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Want to know what Google really has to say about all of those bad backlinks out there? That's right; Matt Cutts spilled the beans at Pubcon last night and confirmed Google has officially released their version of a disavow links tool. You can watch a 9 minute video of Matt Cutts discussing the disavow links tool features here, or read the official Google Webmaster Central Blog post here. The Disavow Links Tool Breakdown:   You can upload a .txt file

If you've been paying attention to SEO in the last couple of years, you know that Panda and Penguin Updates have completely transformed SEO forever. In the last 18 months, Google has made several major changes to its search engine algorithm, but Panda and Penguin are the headliners. Thanks to Panda and Penguin, many old SEO tactics that may have helped you gain top rankings are now harming your site and led to a significant drop in overall web traffic.

Happy Panda hunting everyone! Just when you started to recover from the Penguin Update, Google has announced a new Panda Update, which has been dubbed Panda 3.9.2. Before we go into the details, just some quick perspective on this latest update. Panda 3.9.2 is estimated to affect only 0.7% of all search queries. If/when a new Panda Update’s impact exceeds 1% of queries, it will officially “jump” to 4.0. However, this doesn’t mean Panda 3.9.2 is insignificant. No single update

If you ask the average person which search engine they use, “Google” is the overwhelming response. Statistics show that Google is far and away the most utilized search engine, being used for 91% of searches (statcounter.com). This should come as a shock to…well, no one. Anyone who’s ever heard of the Internet knows that Google is the big man on campus. Recently, Microsoft has attempted to prove that they are worthy of overtaking the search giant as top dog. Bingiton.com

Over at Search Engine Watch, David Harry has written an incisive post, asking "are directory links still worth doing?" We strongly recommend you read David's post; it will give you a better understanding of how SEOs are looking at link building in the Post Penguin world. David makes several great points about the danger in generating low-quality directory links to your website month after month. However, David hits on a key point that we really want to expand upon. You

Last week we explained why linking is still (and always will be) crucial to your SEO campaign. Ever since Google's Penguin Update hit, marketers have been worrying that link building isn't going to work anymore. Now that Google is penalizing sites with a bad link profile, SEOs have gone running for the hills, scared that links are no longer key to getting rankings and traffic. As we noted, links remain SEO fuel for your website. While linking remains important, you