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Successful Link Building Strategies

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In a recent article about effective link building strategies, we listed some tips that anyone should take into account when launching a successful link building campaign.

We have created this section for you to post your comments, share tips and add to the list. And if you have written a great article about link building, we'd love to link to your page.

Drop us a line and share your thoughts.

What We've Been Up To at Spanish SEO

Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on December 9, 2008 | 0 comments

It’s been a while since our last post and folks have been wondering what we have been up to. Indeed, our blog in English hasn’t been that active lately, mainly because we have been busy undertaking new personal projects and clients. There is just so much we can do the “right way” in 24 hours. We know you can easily relate to and are familiar with that!...continue

Blocking & Excluding Categories in Wordpress

Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on September 24, 2008 | 3 comments

WordpressSometimes we need to create a special category to feature posts or other information in the homepage or somewhere else, but don’t want it to appear in the template under the category list or get indexed by Search Engines because of potential duplicate content issues....continue

Duplicate Content Problems and Solutions

Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on September 15, 2008 | 1 comment

Google recently issued an official opinion regarding duplicate content in an article titled Demystifying the "duplicate content penalty." They emphasized the fact that some techniques will not cause a penalty, but instead may affect the performance of a website in the Search Engine Result Pages (SERP).

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Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on September 3, 2008 | 0 comments

In an attempt to remove potential benefits users can get from their social media profiles, Twitter.com joined the crowd of companies providing services, but not allowing their users to obtain any gains, like a simple dofollow link back to their sites, for their content creation efforts.

Twitter recently removed all possibilities to pass link juice in the 'About' section by removing linking capabilities from the 'Bio' field....continue

Who Leads the Global Web Strategy, Search Marketing Firms or Translation Companies?

Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on August 20, 2008 | 0 comments

For years there has been dissociation between Translation/Web Globalization companies and Search Engine Marketing (SEM)/Search Engine Optimization (SEO) firms in term of Internet Marketing strategies. That gap finally seems to be getting closer, yet very few companies really understand the challenges or have the expertise needed to successfully assist their clients with their global web strategies....continue

Translation and Web Globalization Companies

Interview with Aaron Wall about International SEO and Global Search Marketing

Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on August 11, 2008 | 5 comments

Aaron Wall - SEO Book
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Use RSS Feeds to Build Links

Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on August 5, 2008 | 4 comments

One strategy for building quality inbound links is to publish your RSS feeds in a different website where you can have control over the information that is distributed.

Internal link flow can also be improved by publishing your RSS feeds in different sections of the same website....continue

Understanding Search Behavior and Search Engine Technology

Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on July 30, 2008 | 0 comments

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Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on July 28, 2008 | 1 comment

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Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on July 3, 2008 | 8 comments

In a prior post I explained the main reasons why to block undesirable bots, scrapers and crawlers in order to prevent content stealing, malware injection, and vulnerability scanning in a website. If you haven’t read that post I encourage you to do so.

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Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on June 27, 2008 | 0 comments

ICANNOne of the most transcendental changes in the last forty years of Internet history is about to happen in the second quarter of 2009 after ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, approves the implementation plan to add many new names to the Internet....continue

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Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on June 25, 2008 | 10 comments

Spam has become a major problem for many of us that deal with content development on a regular basis. It takes different forms, affects performance and compromises the security of a site.

There are bots that specialize in spamming by inserting links and unsolicited information in input fields and forms of websites. The comment section of a blog, subscription or price match forms in eCommerce sites are very susceptible to these types of attacks....continue

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Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on June 21, 2008 | 15 comments

Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Susan Moskwa made a video presentation titled Geo target Your Site with Google Webmaster Tools, in which she explained the basics needed to associate a website with a particular country in order to enhance its presence in the local search results.

According to Susan, Google used to (and still does) look at a couple of signals to determine where a site was located or what particular region belonged to. Those signals included:...continue

  1. The server location of the website.
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Posted by Augusto Ellacuriaga on June 12, 2008 | 0 comments

The importance of proper keyword research goes beyond simple guessing and testing. It can be a complex task that encompasses a methodical process, that once completed, can set the foundation for ongoing International Search Engine Optimization.

The following are three things to consider when doing multilingual keyword research....continue

1. Define the language coverage: Universal vs. Localized