FeaturedWhat are Blackhat SEO Techniques & its effect on Search Engines?
Cloaking, hidden text, link farms, keyword stuffing and six more tricks that can get a website pushed out of search results.
15 Apr 2008 · 4 min read
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An information blog by Naveen Kapur. Tools and methods are tested for real first, then written up so others can learn from them. Digital marketing, CRM, SaaS, business development and AI automation.
FeaturedCloaking, hidden text, link farms, keyword stuffing and six more tricks that can get a website pushed out of search results.
15 Apr 2008 · 4 min read
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Real tests from the early SEO years, kept in their original words. Each has a short note on what has changed since.
From 2024From 12 March 2024 Google stopped measuring only the first tap on a page and started measuring every one. Here is what INP is, why many sites that passed FID now fail, and how to fix it.
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From 2020Google picked three numbers to measure how a page feels to a real visitor: how fast it loads, how quickly it responds and whether it jumps around. Here is what they mean and how to pass.
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From 2019In October 2019 Google started reading searches the way people write them, small words included. Here is what BERT changed and what it means for your pages.
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From 2019Google used to read the desktop version of your site. Since July 2019 every new site has been indexed from its phone version, and since July 2024 that is the only version that counts.
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From 2019Google changes its main ranking systems a few times a year. Here is every confirmed core update since 2019, what each one was about, and a calm plan if your traffic drops.
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From 2018A CMS lets non-technical people run a website. The three types of CMS and the features a good one must have.
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From 2011Four approaches to bringing real traffic and links to an expired domain, from buying one with history to building a proper site on it.
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From 2011Why people buy expired domains, what they cost to buy and keep, and why their value is hard to pin down. Fourteen facts.
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