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What are Sitelinks and How do I Create Them?

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This is a question that many bloggers and webmasters ask. Sitelinks are often touted as a useful tool for increasing a website's search engine visibility while subsequently attracting more visitors to it. But what exactly are sitelinks and how do they work? Sitelinks Defined Sitelinks are essentially nothing more than internal links that are displayed underneath a Google search listing. If you search for the keyword "Amazon," for instance, you'll notice several different sitelinks, including "Books," "Your Account," "Amazon Prime," etc. Each of these sitelinks takes the user to its respec...
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Is Google Planning Another Panda Update?

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Panda. Those five little words have struck so much fear into the hearts of webmasters and bloggers. When Google launched its first Panda update back in 2011, many people saw their sites' rankings drop overnight. But now there's talk of another Panda being released, it may happen sooner rather than later. What Is Panda? In case this is your first time hearing about Google's infamous Panda update, let me explain: "Panda" is the name given to a series of search ranking algorithm updates implemented by Google. The Mountain View company uses hundreds of different factors to determine where and ho...
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Bing Expected To Roll Out Mobile-Friendly Update

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Just weeks after Google altered its search ranking algorithm to increase the mobile rankings for smartphone/tablet-optimized websites, Bing has announced plants to roll out a mobile-friendly update of its own. The Microsoft-owned and operated search engine announced the upcoming mobile-friendly update in a blog post titled "Our approach to mobile-friendly search." In the post, Bing's Shyam Jayasankar reinforces the fact that mobile Internet usage continues to grow as a "percentage of overall" search queries. Bing initially unveiled plans to push for greater mobile friendliness back in Novem...
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Why Won’t Google Index My Blog?

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Can't seem to find your blog listed in Google's search results? While Yahoo and Bing may provide some traffic, it fails in comparison to the Big G. So when a blog fails to rank in Google, it can be troubling for the owner. The good news is that you can often fix this issue, first by identifying why Google hasn't indexed your blog. Copyright If your blog has been reported for copyright violations, Google may deindex it. The person or organization reporting the violation, however, must provide ample proof; otherwise, Google will let it be. To check and see if your blog has been reported, visit...
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