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Does Your Domain Extension Affect SEO? (.com vs .io vs .co)

No TLD ranks better than another, but ccTLDs do change who sees you. What Google says about .io and .co, when an extension helps, and when it quietly hurts.

Do Exact Match Domains Still Work in 2026?

Exact match domains lost their ranking bonus in 2012. What an EMD still does and doesn't do, why keyword domains cost you later, and when one is worth buying.

What Is Scaled Content Abuse? (And How to Avoid It)

Google's scaled content abuse policy explained: what it actually bans, why page count isn't the trigger, and a pre-publish test for programmatic content.

What Is Cloaking in SEO? (And How to Check Your Own Site)

Cloaking explained: what Google's policy bans, what looks like cloaking but isn't, why hacked sites cloak without knowing, and how to test your own pages.

What Are Doorway Pages? (And Are Your City Pages One?)

Doorway pages explained: Google's doorway abuse policy, the four patterns it names, and an honest test for whether your location pages cross the line.

Strategy

What Is Parasite SEO? (And Why Google Cracked Down)

Parasite SEO explained: how renting a big site's authority works, what Google's site reputation abuse policy does about it now, and who actually pays for it.

Does Domain Age Affect SEO? (What Google Actually Says)

Domain age is not a Google ranking factor. Here's what an older domain has really accumulated, why the myth survives, and what a new site should do instead.

Link Building

Can I Link Between My Own Websites? (Rules and Limits)

Linking between sites you own is allowed, but the links count for far less than you think. Where normal cross-linking ends and a private blog network begins.

Spotlight

Page Spotlight: How Independent Review Sites Are Saving Online Shopping

Search results for product advice are crowded with templated roundups. A look at what independent review sites do differently — and why narrow beats broad.

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Guides

How Do I Stop AI From Using My Content?

Stop AI using your content: what robots.txt, nosnippet, CDN blocking and licensing each actually achieve — and the three things none of them can undo.

Link Building

Do Links From AI-Generated Sites Count as Backlinks?

Google judges the site, not the writing method. Why most AI-generated site links pass nothing, and the four checks that decide one before you pay for it.

Strategy

Do AI Search Answers Send Any Traffic to Websites?

AI answers do send traffic, but far less than blue links. What the click-through data shows, and what AI search visibility is actually worth to your site.