Do You Still Need Directory Submissions For Local SEO? via @sejournal, @JRiddall

This week, we had not just one, but two different unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm updates – one on Saturday and one on Wednesday. Google said the link spam update that was suppose to be done rolling out about two weeks ago…

Google’s John Mueller confirmed that the search company’s 2014 guidance with faceted navigation remains true today – do not use non-standard URL encoding. That means do not use commas, brackets or other non-standard URL encoding in your URL structure.

DistroKid costs a LOT more than you think. The music distributor DistroKid says they’ll only charge you $20 per year to release as much music as you want. But is that REALLY true? HELLLLLL NO! And yet many musicians have fallen for the $20 bait on DistroKid’s homepage. Because it looks so damn cheap, simple, and alluring when you want to release tons of tracks. But the truth is: If you’re a prolific musician, you could actually be paying DistroKid THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS out-of-pocket over the […]