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How Canonical URL Redirects (301 Redirects) Can Affect Your Search Rankings

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Have you noticed that when you type certain URLs, they are automatically redirected? For instance, whether you type marketvantage.com, marketvantage.com/index.php, www.marketvantage.com/index.php or www.marketvantage.com they all resolve to the same URL https://marketvantage.com. This is called a “Canonical URL Redirect” or a “301 Redirect”. Now unfortunately, a lot of websites don’t have this redirect which can negatively …

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How Google’s Latest Updates Affect Your Site’s Search Visibility

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Lately there has been a flurry of coverage in the mainstream media about Google’s efforts to improve the quality of its organic (non-paid) search results. In the past two weeks we’ve seen articles in the NY Times and Wall Street Journal just to name a couple. Never before has the practice of search engine optimization, …

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How to Stop Competitors from Clicking Your PPC Ads (Updated 2024)

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There are various types of click fraud in online advertising. One form involves competitors clicking on your Pay Per Click ads. They do this to waste your budget on worthless clicks, discouraging you from continuing to advertise online. With typical per-click charges ranging from a few dollars to tens of dollars, it doesn’t take long …

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How to Avoid the Microsoft adCenter Parked Domain Landmine

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  Recently we were called in to investigate a PPC account that had been migrated from Yahoo Search Marketing to Microsoft adCenter. Since moving to adCenter, the account experienced a significant drop in ROI. They were still getting plenty of clicks but those clicks weren’t converting, which was badly hammering their cost-per-acquisition. The company sells …

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Unethical SEO, Reporting Cheaters

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Today’s topic is about people who don’t follow the “rules” of SEO. Perhaps you yourself have violated Google’s Webmaster Guidelines and are wondering if and when you’ll pay a price. Maybe you’ve done something that the search engines consider unethical but aren’t even aware of it. It can be infuriating to carefully follow Google’s Webmaster …

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