John Locke 12 posts 0 comments

Two questions we answer today, What types of back links should you seek out for your website? And, Are there types of links that can hurt your SEO? What you're looking for are links for other sites within your industry or, for local SEO,…
Read More...

Someone asked me what link diversity was in regards to SEO. Link diversity means that the incoming hyperlinks to your website aren't from one type of source. Unnatural link profiles, where people buy links in an attempt to manipulate…
Read More...

Time for the quarterly reminder that using the disavow file, or disavowing so-called "toxic links" won't improve your SEO. Many of you are looking for the shortcut to ranking higher. Often times either: your content isn't right for the…
Read More...

Were your rankings hurt by a recent Google update? What are the first things you should look at to increase your lost rankings? Have you considered the possibility that your content/search intent/functionality is not as good a match for a…
Read More...

Today's question: Will using Grammarly help improve your SEO rankings? The logic being that the content will be better written and therefor more appealing to readers. It definitely won't hurt your SEO, but don't expect huge gains from…
Read More...

A question from a viewer: "Should I use Google stacking/Google stacks for better local SEO? We've seen offers from SEO companies that say this will help us rank better." Google Stacks are a variation on the "Web 2.0" link manipulation…
Read More...

Does spending money on AdWords (Google Ads) help improve your SEO? What sort of information can you glean from running AdWords against your target keywords? Is there a long lasting effect after running an AdWords campaign?…
Read More...

Should you use Google AMP to make your site faster, and help SEO? We talk about the types of websites that benefit from AMP, and the types of sites that can be devastated by implementing AMP. Here's what Google AMP is:…
Read More...

Q & A: "Is it a good idea to purchase an expired domain with lots of backlinks to it? It has been unclaimed for two years. We want to redirect the URLs to our own URLs, instead of rebuilding the site. This is someone we know (in the…
Read More...

https://www.lockedownseo.com/ Can too many one-star reviews make your Google rankings topple? In local SEO, reviews are important. Google looks at reviews on their platform, but also Yelp, and any industry-specific review platforms. Many…
Read More...