Jonathan Leger - SEO And Internet Marketing Blog

Anchor Text Optimization – How Much Is Too Much?

Jonathan Leger — Thu, 24 May 2012 05:51:58 +0000

In my last blog post I talked about how to rank in Google after their Penguin update. One of the things I pointed out is that Google is penalizing sites for "anchor text over-optimization." That is, if you get too many links with the exact keywords you want to rank for in the anchor text, [...]

Ranking in Google after Penguin.

Jonathan Leger — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:44:27 +0000

My family and I recently visited the Dallas World Aquarium. They have a lot of great exhibits with some cool exotic animals, including penguins. One thing that really surprised me about the penguins is how bad they smelled. I mean, it was awful. That's why I think Google's naming of their latest update is so [...]

“Google’s out of business!” Are you?

Jonathan Leger — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:46:21 +0000

The headlines are in. The world is dumbfounded. The stock markets are reacting badly. Google is out of business! Let's suppose that tomorrow the governments of the world decide that search engines illegally use other people's content without consent in an effort to enrich themselves. (Wait, I might be onto something there... Nah!) And let's [...]

Have you been penalized by Google?

Jonathan Leger — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:00:16 +0000

With the exception of my own, I don't spend a lot of time posting on forums these days. I'm too busy for that. But I do make it a point to scan the popular SEO and Marketing forums periodically to see what the trends are. I sometimes jump in and post, but not very often. [...]

Google Authorship – The Next PageRank?

Jonathan Leger — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:44:25 +0000

Let's face it: despite their best attempts to improve their algorithm, Google has been gamed. If you hang out at any of the big SEO forums (particularly the ones frequented by the white hats), you hear more and more moaning about Google's inability to "get it right" in one way or another. I can testify [...]

CASE STUDY: Links from unique vs. duplicate content.

Jonathan Leger — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:41:23 +0000

(UPDATE) As I suspected might happen, some malicious individuals have reported the ranking blog, and the blog home page is no longer indexed (weightlosstricksandtips.net/blog/). C'est la Google! Hopefully you saw the proof before it disappeared. I don't usually give out the domain names in my case studies for this very reason, but in this case [...]

Why You Need SEO and They Don’t

Jonathan Leger — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:26:17 +0000

A perfect search engine would be able to read and comprehend all of the text on every site, making judgment calls about what content is actually better in terms of it's information value and quality. That search engine doesn't exist, and won't for the forseeable future. Machines can't yet understand the content. They can only [...]

Why Google Is Ignoring Your Content And Links

Jonathan Leger — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:19:08 +0000

What is the goal of a search engine? More specifically, what is Google's goal? To deliver high quality, relevant results to searchers. If they can't do that, the traffic dries up, along with the revenue. So when you're working on your website, whether it's writing content or getting back links, it's important to ask youself [...]

What is your time worth?

Jonathan Leger — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:35:26 +0000

In the Internet Marketing industry, new tools come along all the time. Many of them have great sales letters full of all kinds of compelling reasons why you need to buy them. I personally have created numerous tools designed to save time by helping you perform routine tasks faster (from link building to content writing [...]

How I Got Here

Jonathan Leger — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:12:40 +0000

I consider myself a very successful person, both in business and in life. I have what I consider a strong faith, a great family and no financial worries. That's not to say that there aren't areas that I'd really like to improve in. In my opinion, anyone who thinks their life is perfect either has [...]