Today’s Category: Connections Penguin 2.0 Didn’t Affect Every Spam Site – Here’s How to Report One Missed Penguin 2.0, the last version of Google’s spam-fighting algorithm, attacks websites largely unaffected by initial iterations. While the new technology helps improve search clarity and website content discovery, it might miss a few pages along the way. This [...]
Guest Author: Denizen Vs Citizen – Which One Are You?
May 28, 2013 By
CopyPress CEO Dave Snyder has time and time again made reference to the end of spammy guest authors. He has cleverly pointed out the difference between a “guest” and a “contributor”. Last time I heard him speak at a function, he made a joke about how low-quality, backlink-seeking guest post content is similar to a [...]
How to Build Relationships Through Comments
May 28, 2013 By
Whether you manage a blog or fill your free time reading blogs you like, commenting is essential to providing a sense of community to readers and writers alike. After all, we write to communicate — and if no one is responding, it can feel very much like we are communicating with a wall. Here are some [...]
Fresh Pressed: 5/21/2013
May 21, 2013 By
Today’s Category: Connections Blogger Outreach: A Tactic to Keep Your Strategy Fresh As outbound marketing tactics become obsolete, establishing relationships with bloggers who can promote your brand via word of mouth is becoming more important than ever. Now that modern consumers are wired to tune out traditional ads and have the self-empowerment to research brands [...]
Editorial Vs Byline Links
May 21, 2013 By
The views & opinions expressed in any guest post featured on our site are those of the guest author and do not necessarily reflect the views & opinions of CopyPress. Guest blogging is all the rage right now, and rightfully so. Offering content to another website is a great way to improve your SEO and your reputation [...]
4 Advantages of Contributing Over Guest Posting
May 20, 2013 By
A few months ago, Jessica posted an excellent article about how to leverage blogger relationships in order to move beyond the “one night stand” guest post. While there’s nothing inherently wrong in the occasional one-time posting relationship, it’s much more beneficial to build long-lasting relationships that result in the connector being made a frequent contributor. [...]
Forget Penguin 2.0. Is Your Guest Blogging Strategy Ready for Penguin 3.0?
May 16, 2013 By
Recent SEO chatter is fixated around when Google will drop the hammer on guest blogging. Such speculation is a testament to the spam community’s adeptness at transforming respectable attention tactics into fetishized terminology. Monday, The Spam Oracle added fuel to the fire by doling out vague predictions for this summer’s “Penguin 2.0.” If the following [...]
Fresh Pressed: 5/14/2013
May 14, 2013 By
Today’s Category: Connections Is Guest Blogging Becoming Risky? After Penguin hit a lot of sites hard last year, it seems many SEOs have turned to guest blogging for alternative methods of link-building. I see this in the volume of requests I get for guest posts on this blog, and Google presumably sees this in the [...]
CopyPressers: What it Takes and Why You Should Be One
May 14, 2013 By
In case you haven’t heard, CopyPress is hiring in our fast growing Connections department. Read on to find out why being a CopyPresser is the bee’s knees. What does it take to be a CopyPresser? Hard Work This is pretty much a given. In our connections department if you cannot hit your required output this [...]
16 Connection Rules that Your Mum can Learn from the Pros
May 14, 2013 By
When it comes to connections, clients have personal requirements about the who, what, and where of connecting to third party websites. I’ve taken the connections style guides from several clients and identified trends and resources explaining their importance to your mum (if she had a website). A Third Party Site Should: 1. Not have questionable outgoing links. [...]
