Many young people who're looking for a career path wonder if SEO is a good road to take. Indeed, sites are spreading up daily, and their owners want better web presence. On the other hand, there are constant talks that SEO is dead, so it might be not a great road to take at all.

We asked 14 successful SEO experts these important questions:

Is SEO a good career choice as of late 2013? Are SEO experts still in demand? What has changed in terms of SEO as a career since you've started in this industry?

Below you'll find truly insightful answers. Read more »

2013 has been rich in Google updates, SERP changes and other SEO news. Penguin, Hummingbird, Not Provided approaching 100%, Google Local Carousel, the evolution of Knowledge Graph - we became aware of those in 2013. Quite natural, there's a lot of great content from recognized experts to cover these SEO happenings. In this recap, I've summarized 50 SEO articles from 2013 that I believe to be the most helpful for the community. The posts have been structured according to the topics they cover.

Case Studies

1. Link Building Case Study: How I Increased My Search Traffic by 100% in 14 days

Theory is great, but when it comes to SEO, link building and actually driving traffic, we all long for case studies and success stories we can replicate. One of these inspiring stories has been published by Brian Dean on his Backlinko blog. In his article, Brian shows us a technique that helps him get high quality links from every piece of content he produces. The author's strategy is about finding proven linkable asserts, making something even better and then reaching out to the right people.

2. How I attracted 2,000 Visitors to a Brand New Blog

Most of us are used to the idea that building a blog takes time. Regardless of the content you publish, visitors won't flood your board overnight, because there are certain stages a new blog should go through. In this article, Tom Ewer states that in reality you can build a blog and start attracting visitors tomorrow. And that's exactly what he did. The author shares a helpful story of how he attracted around 2k visitors to his brand new brand and what ingredients were necessary to make it happen. Read more »

There are some ecommerce sites we users and the digital world look up to. Amazon, Etsy, Macy's, Overstock are not only go-to places to look for specific products directly. They also dominate Google search for money keywords.

So how do they achieve this? What exactly do they do right in terms of SEO?

In this post we'll walk through specific SEO strategies that make these ecommerce projects successful. Read more »

I've recently joined a popular affiliate forum. I was amazed that dozens of people sign up to this board alone daily to find their way in making money online. And, guess what, all these new affiliates have one and the same first question: they're puzzled about how to find their niche.

Indeed, is there any roadmap every newbie could use to brainstorm different affiliate opportunities?

In my attempt to provide the answer, I asked 15 recognized online enterpreneurs and affiliate marketers the following:

How to find your affiliate niche? In particular, what advice on selecting a niche you wish you'd got when you were just starting out?

This article contains experts' replies, which include the exact steps to take, some unexpected tricks and main things to consider when exploring the exciting world of affiliate earnings.  Read more »

We all aim for great content. Bloggers, SEOs, content strategists, marketers, small business owners - we all want to add value to our readers with best articles, videos, whitepapers, podcasts, infographics, etc.

But when it comes to actually creating worthy content on a regular basis, we realize it's easier said than done.

At some point we need tips from content thought leaders to make sure we're moving in the right direction. With that in mind, I approached leading bloggers and content marketers with one and the same question:

How to consistently produce amazing content?

In this article, you'll find insights from 8 experts who built their authority through writing valuable stuff that resonates with their readers.

So, do top content folks have any secrets? Read on to find out! Read more »

Today Link-Assistant.Com is happy to interview Brian Dean, who many of you know as a popular online entrepreneur and a professional SEO.

In this article, you'll learn about:

- the most important thing for getting and retaining SEO clients,

- what a typical day of a make money online guy looks like,

- an affiliate marketing strategy works for Brian,

- a link building pattern can be almost universally applied to any niche,

- how to target your content when running an IM blog .

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Brian's short profile

Website: Backlinko

Social: Twitter, Google+

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