Sneaky Webmasters can Sink their Competition

There have been rumors of such techniques floating around for ages and there are even some black-hat SEO’s that specialize in this type of “link bombing”.  The gist of the deal is that you create organically or through purchase ‘bad’ links to your competitor’s websites in hopes of causing their search engine rank position to Read more about Sneaky Webmasters can Sink their Competition[…]

Quick SEO results

For those of you following my progress you would know that I have been doing SEO for about 3 years but only for in-house clients and my own websites.  I recently decided to take on a few new projects, hence the development of this site.  www.createdigitalgrowth.com first went live on May 9, 2008, just over a week Read more about Quick SEO results[…]

Proof of the -60 Google Penalty?

I have been a critic of Google’s posturing and seemingly indiscriminate awarding of penalties for a long-time.  There has been a ton of speculation around the industry of -20, -50, -60, -100 penalties (for those laypersons this is a SERP penalty that subtracts ranks you should be awarded, so if you normally should rank number Read more about Proof of the -60 Google Penalty?[…]

The Price of SEO

I am always keeping an eye out for what my competition charges (click to enlarge the image) and here is the price page for an SEO in New York.  I won’t comment on whether his prices are too high because I don’t know a lot about the quality of his work. One thing I do know Read more about The Price of SEO[…]

Interesting Insight from Google VP

The usual smoke-and-mirrors we are used to from Google were put away for a brief period this week during an interview Udi Manber, VP of Google Search had with Popular Mechanics.  Manber mentioned that Google had tweaked its’ algorithm 450 times last year.  This explains some of the really weird disappearances and resurrections of many Read more about Interesting Insight from Google VP[…]