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SEO
This is how it all started:
Google’s Matt Cutts: We’ve Penalized A Guest Blogging Network
Then…
Google’s Matt Cutts: We Can Take Action On Sites Benefiting From Guest Post Networks
But wait; there’s more!
Google Slaps Marketing Company Portent for Unnatural Links
Check out Ian Lurie‘s (Portent founder) comment on the post:
It looks like this is about historical stuff – pre-2012 mostly. At least, that’s where I’m finding the offending guest posts. There ARE the exploded sitewide footer links, but those are easily disavowed and probably were buried by Google the moment they appeared. It’s gotta be the guest posts.
Sounds like their penalty is pointing in direction of MyBlogGuest as well.
More about MyBlogGuest Penalty
Google’s Matt Cutts: We Can Take Action On Sites Benefiting From Guest Post Networks
T-Mobile & WebDesign.org Talk Link Buy Renewals Over Twitter???!!!
Link building can’t get any dumber than this – truly.
And here’s a follow-up:
Uh-oh… The public conversation between T-Mobile & WebDesign.org about link buying renewals has caught +Matt Cutts’ attention
New Google Title Tag Length Guidelines: 55 Characters
More from Google
With all the penalty news breaking this week, Matt Cutts’ new video got pushed all the way down in my SEO section – for once. lol
New Matt Cutts Video: Can I place multiple breadcrumbs on a page?
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Social Media
Twitter’s Turned 8
…thus there are plenty of Twitter news in the spotlight this week.
Travel Back To See Your #FirstTweet
You can also see first tweets from a few interesting folks like Warren Buffet, Cameron Diaz, Paul McCartney, and many more:
A selection of some memorable first Tweets
Is Twitter Eliminating @ Replies and # Hashtags?
When to use a period before a @username on Twitter
More Twitter News
Turkey’s Twitter ban backfires: Tweets up 138%, VPN usage up, topic trends
Twitter Makes Video Watching Easier With One-Click Inline Viewing
Google+: New look link posts are back
Great news!
More Google+ News
How to get more shares on G+ – a great case study from +Robert Ryan
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To all of you who mentioned Traffic Generation Café in any share or form in the past week, my whole-hearted THANK YOU.
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Here are just some of the mentions I came across in the past week:
Keyword Targeting, Disavow Everything?, Next Generation Panda, Analytics Academy, Speedlink 11:2014 – Francisco Perez at iblogzone.com
How to Become a Professional Blogger: Lessons from Pro bloggers – Harleena Singh at aha-now.com
75 Bite-Sized Tips to Make You a Copywriting Badass – Konrad Sanders at creative-copywriter.net
How To Use Google+ To Engage Your Audience More Effectively – Adam Connell at brandwatch.com
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