SMX Advanced Agenda Posted – Register Now & Save with Early Bird Rates!
Join the most accomplished search marketers in the world at SMX Advanced, June 11-12 in Seattle. Check out the agenda, featuring two days of expert-only sessions, keynotes and the highest-level networking anywhere. Six in-depth workshops offered on Jun…
Google Quick View Badge Field Trial
Google announced a new Google field trial experiment for a feature they’ve been quietly testing named Quick View. The Google Quick View badge is found on a select number of sites when a searcher uses Google Mobile search from their smartphone. The feature is currently working for Wikipedia on…
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Bing Adds “Pin it” Button in Image Search
Separate from Bing’s social sidebar efforts, the folks at Bing have added a “Pin it” button to the Bing image search results. No more copy-and-paste. No more extra plugins. Now you can Pin images you find directly from Bing to your Pinterest boards.
I Yield To Google: My Paid Links Are NoFollow
As many of you know, I was one of the last major search “blogs” to hold out on Google’s guidelines when it comes to paid links. I sold links without the nofollow for years, heck, even before there was a nofollow attribute.
I’ve been hated and loved for…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 12, 2013
Interesting week in SEO. There is a lot of chatter around a possible Google update going on. Google is now sending out messages that say they do very targeted penalties. Google says when you buy a domain name, make sure it wasn’t spamming…
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 12, 2013
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 12…
Google Logo For Leonhard Euler On U.S. Tax Day
Today, April 15, 2013 is a very memorable day for most Americans – being Tax Day. It is also the birthday of Leonhard Euler, a Swiss born mathematician who is known as probably the most influential and important mathematician of the 18th century…
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Bing Does Pinterest Integration Right: Pins Image Source
Honestly, I was worried when I saw the announced that Microsoft added the Pinterest Pin It button to Bing Image search results.
AppGratis Banned By Apple For Being A Black Hat App Store Ranking Network
Did you hear the news that AppGratis was pulled from the Apple App Store? AppGratis defines itself as a company that “offers the opportunity to reach new exciting audiences in more than 30+ countries. Every year we deliver more than 100,000,000 non-inc…
Do You Fear Google Disavow Link Threats?
It is no surprise to many that more and more SEOs are using the Google link disavow tool. The issue that comes up as time goes on is that there are some using it as a threat to remove or change the links or anchor text pointing to their site.
I am su…
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 15, 2013
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google Will Label Organic Results Leading To Google Properties
As you may have heard via the Wall Street Journal or New York Times or Search Engine Land – Google has settled with the European Union after a 2-3 year probe.
The settlement will require Google to:
(1) Clearly label Google’s own results in the organi…
Bing Testing 5 Results Per Search Page?
It appears that some searchers may be seeing a limited number of organic search results when searching Microsoft Bing.
A WebmasterWorld thread has one searcher claiming his searches on Bing are only returning 5 results at a time. Another said he on…
Google’s Official How To Use Google Glass Guide Live
More and more details are coming out about Google Glass. I spotted that Google has publicly posted the help documentation on how users should use Google Glass.
You can find the how to use Google Glass documentation at google.com/glass/help…
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Google Sub-Sitelinks Are Here
Google is now showing what they call “sub-sitelinks” for some searchers in the search results. Sitelinks are the links you find under a search result that show links to popular pages within the site…
My Google Reconsideration Request For Removing Paid Links
On Friday I announced that I nofollowed my paid links after several years of being a stubborn blogger. I promised more details on the reconsideration request and the traffic results from Google…
9 Netiquette Reminders For Today’s Link Builders
For many years, email was one of just a few ways you could share a URL with another person. And, people were far less accepting of link request spam than they are today. So, for today’s column, let’s talk about the ancient concept of net etiquette and link building. In many ways, it’s come full…
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Bing Updates Windows 8 Apps Enhancing News, Finance, Weather, Sports, Maps & Travel
Microsoft announced they have made major updates to the Bing Apps for Windows 8 across most of their apps including News, Finance, Weather, Sports, Maps and Travel. The video below walks you through the changes but here are some highlights of the core …
Link Networks: Don’t Build Your SEO Strategy on a House of Cards
One of the most popular (and dangerous) to build a bunch of links quickly is by using a link network. Here’s how you can better understand what a network is, how to identify networked sites, and whether those easy links are too good to be true.