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Siloing Your Website

Website structure should help readers move from a broad topic to a useful detail page. Use topic hubs and contextual links to show those relationships; do not split a site into...

Website Content

Good website content starts with a real audience question and evidence you can stand behind. Give each page an owner, a review trigger and an answer that stays accurate when...

SEO and the Scare Tactic

A real SEO problem is specific, observable, and explainable. Learn how to separate a genuine indexing or security issue from an audit designed to frighten you into a contract.

When To Limit UGC

User generated content is worth keeping when its participant value exceeds the abuse, moderation, indexation, legal, and reputation costs. Use risk tiers instead of pretending...

Choosing Key Phrases

Do not force every search phrase onto the home page. Group queries by the need behind them, give each page one clear job, and create a new page only when the distinct intent...

Why your domain name still matters

A domain name is a long lived trust and ownership decision, not a ranking shortcut. Choose for memorability, defensibility, geographic intent, and the migration cost you can avoid.

What is Google Universal?

This 25 May 2007 explanation captures the arrival of Google Universal, when news, video, and books began appearing alongside web results. The interface has changed; the archive...

Understanding Link Building

A link can help people navigate, discover a page, follow a citation, or judge a source’s relationships. Its value depends on context, not on a universal link count or authority...

SEO for Geographic Regions

Regional SEO is an architecture and content problem before it is a list of city names. Choose local or international structure based on the business, then make each locale...

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