Category: Technical SEO

  • Yandex will start using Paid Links as a negative ranking signal!

    Yandex will start using Paid Links as a negative ranking signal!

    Today Yandex’s head of search, Alexander Sadovsky, announced they will start using paid links as a negative ranking signal. Official announcement: Новый этап в борьбе со ссылочным спамом from today. After discounting links in a few specific niches and areas around Moscow last year, they now decide to turn it around and use paid links as…

  • Optimising Google’s Knowledge Graph – #SMX Munich

    Optimising Google’s Knowledge Graph – #SMX Munich

    Many of you will have notices the search engine result pages are currently containing more elements compared to a few years back. Not only 10 blue links, accompanied with 3 to 10 AdWords advertisements but for many queries we are getting additional regarding the query. These additional cards are a result of Google’s Knowledge Graph.…

  • Searchmetrics bookmarklet

    Searchmetrics bookmarklet

    Quick post today: since I’m using Searchmetrics every day, I got tired typing in all the URLs I want to check manually so I created a quick bookmarklet you can use to instantly go to the Searchmetrics interface for the URL you are currently on. Add the following code as a bookmark in your favorites:…