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Blogging Tips: Is the ‘Summer Slump’ a Real Thing?

PotPieGirl — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 02:17:37 +0000

So, Blogging Results Suck in the Summer? True or False? I want to show you something that is the best “visual” I have to get a real picture in YOUR mind of what the whole “summer slump” thing is for bloggers. No doubt, you have heard many bloggers complain/mention that their traffic and sales are...

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Pinterest Slapped By Google ( No! You Will NOT Build a Wall! )

PotPieGirl — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:03:17 +0000

If you’re a Pinterest Marketer, like I am, you might be wondering… What in the WORLD happened to my Pinterest traffic??? Something BIG happened, folks… BIG. Let’s talk about what happened. Before I even dive in to what happened with Pinterest and Google, let me say this – Pinterest is a powerful force with or...

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SyndLab Review & Demo [Does It Really Work?]

PotPieGirl — Thu, 18 May 2017 10:01:19 +0000

Can you really push a button and rank Page 1 in Google? That’s what SyndLab says it will do for you. SyndLab – what IS it? What does it do? How does SyndLab work? And most importantly – Does SyndLab actually WORK to help your blog posts rank better in Google? In my video walk-through...

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Google Is Rubber – and YOU’RE Glue

PotPieGirl — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 23:33:26 +0000

One day you’re ranking awesome in Google – the next day you’re not. POOF, those good rankings disappear and you don’t even rank for your domain name anymore. What the heck happened? There are many reasons this could happen, but now add in the fact that OTHER sites linking TO your site could cause Google...

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ONE Outbound Link Caused Sitewide Google Penalty?

PotPieGirl — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:07:57 +0000

Do you think it’s possible that ONE outbound link on your site could cause a SITEWIDE Google penalty? I never really thought so until I started following a situation that is being talked about a lot online. Let me fill you in… This conversation seemed to have all started with an open letter to Matt...

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MyBlogGuest, Guest Blogging, Hypocrisy, and a Facepalm Moment

PotPieGirl — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:15:37 +0000

When one guest blogging service got singled out hit with a Google penalty recently (as well as the sites using the service), it has since been a BIG topic of discussion. Was it fair? Did Google use MyBlogGuest as an example to spread more fear in the community? Was it an over-use of power by...

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When It Comes To SEO, Is Ignorance Bliss?

PotPieGirl — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:43:43 +0000

I just spent an hour or so of my life over on a post at SearchEngineLand.com – mainly in the comments section. Barry Schwartz has an article summarizing what Matt Cutts explained in one of his videos about how Google determines a ‘paid link’. I have had more SEO-related entertainment on that one web page...

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Holy Sh*t! Please Don’t Link To Me!

PotPieGirl — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:07:46 +0000

So I’m strolling through my Twitter feed today catching up with what’s going on. Suddenly this tweet comes thru that made me laugh…then kinda want to cry because it is SO sadly real in regards to Google and back links right now. Let me show you the tweet – This tweet came across from Ryan...

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OMG! Look At These Search Results!

PotPieGirl — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:47:05 +0000

I know, I know – it’s not like me to post again so soon, but I just saw something in the Google search results that makes me laugh my a$$ off. Let me show you just how bad things have gotten…. OR, it’s a sign that another storm is coming… So I wandered over to...

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A Tale of a Tornado…and a Penguin

PotPieGirl — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:37:42 +0000

This is yet another one of my posts that will start out with something that seems totally unrelated to the topics I normally talk about. But, if you hang in there with me you will (hopefully) see my connection and why I choose to tell this story. Once upon a time, way back in 1994,...

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Benched By Penguin?

PotPieGirl — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:32:48 +0000

I read an interesting sports news story the other day. There’s this hockey team, the Nashville Predators, who had two very important players break a team rule…so the coaches BENCHED those 2 players (meaning those 2 players have been put in “time out” and aren’t allowed to play). That, in itself, doesn’t sound that interesting...

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Ok – Let’s Talk Negative SEO

PotPieGirl — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:36:39 +0000

I really had another post topic in mind today that had nothing to do with Google, but I’ll wait on that. Seems the ‘hot topic’ is Negative SEO at the moment and I’m getting a lot of alarmed questions coming my way about it. So, let’s talk about it. First off, what IS “negative...

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Article Marketing, Guest Blogging and Panda – WTH?

PotPieGirl — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:02:30 +0000

Recently over in the Warrior Forum there was a thread started that questioned if guest posting could cause Google to penalize a site and trigger the oh-so-popular-now “we found unnatural links” message from Google. The thread caught my attention because I was very curious as to how legitimate guest posting could cause an unnatural back...

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OMG! The Sky Is Falling!?!?!

PotPieGirl — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:48:13 +0000

So – blog networks are dead now, right? That means the sky is falling, right? Well, if you know me at all, you know I do NOT subscribe to the whole “sky is falling/end of the world” mentality. Changes happen, we go with the changes – that’s how we roll, right? So let’s talk about...

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How Google Makes Algorithm Changes

PotPieGirl — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:23:55 +0000

And How Human Raters Affect Your Rankings Ever have a web page that finally gets to Page 1 for your keyword – and then suddenly plummets to nowhere land? I’m about to explain to you a very possible reason why this happens. I’m also going to share with you something straight from Google that tells...

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Are You An Echo?

PotPieGirl — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:34:25 +0000

Are You an Echo? Yes, I repeated that twice… it was an echo (just me entertaining myself…lol). But let’s talk about being an “echo” online. What do you think that means? To me, it was something I promised myself I would NOT be with my blog and my “PotPieGirl” work online. I refuse to be...

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Google Panda – How To Survive

PotPieGirl — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:50:27 +0000

Beware – Straight Talk That Might Not Be Popular Oh, this Google Panda thing is nuts, isn’t it? Sites dropping like flies, the SEO community in a whirl-wind of guessing….and tons of marketers crying, “Why me? My content is GOOD!! It’s not fair!”. The latest list of “losers” with the most recent release of Panda...

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My Theory on the Google Algo Change/Farmer Update

PotPieGirl — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:25:04 +0000

Perhaps All ‘Content Farms’ are NOT the Same Ever since this whole Google algo update/Farmer update mess started, I’ve noticed that SOME article directory sites I am familiar with got nailed…and others didn’t. From a basic perspective, they’re all pretty much the same, right? They all put out mass-volumes of user-generated content every day…and make...

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Building Links But Sinking in Google – Why?

PotPieGirl — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:45:40 +0000

Can You Have Too Many Backlinks? How To Tell A very common question I get is, “I’m building backlinks like crazy but my rankings are getting WORSE in Google – not better! Why?!?!?!” It is SO frustrating when this happens – especially when you’re new. The “experts” tell you to go build links back to...

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Who Cares About Bing?

PotPieGirl — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:34:52 +0000

YOU Should! Here’s Why Bing – I imagine you’ve heard of it? This new little search engine? If you’re like me, you probably don’t pay that much attention to it…. and you probably don’t worry about how you rank in Bing, either. Not much traffic comes from Bing, does it? They are small potatoes compared...

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