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Search engine optimization
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The Rainmaker Blog
The Buzz on Hummingbird, Google’s Latest Search Algorithm Update
Google unleashed Hummingbird, the biggest change to its search algorithm in more than a decade, about a month ago. Did you notice? Google is drilling down past keywords to intent with…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Does Google change in search effect law firm SEO?
With an update called Hummingbird, Google has made the biggest change to its search algorithm since 2000, The New York Times Claire Caine Miller (@clairecm) reported this week. As opposed…
The Rainmaker Blog
Google Ranking Factors for Achieving Best Search Results
Earlier this summer, Searchmetrics released a report on the ranking factors that are most highly associated with Google search results. I wrote a post about it in July at Social…
The Rainmaker Blog
How to Create Content That Google Likes
A recent HubSpot blog post noted that there are 2 million unique blog posts published every day – a huge amount of new content streaming onto the Web. So how can…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Improve blog SEO with short URLs
Search results may not be the be all and end all for good law blogs, but all things being equal you want your posts to be found when someone searches…
The Legal Watercooler
Google Profiles + Google Author Ranks + Google In-Depth Articles = WAKE UP!!!
[caption id="attachment_3881" align="alignright" width="223"] Wake up and smell the coffee people.[/caption] Wake up and smell the coffee: Google matters. Google counts. Copyblogger said so this morning (Seriously. Go get some…
The Rainmaker Blog
How to Use Content for Effective Link Building
One of the top factors in determining your ranking in search lies in effective link building. Google has long recognized – and penalized – sites that try to game the system…
The Rainmaker Blog
How to Create SEO-Friendly Content
I’ve noted here many times how Google loves fresh content and their constant algorithm updates make having SEO-friendly content more important than ever to rank favorably in organic search results.…
The Rainmaker Blog
Social Signals Rank Highest for Best Google Search Results
A new study from Searchmetrics shows that of 44 ranking factors, social signals account for 7 of the top 8 most highly associated with Google search results, The chart below…
The Rainmaker Blog
Is Your Website in the Google Penalty Box?
I came across a great post on the KISSmetrics blog the other day about the reasons why Google penalizes websites. The post listed 50 – 50!—reasons your site might incur…