Do you have the right local SEO tools for the job?
Planning and executing a local search campaign requires a lot of data and insight, making a good local SEO tool stack invaluable. Columnist and local search expert Andrew Shotland shares his.
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Google beats Apple to become world’s most valuable brand
Since 2011, Google and Apple have been competing to be the most valuable, according to Millward Brown Digital’s annual report. This year, Google is back on top.
Google Gets A Bird Watcher Doodle For Phoebe Snetsinger
Today on the Google home page in the United States and some other countries is a special Google Doodle, Google Logo, for Phoebe Snetsinger. Phoebe Snetsinger was a birder, a bird watcher, who saw 8,398 species of birds by the time she died at the youn…
Apple App Store To Get Search Ads
Apple is bringing search ads to their App Store. Apple announced it last night saying, “starting this summer, you’ll be able to participate in the Search Ads beta and see the ads in action…
When Will Your Local Business Show Up In Google’s One Box?
Joy Hawkins asked another excellent local SEO question in the Local Search Forums the other day. She asked why do some business listings get a local one box result…
How will the Local Source tag affect SEO?
In order to elevate its Google News feature to meet this standard, Google launched its newest component, the Local Source tag, on Monday, May 9.
Having Issues With Your Google Disavow File? Upload One Line At A Time
Like it or not, many SEOs use the disavow backlinks feature within Google which launched in 2012 mostly based on webmaster feedback.
But sometimes the disavow file can cause a headache for webmasters…
Google’s John Mueller On Flat (Not Growing) SEO Traffic
I always find it interesting when a Googler responds to a specific SEO question with an audit like response…
Phoebe Snetsinger Google doodle marks 85th birthday of famous bird watcher
Snetsinger is credited with seeing 8,393 bird species in her life timeline – the most of any birder at the time of her death.
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Apple gets into the SEM business with paid-search for app developers
The possibility of an AdWords-like paid search model for the iOS App Store was first raised in April in a Bloomberg Report.
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SearchCap: Bing News PubHub, AdWords features & ranking tips
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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Meeker report: what you should know about the rise of visual content
Mary Meeker’s annual report indicates the steady increase of visual content and it leads to many interesting insights, both for users and brands.
All new Marketing Land report: “B2B Predictive Marketing Analytics Platforms”
Marketing Land’s all-new “B2B Predictive Marketing Analytics Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide” examines the market for B2B marketing analytics software platforms and the considerations involved in implementing this software into your business. This 35-page report is your source for…
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5 contemporary strategies that help improve your rankings
The rules of the SEO game have changed over the years, but columnist Pratik Dholakiya has some solid strategies for increasing search visibility and authority that you can safely use in 2016.
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Bing Ads Will Support Google AdWords Expanded Text Ads
Bing Ads announced that in response to Google AdWords expanded text ads and Bing Ads being able to import Google AdWords campaigns…
Google News AMP Referral Source To Get Proper Attribution?
Valentin Pletzer, a Senior Search Analyst at BurdaForward in Germany, asked a nice question in the Google Webmaster Help forums about AMP and Google News.
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Google Doesn’t Filter Gold Stars Reviews From Specific Industries
Joy Hawkins asked in a Local Search Forum thread if Google will filter the gold stars shown in the organic search results for local results for specific industries…
Google: Blocking US Users, Means Blocking GoogleBot
GoogleBot typically crawls from the United States, not 100% of the time. In fact, Google recently began crawling on a limited basis from other countries but only to check on local-aware features…
Bing News PubHub For News Submissions
Bing announced you can now submit your news site, like this one, to Bing News at the new Bing News PubHub.
When you go to Bing News PubHub, you can fill out the form as I screen shot below, to submit your news site to Bing…
The science behind shareable content
In a presentation at CMA’s Digital Breakfast, StoryScience founder Kohlben Vodden gave some fascinating insights into the science of what makes content … read more