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Link experiment – when do duplicate links count? Posted on Jul 13, 06 at 11:13 am.

Here’s the conundrum - if you find yourself linking to the same site twice on a page, or else linking the same keywords more than once, it can be difficult to tell whether the second or first link carries any value. For example, if you do either of the following, then what are the actual link [...]

How to spot nofollow links the easy way Posted on Jul 13, 06 at 11:05 am.

Sometimes you may be considering adding content to a third-party site, not least for link benefits. Whether it’s a link exchange, forum link drop, blog comment, or article submission, the sites for links are available - but some throw in a nasty surprise by using the “nofollow” tag. Looking through page code for nofollow is arduous at [...]

Tips for Google News syndication Posted on Jul 12, 06 at 2:44 pm.

If SEO is about attracting targeted visitors, then methods that can legitimately increase your site’s exposure to extra traffic work well within that remit. One way of doing this is via syndication, and one of the big daddy’s of this is Google News. Any site that can get itself syndicated via Google News can potentially tap [...]