101 Ways to Link Build in 2012
I don’t know about you, but nothing gets me more frustrated than seeing people online whine about how, “It’s sooooo...
How to Properly Optimize Image or Video Sites
So you have a photoblog or videos embedded within your site that has great information and superb content, but there’s...
How to Protect Your Site from Link Spam and Negative SEO
Before beginning our discussion, let’s try to understand how classical SEO’s interpret their actions and strategies in search engine optimization....
Improving Paid Search Performance with Sitelinks
You spend thousands of dollars on your site every month. You work day and night to market it properly, but...
10 SEO Techniques All Startups Should Be Using
If you’re a startup entrepreneur, chances are good that search engine optimization (SEO) is the last thing on your mind....
How to Use the New Bing Links Explorer
Former Yahoo Site Explorer fans can now rejoice! Although plenty of tears were shed when the program was originally shuttered,...
Local SEO with Google+
It’s not exactly surprising that Google recently made the widely-expected announcement that it plans to convert all existing Google Places...
10 Ways Coding Can Help Your SEO
Too many webmasters think of SEO in terms of things you do after a website is created, whether that’s optimizing...
The Problem with SEO: Mistaking Correlation for Causation
So you just saw a big jump in your natural search result rankings? Congratulations, that’s great news! But before you...
55 SEO Productivity Tools We Use at Single Grain
Looking for a new tool that will help you get the most out of your SEO campaigns? Consider any of...
Pros and Cons of the New Google Webmaster Tools
Hundreds of thousands of webmasters have created Google Webmaster Tools accounts for the sole purpose of receiving information on the...
3 Reasons to Update to the New Google Analytics Snippet
Though the Google Analytics asynchronous tracking code isn’t technically all that “new” (considering its initial release date of 3/22/2010), plenty...
5 Tips for Conducting Semantic Keyword Research
With the recent launch of Google’s “Penguin” algorithm change – which aims to cut webspam detected through a number of...
Conducting a 5 Minute Brand Reputation Audit
Traditional marketing and PR are dead. Instead of the one-way “marketer to prospect” street that existed in the past, consumers...
Social Shares: The New Link Building
The web is awash with articles about how “social shares” (aka – mentions and link sharing on popular social networking...
How to Identify Search Engine Penalties
If you’ve ever opened your website analytics account and found a significant and surprising drop in search engine referral traffic,...
Is Google+ the Unwanted of the Social Networking World
Google+ has been around for almost a year now and – shockingly enough – despite industry professionals rambling on and...
How to Track Off-Site Clicks as Goals in Google Analytics
On the Single Grain blog, we’ve talked a lot about the power of Google Analytics in general terms with...
25 Ways to Decrease Your Rankings
Sure, any old chump can follow SEO best practices and achieve the high SERPs rankings that lead to sustained business...
15 Best Link Building Tools
Yes, prospecting for link building opportunities and reaching out to webmasters to drive new links back to your website can be done...