Phone number spam

Does Google penalize websites that keyword stuff their phone numbers on website pages that are useless?  

Hear what Matt Cutts says about this in this 1 minute video

Google Webmaster Tools notifications

How many types of messages does the Google webspam team send out?  

Watch this video clip with Matt Cutts from Google that explains the types of Google Webmaster Tools notifications that they send out. Each month Google sends out thousands upon thousands of emails and 90% of the notifications are related to black hat tactics. 

Types of Notifications:

• Google Black hat spammer notifications: 90% 
• Google low quality or no quality content notifications: 4% 
• Google hacking notifications: 3% 
• Buying links notifications: 2% 
• Selling links notifications: 1% 
  

Unnatural Links - message from Google

What should I do if I get an "unnatural links" message from Google? 

If you receive a message from Google Webmaster Tools about unnatural links on your site, don’t hoit the panic button.  Some links are distrusted because they are related to spammy activity or may be links hacked by your competitors that they are pointing to your website.

Click HERE to read more and watch this brief video from Matt Cutts.

How to improve your LinkedIn Profile for SEO

Here are 10 simple ways you can improve your LinkedIn Profile to help improve SEO

1. Have a complete profile and don’t leave any fields blank. Add all of your awards, honors, and languages.
2. Ask for recommendations and endorsements
3. Add website URL(s) links (a max of 3 are allowed)  
4. Use a relevant keyword to optimize your job titles. Sample: Don’t use “Experienced Lawyer in Dallas,” instead use “Experienced Personal Injury Lawyer in Dallas”
5. Avoid overusing or repeating keywords
6. Promote your LinkedIn profile on your website, blog, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.
7. Write Recommendations for other contacts in your network. Writing recommendations are beneficial and helps make you look well-liked by others. 
8. Join relevant groups to get exposure
9. Increase your network by adding 10+ contacts each month
10. Promote yourself by writing about topics of interest that are important to business professionals