The TMO Blog

Selling Links? You Probably Shouldn’t Be Tweeting About It

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Late last week the SEO community had a good laugh at the expense of a self-proclaimed SEO expert who openly tweeted at major brands about renewing link buys. It appears the links were initially bought through iAcquire shortly before the service…

Celebrate Get Your Business Online Week

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Still hesitant about finally making the leap and getting your business online? There are countless business owners who find themselves still on the fence about expanding your brand's business on the internet. Some are worried about the resources…

Large Guest Blog Network Disappears From Search Results After Penalty

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Well, you can't say nobody warned them. Not long ago, Matt Cutts clearly stated that Google was planning on penalizing large guest blogging networks, and yesterday Google followed through. It was widely assumed Google would be targeting MyBlogGuest,…

Why Should You Be Using Bing’s Webmaster Tools?

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Big may not get all the praise and attention of Google, but they have been steadily growing their audience for years. They still have a ways to go in search traffic to be realistic competition for Google, but Bing has expanded their search…

The Only Local SEO Checklist You Will Need For 2014

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Search engines have been attempting to get local search right since the invention of the internet, but they have only managed to make local search a major player as smartphones have allowed us to take the internet everywhere we go. Now that…

Will 2014 Be The Year Mobile Overtakes Desktop Search?

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It is no secret that our use of the internet is becoming more and more mobile, but the day when we actually favor mobile search over desktop connections may be sooner than previously thought. While speaking at SMX West last week, Google's Matt…

Google Rolls Out New Search Results Design for Everyone

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By now you've probably noticed your search results don't look like they used to. Google told the public their new look was just an experiment earlier this week, but now everyone is getting to see Google's search results pages with the new design. Jon…

Google Plans To Target Italian and Spanish Link Spammers

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Think Google's attack on unnatural links and link spammers is limited just to the US? Think again. Google has made it clear they are targeting spammy practices from around the world, by attacking Polish and German link spammers over the past…

Google Gives Up On Large Branded Banner Ad Test

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You may remember the uproar from last October, when Google began experimenting with huge banner ads that ran across the top of branded search results. Many hailed them as the first sign of a completely branded search engine, while others weren't…