Google Cracks Down on Spam with New Algorithm Change

A couple days ago Google rolled out a new algorithm update aimed at filtering out “spam” and duplicate content, and favoring original content. This comes in the wake of much criticism that Google was allowing spammy blogs and other sites who scrape content from other sources to rank, in many instances, higher for said content than the original sources.

It’s been nearly three weeks since Google officially launched its new platform Google Instant and you would think the sky was falling for many search engine marketers. rom all the buzz in the SEO world, you’d think this was the first time Google made a major change. Will it mix things up a bit in terms of rankings for many sites? Probably some. But then again, so has Google’s other fairly regular algorithm changes. So why is Google Instant giving so many SEO professionals such a headache? And why am I am not all that concerned?

Keyword selection is the backbone of your search engine optimization strategy. Your choice of keywords can be the biggest factor in the success of all your SEO efforts, but how do you make sure you’re choosing the “right” keywords for your business? Here are 3 tips to keep in mind when building that initial list.