The complete guide to duplicate content

From Yoast.com In doing my work as an SEO, I constantly encounter people who do not “get” the concept of duplicate content. It’s as old as the search engines themselves, and SEO’s have been fixing it since day one, but we apparently still need to do more about it. That’s why I decided to take…

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The basis of keyword research from Yoast.com

Another great article from Yoast.com… Keyword research is the basis of all search marketing. It is the art of explaining what you do in the language that people use, and thus it should probably be the basis of all your marketing activities, both on and off the web. As an SEO, I use keyword research…

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SEO Hosting – From Yoast.com

Another great article from Yoast.com How bad hosting can lead to losing SEO rankings Downtime of your website can lead to vastly decreased performance in organic search. I’ve been saying this for years, and have had some small examples to show for it. Now though, I’ve got a great example that I wanted to share…

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Google Analytics for WordPress reaches version 4

One of the major plugins that is a “Must Have” install for your WordPress site has just been updated at Yoast.com Google Analytics has gotten so many new features in the last year, that the only way I could incorporate those into my Google Analytics plugin, which has been downloaded 941,050 times, was by doing…

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Backing Up Your WordPress Site and Installation

We can’t stress it enough, BACK UP, BACK UP, BACKUPPPPP!!! The guys over at iThemes and their plugin Backup Buddy make it easy. Here is a quick description… BackupBuddy is an all-in-one solution for backups, restoration, and migration. Back up to your server, Amazon S3, a FTP/FTPS account, or an email. Use the backup with…

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Yoast.com – The Definitive Guide To Higher Rankings For Your Blog

From Yoast.com. Joost de Valk has one of the best and helpful websites out there for WordPress. You can spend hours reading and tweeking your website based on his posts and information. Recently he wrote a great article on SEO and WordPress. Below is the beginning and you can read the whole article at http://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-seo/…

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