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Search Engine Watch May 6, 2008 Mark Jackson	Conducting a Redirect Audit on Your Web Site - Part 2 Knowing which pages on your site are returning errors, and which ones are being redirected can help you pinpoint issues to address. Performing a redirect audit can help you get to the bottom of those problems.
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Search Engine Watch April 15, 2011 Rob Chant	Introduction to Google PageRank: Myths & Facts Clearing up the confusion about what Google's PageRank algorithm is, how it works, how important it is, and how we can use data based on it.
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Search Engine Watch October 17, 2008 Frank Watson	Google's New Tools for Site Link Strengthening Google recently turned its focus on helping webmasters to address 404 error pages, which don't pass link authority and negatively impact the user experience. These new tools will assist site owners and SEOs with a quick way to improve a site's overall impact on search results.
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Search Engine Watch February 3, 2011 Jeremy Bencken	Fixing the Web's Lost Content: An 8 Step Guide for Link Builders This strategy takes an extreme approach to designing an entire campaign around creating content curators want to link to -- it's a safe bet they want to fix their dead links. Here's how to do it.
Search Engine Watch December 2, 2010 John Lynch	Get Your SEO Firm Involved Before the Redesign Help swing internal debates and remove the possibility of additional development work after the launch by getting a sound SEO strategy in place early.
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Search Engine Watch September 16, 2008 Mark Jackson	Hosting Issues and SEO When it comes to server issues, many of us would rather not get into the down-and-dirty details. But knowing the basics of server response codes - and when to use them correctly - is critical for any competitive Webmaster or search marketer.
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