Author Archives: Libby Lucas

About Libby Lucas

SEO girl tracking the internet, chasing two kids, hunting for info, in pursuit of a good night's sleep!

Google Algorithm Changes – 2012

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Libby Lucas

Google takes the guess work out of their algorithmic changes.  In their continuing effort to provide transparency to developers, site owners, and SEO professionals, Google publishes all of their algorithm changes on a monthly basis.  They make it easy to … Continue reading →

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America’s Paranoia is Killing Google Analytics Data!

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Libby Lucas

Since late 2011 Google began putting out notices that they would be updating their privacy policy to create a “beautifully simple, intuitive user experience across Google.”   This policy change went live on Thursday, March 1, 2012.   Most people had … Continue reading →

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Should you buy paid links?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Libby Lucas

Paid links are at the top of the Google Webmaster Naughty List but oh the temptation! If you study the search results you will see that despite warnings from Google, companies are buying links and getting away with it. Your … Continue reading →

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Register.com Under Malicious Attack by Hackers

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Libby Lucas

On Friday, November 13, 2010 Register.com was attacked by a hackers that orchestrated a (DDoS) Distributed Denial of Service Attack.  A DDoS is an attempt to make computer resources unavailable to users.  If your domain is registered at Register.com you may … Continue reading →

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Google Instant Previews Launches 11-9-2010

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Libby Lucas

Google Instant Previews is an early Christmas present!   This is a time saving new feature that allows you to take a glance at the search results by hovering over a magnifying glass icon next to the link.  So instead of opening … Continue reading →

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Domain Names – Dashes VS Underscores

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Libby Lucas

Dashes VS Underscores for SEO … Dashes WIN!!! Prime domain names are in short supply these days so customers are resorting to dashes and underscores to get the “right” keyword phrases in their domains. The dashes are definitely better if … Continue reading →

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Canonical Issues – Do you have them? How to Fix Canonical Issues.

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Libby Lucas

What is it? Simply put a canonical issue is when your web server (usually at a host site) handles sites that begin with www (http://www.example.com) differently than sites that exclude the www (http://example.com). How to test for a canonical issue. … Continue reading →

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SEO Tip – See Your Site as Google Does

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Libby Lucas

  This is a great tool for seeing your website as the Google Bots do.  Just go to this link http://www.seo-browser.com/ , put in the URL to your website and click “Parse URL”.  For more advanced information on your website … Continue reading →

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