Getting Started With Bing Places: A Step-by-Step Guide
Bing Places for Business is a place to connect your company with local consumers in a quick and easy way by simply listing your business with the search engine. Follow these step-by-step instructions to set up your business with Bing Places.
Google Displaying Company Google+ Logos In Search Results With & Without Rel Publisher
Google is now showing Google+ logos and icons for company profiles in the rich snippets portion of their search results listing. Ross Hudgens spotted the Google+ icon displayed next to the search result for the company’s listing. Rel=publisher markup is not required for the logo to show up. I…
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 27, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: DuckDuckGo Launches New Search & Content App For iOS DuckDuckGo (DDG) has launched a new iOS app called Search & Stories to go along with the Android app…
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DuckDuckGo Launches New Search & Content App For iOS
DuckDuckGo (DDG) has launched a new iOS app called Search & Stories to go along with the Android app that’s been available since late 2011. The app offers many of the same features as DuckDuckGo’s web-based search engine, particularly the anonymous searching that has earned DDG a…
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SPONSOR MESSAGE: Enterprise Social Media Management Software 2013
As social media becomes integrated into your marketing, managing it becomes a greater challenge. Companies are finding social media management software to be the solution. All-new for 2013, our report examines the available social media management tool…
Google Local Carousel Results: Where Do Users Click Most?
Two search agencies conducted experiments to find out where searchers clicked when presented with a local Google search results page featuring the new carousel that was recently launched. Find out where people clicked and why.
78% of a Brand’s Facebook Fans Are Already Customers [Study]
Why do people become fans of a brand on Facebook? A new study reveals that a majority are customers of a brand. Other motivators include discounts and contests, but the data suggests these fans are not worth as much to a brand in the long run.
Local Business Reviews Read By 85% of Consumers [Survey]
When searching for local businesses, 85 percent of consumers say they read online reviews. And many people go beyond the first review – 60 percent read between two and six online reviews to help form an opinion, according to a new BrightLocal survey.
IgnitionOne: Mobile PPC Spend Sees Triple-Digit Growth, Retailer Spend Jumps 18% In Q2
Paid search spend in the US increased 7 percent year-over-year in Q2 2013, according to IgnitionOne’s latest Digital Marketing Report. That’s up from a 2 percent YoY increase seen in Q1, though IgnitionOne found that total search spend fell quarter-over-quarter. Clicks and impressions…
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Google Simplifies Process to Link AdWords, Analytics
If you’ve had problems integrating your Google AdWords and Google Analytics accounts together, you’re in luck. Google is offering better support in order for advertisers and users of Google Analytics to link their accounts together.
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What’sThe One Thing That Keeps Searchers From Converting On Your Site?
There is an insidious voice speaking to your visitors from the moment they click through to your site. It camps in the back of their minds, setting up a tent and proceeding to talk your visitors out of taking action. While there are many angles this vo…
Google’s Search About Number Of Results Easter Egg
This is not new, I actually covered it at Search Engine Land a year ago but never here and I think some of my more geekier readers will enjoy it if they have not seen it. Search Google for [hex], [binary]…
Matt Cutts As Moses In SEO’s Ten Commandments
I am not sure that Matt Cutts will enjoy this too much but hey, if you ever see him at an SEO convention, it may appear as if he is a god…
Google’s Cutts: Dropping ~ Operator Gives Us More Space To Index More Pages
Tuesday we reported that Google quietly dropped the ~tilde operator due to lack of use.
The operator helped searches find synonymous, a form of expanding your query. It was primarily used by librarians and also SEMs looking for keyword research ideas…
MozCast Shows Huge Google Update But SEOs Don’t Agree
Yesterday, MozCast, Moz’s Google ranking volatility tool, reported the highest level of change in Google’s search results in the history of MozCast. 113 degrees hot. Typically…
Content Creation & Organizational Empowerment Key To Search Success
The SEO industry has undergone significant changes in the last 12+ months. Search has gained greater legitimacy as a marketing channel as budget holders increase head count and invest in advanced technology. And, the SERPs themselves have undergone cha…
It’s Frickin Hard to Build Links if Your Site Sucks
If you’re going to work hard to increase your site’s visibility, make sure it’s worth sharing. It doesn’t make any sense to dump time, energy, money, and general resources into it if the site’s underdeveloped, lacks content, or is simply outdated.
2013 Google Ranking Factors From Netmark
Yesterday we covered the 2013 ranking factors from SearchMetrics, now let us share with you the Google ranking factors from a different company named Netmark. You can learn about Netmark’s methodology for determining these ranking factors over here and you can see all the ranking factors over…
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Enhanced Campaigns
It’s time to stop whining and start winning! If you haven’t migrated already, or you have migrated but aren’t doing anything differently, here are some good reasons to adopt Google AdWords enhanced campaigns functionality as soon as possible.