The Most Common SEO Problems Causing Penalties in 2014

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Presenter: Brynna Baldauf

SEO Specialist

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WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?

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1. Types of Penalties

2. Most Common Penalties

3. Common Mistakes Resulting in Penalty

4. Tips for Overcoming Penalties

5. Tools for Overcoming Penalties

AGENDA

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The Site-wide Match actions impact an

entire site.

The Partial Match actions impact

individual URLs or sections of a site.

TYPES OF PENALTIES

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Unnatural Links to your Site

Unnatural Links to your Site – Impacts Links

Unnatural Links from your Site

TYPES OF PENALTIES

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• Hacked Site• Spammy Structured Markup• Thin Content with little or no added value• Pure Spam• User Generated Spam• Cloaking and/or Sneaky Redirects• Hidden Text and/or Keyword Stuffing• Spammy Freehosts

TYPES OF PENALTIES

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Partial Match – Unnatural Links to Your Site

Partial Match – Hacked Site

MOST COMMON PENALTIES

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Outdated Knowledge

Not knowing your own site

Not visiting your own site

Not verifying work from agencies

Lack of education

COMMON MISTAKES

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1. Take a deep breath

2. Assess which penalty you have

OVERCOMING PENALTIES

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OVERCOMING PENALTIES

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3. Calculate the scope of the fix

4. Understand your Resources

5. Ask for Help

OVERCOMING PENALTIES

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• Google Webmaster Tools and Analytics• 3rd Party Tools

SITE ANALYSIS

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• Google Webmaster Tools• 3rd Party Tools

LINK ANALYSIS

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RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE

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QUESTIONS?

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