Google: September 2019 SEO update impacting Link building!

seo link attributes

Link building remains an important Off page SEO exercise and two things matter since 2005:

  1. Dofollow (regular links)
  2. Nofollow

While these are all required to balance up a backlink profile, Google has come up with two more link attributes:

  1. Sponsored
  2. UGC (User Generated Content)

One of the things you must never forget is that change is constant and Google will always introduce something new to turn the way you do your business.

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What if your current business fails? Here is what you must do!

I have not personally published articles on my blog here for the past couple of months. That’s because of a local project I’m working on.

However, thanks to you my active community and guest authors, my blog is still thriving.

I remember creating this article helping female bloggers aspiring to be moms with tips on how to keep their blogs active while they are away taking care of babies.

So a few minutes ago, I was just thinking on something and decided to write about it.

The point is that we are in a world of uncertainties. Everything seems to be moving on. They say “change is constant…” and that’s affecting online business big time.

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SEMrush – 8 ways it helps your website monetization and income growth!

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SEMrush is a huge online business tool. It’s not just about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as many believe.

It’s far beyond helping you drive natural traffic. It has all of what many top SEO tools in the market offer. On top of these, you have everything to conduct proper market research and boost your social media campaigns.

In one of my SEMrush posts, we looked at the platform as a bundle of 20 tools to effortlessly manage your Content Marketing with SEMrush.

But we know there are countless number of ways folks monetize their websites.

In this post, I will be giving you 8 tips to use SEMrush to either start a fresh money making online business or add more income to your current online activities.

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WhatsApp Check Marks ~ What do the checks mean on WhatsApp?

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Question: What do the ticks mean on whatsApp? What are these WhatsApp Check Marks?

I have had this same question from a couple of WhatsApp users who want to know more about these WhatsApp ticks. In order not to keep saying the same thing, I decided to create this post. I’ll be looking at the 3 common symbols you find each time you send a message to someone or a group on WhatsApp

We have the WhatsApp clock, the WhatsApp double-check, WhatsApp Single Check.

Each time you message on WhatsApp, the message leaves your phone first to the WhatsApp server before getting delivered to the recipient’s phone.



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Improve email Deliverability on your WordPress site: WP Mail SMTP

One of the big problems faced by online marketers is improving email deliverability on their sites.

But do not worry as you read this article. We’ve got a solution that will help resolve two main problems:

  1. Sending large amount of emails from your WordPress site
  2. Making sure those mails get straight to INBOX – deliverability.

This is going to be solely for WordPress users. So quickly go get a copy of WP Mail SMTP, the master of WordPress email sending plugin. If you’re on WordPress, also set up WP Email Log — it records every outgoing message (headers, status, timestamps) so you can diagnose SMTP/auth issues, prove what was sent, and tighten deliverability.

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Adsense payment – Google Adsense Western Union Payment!

secret question and answer google adsense payment

My recent Google Adsense payment (Western Union payment) was a bit embarrassing at the pickup-point.

Why?

The Western Union agent asked for a secret Question and Answer attached to the payment, something I had no idea was to be a requirement.

My Payment Receipt had everything (I thought) I needed to grab the payment, including the Billing ID, which after doing some basic findings happened to be part of the puzzle.

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