What Does Google Think of Hiring a Social Media Consultant?
I am often asked by clients if Google would look negatively upon them using a social media consultant to get links for their websites and content.
I have always done my best to explain that social media does not actually get links in the same way as you would buy them, but rather it gets the right exposure to put your content in front of the largest body of link givers on the web. With that exposure and great linkable content, you actually get natural links to your content, which Google sees as legit and good.
Recently I came across an interview that Eric Enge did with Matt Cutts, that further clarified how Google feels about hiring a social media consultant to help get natural links for your site and content.
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Google Presents… Search Box in the Seach Results?
I was out searching some of the Google Trends terms and noticed that one of the search results pages provided me a nice little search box that would allow me to directly search that site without having to visit it first.
Unless They’re Wearing Handfuccs, Proofread Your Title
Sometimes, in a rush, you just want to get something out fast without concern for any minor mistakes you might make.
However, when your mistake is in the Title, it can end up becoming the url of the post. The problem is when you go to fix that mistake you can end up losing links and leaving your visitors on a 404 page, unless your smart and you 301 the mistake url to the correct one.
A great example, and the reason i was driven to write this reminder, is the First Coast News article published today. A story about a man who was questioned by police while walking past a courthouse for wearing handcuffs as a fashion statement.
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