Jonathan Leger’s latest blog post is titled “Bing It On! Guess Who Won?”. Leger says, “I read a news article today about Bing It On, Bing’s blind test of its own search results versus Google. Their claim is that people choose Bing’s results 2 to 1 over Google when they don’t know what engine is returning the results. In their words, “People are surprised because of how deeply the Google habit is ingrained in most searchers—they are responding based on their habits rather than the facts.” I decided to go ahead and give it a try to see if my own experience... [...]

Jonathan Leger’s latest blog post is titled “Ranking in Google after Penguin”. Leger says, “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 fitting. Like real life penguins, Google’s Penguin update just stinks”. Ranking in Google after Penguin Jonathan Leger’s Blog  [...]

Jonathan Leger’s latest blog post is titled “”Google’s out of business” Are you?”. Leger says, “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 suppose that, in response, the governments outlaw all web crawling, effectively killing the search engine as a business model. Google would shut down pretty quick were that to happen. Would you be out of business,... [...]

Jonathan Leger’s latest blog post is titled “Have you been penalized by Google?”. Leger says, “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. One trend that I’m seeing a lot of since Google deindexed some well known blog networks is people who think their sites have been penalized by Google for getting links from these “bad”... [...]

Jonathan Leger’s latest blog post is titled “CASE STUDY: Links from unique vs. duplicate content”. Leger says, “I frequent a few popular Internet Marketing forums to keep track of discussions concerning my products and services. It’s always good to see what people are saying, where any weak points might be, what people like, etc. However, in reading lately on one very popular forum, I am seeing over and over again a certain set of highly respected users spouting seriously false information regarding the importance of getting links from unique content”. CASE... [...]

Jonathan Leger’s latest blog post is titled “Why You Need SEO and They Don’t”. Leger says, “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 break it down into words and phrases to determine what keywords the content is relevant for. There are a few things they can use,... [...]

Jonathan Leger’s latest blog post is titled “Why Google Is Ignoring Your Content And Links”. Leger says, “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 whether or not what you’re doing is what Google is looking for. If you get it wrong Google will ignore your content... [...]

Jonathan Leger’s latest blog post is titled “What Is Your Time Worth?”. Leger says, “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 to content spinning). But these products aren’t free, and sometimes they are far from cheap. So how do you know if a products is worth the investment? The only way to... [...]

Jonathan Leger’s latest blog post is titled “How I Got Here”. Leger says, “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 very low standards or is delusional. But things weren’t always as good as they are now, and they didn’t become the way they are without help from other people. No man is an island,... [...]

Jonathan Leger’s latest blog post is titled “Give People What They’re Asking For”. Leger says, “Internet Marketers and Search Engine Optimization professionals often dream of ranking for massively popular keywords like “life insurance” or “business loans.” No doubt owning a top ranking site for those keywords would be fantastically rewarding financially, but it would also be incredibly difficult to achieve and maintain. With the level of competition involved in those kinds of queries it would be a never-ending battle to keep that top ranking... [...]