Remember when Facebook acquired Instagram in April last year for $1 billion in cash and stock? Zuckerberg and co. was on to something: the power of visual social media. Instagram is an online photo sharing and social media service that lets you take pictures with your smart phone and post them on a variety of social platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. And here’s the beauty…
In a recent Webmaster Help video entry, Google’s head of search spam Matt Cutts revealed ten changes that his team is working on to reduce the number of spammy SEO tactics making the first page for search results, while rewarding the webmasters who go about SEO the organic way. You know, with things like valuable visitor content, strong backlinks, and usable site navigation. Many of the points…
First of all, know this: ‘backlinks’ and ‘inbound links’ mean the same thing. If you’ve heard either flung around in conversation and felt only vaguely certain of their definition, you’re not alone. You heard it here: Backlinks (and inbound links) crop up when SEO experts and web marketers try to explain why having other websites include a link (or links) back to your website is…