heard, Google’s getting into the content game. This has been in the works for some time, but the Senior Vice President of Engineering, Amit Singhal, made a more official announcement last Wednesday when he introduced the world to Google’s Knowledge Graph (GKG). It has already started rolling out in the U.S., [...]
Tag Clouds: A Worthless WordPress Widget?
Filed Under: Blogging, SEO 105 Comments
In the early days of WordPress, tag clouds were a very innovative way of revealing the popular tags you used for your posts. There were even some SEO benefits to using them. Anytime you could create anchor text to link to your content was always a good thing. Today, the value of tag clouds seems [...]
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