Report: Global PPC Spend Rises 15% On Higher Click Volume And Click-Through Rates In Q1
Global search ad spend rose 15% in Q1 2013 versus the previous year, according to the Kenshoo Global Search Advertising Trends report released today. That rise in spend was driven largely by a 62% increase in click-through rates and a 21% increase in clicks year-over-year. U.S. ad spend rose…
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The Informational Content Advantage
You may have heard that content is king, but the truth is that informational content is king. It’s estimated that approximately 50-80% of search queries are informational in nature (pdf). Most websites have very little informational content on them, preferring instead to focus on driving a…
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Google Street Views Now In 50 Countries With Addition Of Hungary & Lesotho
Google Maps announced today that their collection of images now include Street Views from 50 countries with photos recently added from Hungary and Lesotho, an enclave surrounded by South Africa. According to the Google Maps blog, their latest update is…
Risk Management for Links – How To Prepare For The Next Penguin Update
After 2012 being dubbed the “Year of the Penguin,” Google’s Matt Cutts has already hinted that the next “Penguin 4” update will be bigger and more devastating than ever. We have seen big brands like Interflora get penalized and bounce back pretty fast. But how did that work? And what’s coming up…
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How to Get Over the One Hurdle Keeping You From Creating Awesome Content
How are you adding genuine value to your audience? This is the question you must answer if you want to consistently and repeatedly create dynamite content. Spend more time up front brainstorming content, then keep tuning and refining those ideas.
Stay Sharp On The Cutting Edge Of SEO At SMX Advanced
Anyone who’s tried to stay on the cutting edge of SEO knows that from time-to-time, you end up on the “bleeding edge,” thanks to things like unexpected algorithm changes, or from experimenting with seemingly benign tactics that go wrong, or even doing nothing and yet watching your…
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How to Diagnose the Health of Your Social Media Strategy
What do you know about your audience? Are your fans, friends, or followers engaged? Do you have a plan? What are others saying about you and how are you responding? Use this checklist to determine how healthy your social media strategy is.
800 Best SEO Posts of the Last 4 Years
Have you ever thought which of SEO and marketing websites statistically provides the best content? Or if what people on these sites write about ever really changes? The sunsetting of Google Reader forced me to find out whose content really is king.
Product Listing Ads: How to Maximize Your Returns
Product listing ads can be deceptively easy to set up, but there are still simple steps to take to make the most of them. Here are some of the simplest things you can do when it comes to bidding and optimizing your PLAs to maximize your returns.
Earth Day Logos From Google & Bing While Chinese Search Engines Show Earthquake Logos
Today is Earth Day throughout the world and Google, Bing, Ask.com, and also YouTube have special logos or themes today for the day. But as many of you know, China had a major earthquake yesterday killing almost 200 people and injuring an astonishing 1…
Samuru: A Search Engine Designed By An SEO
Brandon Wirtz, an SEO who started his own search engine named Samuru…
Google Captures Murder: Body Being Dragged Into Lake?
There are these internet rumors going around that Google Maps Satellite view captured a man dragging a body into a lake in broad daylight.
You can see the satellite imagery yourself on Google Maps at 52.376552…
Can User Generated Comments Cause A Google Penalty
There is this theory going around by “giveaway bloggers” that non-spammy comments can cause a Google penalty. You can read about it over here and over here – where you can see that an SEO told this site that they are penalized in Google because of the…
Google Creates iOS App To Manage Your Google Places Listing
iClarified spotted that Google released (too early) an iOS app that lets businesses manage their Google Maps listings.
I am not kidding you…
Yahoo iPhone App Gets Story Summaries, Better Video & Image Search
Yahoo has launched an iPhone app using Summly’s technology less than a month after buying the firm for $30 million. The Yahoo app allows users to search for news topics they are interested in and displays summarized versions of chosen articles.
Facebook Home Hits 500,000 Downloads, Getting Negative User Reviews
With 500,000 downloads in nine days, only about 0.05 percent of Facebook’s user base is using the service. Facebook Home hasn’t had great initial reviews on the Google Play store from the majority of users. The app has a lowly two star rating.
Germany Fines Google €145,000 for Street View Data Collection
Google has accepted a fine from the German data protection authority over its mistaken and unused collection of WiFi data using Google Street View cars. Germany calls it “one of the most serious cases of violation of data protection regulations”.
Eric Schmidt on Google’s UK Tax Record: ‘We Fully Comply With the Law’
Eric Schmidt has defended Google’s UK tax payments, saying the firm operates within the law and is responsible for “billions” of spend in the country. The Public Accounts Committee says Google paid £6 million in taxes from revenues of £396 million
Search & Social Synergy: Build Buzz, Get Links, Grow Your Brand
A look at where social is headed, what rightful place social has in the mix – along with PR, web design, promotional marketing, and search engine optimization – and some tactical considerations for what you may want to incorporate into your plans.
Google Experimenting With New Related Image Search Interface
Google appears to be trying on a new look for its related image search interface. While the standard interface for related image searches includes a list of the related image queries that only show image thumbnails when you mouse over the related searc…