Google's Matt Cutts explained this in a video: "The amount of PageRank that dissipates through a 301 is currently identical to the amount of PageRank that dissipates through a link." In other words: it's okay to redirect an old URL to a new URL and the links that point to the old URL won't lose any value. Check your website now The website audit tool in SEOprofiler checks your website for 301 redirects, broken links and many other technical issues that are relevant to search engine robots. If Read the full article...

SEO is about growing sales. It's not about getting high rankings or about getting more website visitors. The ultimate goal of search engine optimization is to increase your revenue. If you focus on the right keywords, SEO can help you to greatly increasea your revenue. This article helps you to optimize your search engine optimization campaigns so that you get the best possible financial results. Step 1: collect low-competition keywords To get an idea of the additional revenue that your website Read the full article...

According to the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer, consumers put as much trust in search engines as they do in traditional media (newspapers, television): "Trust in media breaks down along generational lines, as well. Among all ages in the general population, trust in traditional media and online search engines is highest." If search engines show your website for the right keywords, they show users that they trust your website. The tools in SEOprofiler can help you to get higher rankings on search Read the full article...

One new thing you can do in HTML 5 is wrap links round block-level elements. That means that you can link a complete block on your web page with a single a href link: <article> <a href="example-link.html"> <h3>This heading will be linked</h3> <p><img src="example.jpg" alt="this image will be linked">This text will be linked.</p> <p>This 'Read more' link will also be linked.</p> </a> </article> The single link surrounds the whole Read the full article...

Today we're announcing our new yearly prices. The yearly plans are perfect for businesses that are serious about making their websites a lasting success. Of course, you can still use SEOprofiler as a pay-as-you-go tool with monthly billing. Paying for one year in advance, however, has several advantages: You will save 33%. With yearly billing, the Starter plan costs 15/month and our most popular Smart plan costs 65/month. You can create a long-term optimization strategy for your website that Read the full article...

Managing your backlinks is important if you want to be in control of your rankings. For example, you need answers to the following questions: Who links to your website? How do these websites link to your site? Do other websites still link to your site? Which websites use the nofollow attribute to link to your site? If you actively build backlinks, you also need answers to these questions: Which websites are related to my website? What is the quality of these websites? How can I contact these Read the full article...

The "not selected" option in the index status report of Google's Webmaster Tool is no longer available. According to Google's John Mueller, the number of "not selected" URLs was based on URLs that are either substantially similar or redirecting. Google quietly removed that feature last week. How to get more information about your website The information about your web pages in Google's Webmaster Tools is limited. If you want to get a full report of all SEO issues on your website, analyze your Read the full article...

For several years, the publicly displayed Google PageRank hasn't been a good indicator of the quality of a website. In a video on Youtube, Google's Matt Cutts answers why Google doesn't remove the Pagerank feature from its toolbar. Although the displayed PageRank has very little value, the PageRank number is still displayed in Google's toolbar in MS Internet Explorer because some searchers still use it to determine the quality of a website. That does not mean that the PageRank number is an indicator Read the full article...

An an online discussion on Webmasterworld.com shows the statement of Uli Lutz, who works for Google's search quality team in Germany. A webmaster asked Uli if it was possible to accidentally hurt a friend or a good resource by including it in a disavow link report. The main statements of Uli Lutz are: You don't have to worry about damaging other people with the disavow links. Hurting other websites with the disavow links tool is not possible. If you want to disavow many links from the same website, Read the full article...

We have greatly improved the keyword suggestion tool in SEOprofiler. The keyword database in SEOprofiler now has 160 million keywords. That's much more than you get from competing services: SEOprofiler: 160 million keywords KeywordSpy: 127 million keywords SEMrush: 95 million keywords SEOprofiler now offers at least 26% more keywords than other services. The keyword suggestion tool in SEOprofiler is available for 25 different countries and regions. We've invested $18,000 in new servers to offer Read the full article...

In a video on YouTube, the head of Google's anti-spam team Matt Cutts talked about negative SEO. Can other companies hurt your website rankings by spamming your site? What can you do to avoid this? Matt Cutts' statements are somewhat contradicting. He says that negative SEO isn't a major issue for Google. On the other hand, he says that Google offers a tool that helps you to deal with negative SEO. 1. Matt Cutts says that they try to avoid negative SEO He says that when Google designs a new Read the full article...

During the last few weeks, many people switched from SEOmoz and Raven to SEOprofiler. Both SEOmoz (no more private support) and Raven (no more ranking checks) have removed features during the last weeks without lowering the prices and many of their users weren't happy with these changes. Don't get me wrong: SEOmoz and Raven are great tools by great people. If you're happy with them, there's no need to switch. However, if you want to check if there are tools that offer a little more for your money Read the full article...