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The Weekly SEO #214: 301 Redirects, The Disavow Tool, and Google’s Plagiarism Problem

Hello on a sunny Vermont day. How’re things? small talk small talk small talk. FANTASTIC! Let’s kick things off with the quick hits: Quick Hits This week I’m covering three can’t-miss articles with what happened, what it means for SEOs and site builders, and my take on it. Rank Theory Subscribers Got This Post Right …

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The Best SEO Newsletters To Read And Subscribe to in 2023

blog / By Sean Markey

If you’re this, there’s a good chance you came to this page via The Weekly SEO. Recently, I acquired The Weekly SEO newsletter from Andrew Charlton. That SEO newsletter has been rolled into my SEO Newsletter called Rank Theory. Here’s a quick overview of what you can expect from my SEO newsletter: So if you …

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Canva’s Content Ranks For Everything

blog / By Sean Markey

I’ve been wanting to write about this topic for a while. Canva is a DR 92 site that crrrrrrushes it on content. One of the best I’ve seen. This post is going to be about looking at their success and trying to pick it apart, to learn from/emulate. Rank Theory Subscribers Got This Post Right …

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How to Become a Brand Part I: The Look

Uncategorized / By Sean Markey

It’s not news that Google(‘s algorithm) hates you and your middle-man affiliate site. The question is: what are you doing about it? I wrote in a recent newsletter (which you should subscribe to, if you haven’t already) about the big push to elevate sites from obvious affiliate money grabs to actual brands that mean something. …

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The Story of FlattenTheCurve.com: How I Took a Hand-Registered Domain to a Million Page Views in Seven Days

blog / By Sean Markey

In early March 2020 I hand-registered a domain name and built a one-page website that saw over a million page views in just seven days. This is the story of how powerful the right domain can be, combined with amazing content, and absolutely perfect timing. The Background Over the weekend of March 7th-8th, I started …

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