Debunking PageRank Sculpting: “Do Follow” Categories & Tags in WordPress SEO

I just finished reading a post about an SEO strategy for WordPress called PageRank Sculpting.  The post talked about how you wanted to add a "no follow" attribute to categories and tags in order to prevent giving away PageRank unnecessarily and drive more PR (PageRank) juice to the posts of your blog. I have to be honest ...

Does Google PageRank (PR) Still Matter? I say ‘Yes’

Does PageRank Really Matter Anymore? I say 'Yes' I keep hearing comments from people saying that Google PageRank doesn't matter anymore. Why doesn't PageRank matter anymore, you might be asking - well because Google says so, that's why. But my response is just because Google says so publicly, doesn't mean a hill of beans! Check out this ...

Google Officially Add ‘Site Speed’ Ranking Factor

Google Officially Add 'Speed' Ranking Factor I wrote back in November about Google's idea of adding "site speed" to their already complex algorithm that determines website rankings in the Google search results. The world is changing fast on the web, and people want data and information faster, more up to date, and from sites that can give ...

SEO Tip: Build Backinks By Forgetting About Backlinks

I can't help but notice the SEO types who are fixated on building backlinks both for themselves and for clients. And what I notice is that their fixation on "purposely building backlinks" is, ironically, hurting their SEO efforts. What worked 5, or even 10 years ago with SEO is practically irrelevant today.  Google has evolved, ...