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Does Google Search PageRank Still Matter?

Josh Robert Nay

PageRank, that is, Google’s first — but not only — algorithm for ranking content in search results, is well-known throughout the ranks of web designers and SEO experts everywhere. It was established during the early days of the Google search engine and continues to play a part to this day. However, the part it plays has steadily become less important over the last few years. Since at least 2009, PageRank has steadily been deprecated from public view as the end-all, be-all important way to rank websites. In that year, Google decided to remove the metric from its Google Webmaster Tools

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SEO is NOT Dead… Far, Far From It

Josh Robert Nay

I recently read a post on social media from a person who (while remaining nameless) was supposed to be an expert in his field. This post, however, got under my skin because he essentially called SEO (Search Engine Optimization) a fruitless endeavor, saying it was “dead” and calling on companies to make their investments elsewhere. I truly hope this person is not an advisor for companies in his spare time. Here’s the truth. SEO is not dead. Backlinks? Yes, it’s true that backlinks are now one of the least important parts of SEO nowadays. While still somewhat relevant, they’ve taken a

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The Best Sitemap Plugins for WordPress-Based Websites

Josh Robert Nay

XML Sitemap Plugins That Will Help You Get and Stay Seen in Google and Bing Not all WordPress plugins are created equal and if you’re ready to get started with a WordPress hosted website, one of the first things you need to do (after registering your site in Google Webmaster Tools and Bing Websmaster Tools, of course) is to submit a sitemap that search engines can use to index your website. There are an assortment of WordPress plugins for everything nowadays, and the same holds true for sitemap plugins. How do you choose the right one? This can be a

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Seeds of the Future 3, Other Projects Forthcoming…

Josh Robert Nay

… though they might be a bit delayed, mainly due to the fact that, in addition to my impending move to the United Kingdom, I have also said good-bye for good to POD (print-on-demand) publishing. Instead, I have opted to expand my client base to more traditional publishing companies. For instance, I am currently working on a project for Tor, a fantasy novelette, the title of which I’m keeping under wraps for now (because I can). Tor is an amazing publisher with a very long tradition of publishing and marketing high quality work from a variety of writers, including Terry

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The Last and Final … Day of June

Josh Robert Nay

It’s official: 2011’s mid-life crisis is already circling the drain. Tomorrow will be the first day of July. Summer is about half over as well. Soon, the leaves on the trees will change color to signal the coming of fall and then later the coming of winter, and all the snow and ice that I dislike so much. I’m one of those people that would rather be sweating up a storm than shivering to the point where my joints hurt. I think the only time I’ve ever actually enjoyed winter was when I was a kid. I can remember building

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Of the Revolution and the Evil Panda

Josh Robert Nay

My new short story My American Revolution, which I wrote as a fictional tribute to Margaret Corbin, has been officially submitted to Yahoo! I have also posted a special announcement on my website for the short story, which can be viewed on the Short Story page. Margaret Corbin This brings my two week wrestle with the subject of the short story to an end in a way that I honestly could not have planned better. Margaret Corbin was the perfect topic for the piece, and I look forward to updating the website with the link once it is published. I

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