Google Local Listings Drops After Being Marked As Closed?
The folks at the Local Search Forums are chatting about a pattern they’ve been seeing for the past several months around closed local listings.
When a business is marked as closed on Google Maps…
Some SEOs Switching Back To HTTP After Seeing No Rank Changes In Google
As you may remember, Google made HTTPS a small ranking signal and many SEOs and webmasters flocked to switch their sites to be fully HTTPS. Heck…
Some SEOs Switching Back To HTTP After Seeing No Rank Changes In Google
As you may remember, Google made HTTPS a small ranking signal and many SEOs and webmasters flocked to switch their sites to be fully HTTPS. Heck…
Google: Solving Your Google Penguin Problems With More Unnatural Links Won’t Work
A couple weeks ago, I reported that Google’s John Mueller explained that theoretically you do not need to disavow to get out of Penguin, you can try to build links out of Penguin. But the truth is, he said it is an algorithm and he was just explaining…
Google: Solving Your Google Penguin Problems With More Unnatural Links Won’t Work
A couple weeks ago, I reported that Google’s John Mueller explained that theoretically you do not need to disavow to get out of Penguin, you can try to build links out of Penguin. But the truth is, he said it is an algorithm and he was just explaining…
Bing Ads Rolls Out Enhanced Sitelinks Globally, Adds Sitelink Device Preference
Additional copy below each Sitelink extension is available in most markets and languages supported by Bing Ads.
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The Secret To AdWords Success, Told By A Former Googler
Want the inside scoop on how columnist and former Googler Frederick Vallaeys manages his AdWords campaigns? Check out his Checklist for AdWords Success!
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Google Ventures-Backed RetailMeNot Climbs Out Of Its Google Penalty
What changes did RetailMeNot make to recover from the Google Panda algorithm? It is unclear but their rankings did bounce back.
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SEO Advice for the SMB
There have been very few things that have made SEO easier for the SMB, so what is a small business owner to do?
Taking a Closer Look at Google In-Market vs. Affinity Audiences
New features and targeting options are added all the time to the Google Display Network, so here’s a deeper peek at two recent developments that could use extra definition.
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My friend Peter Askew recently remarked about the power of “developing domains” to build audiences and achieve success: He was following up on a preior tweet where he showed traffic growth of an older dormant domain he has “revived”. The chart shows significant traffic success: This is what domainers call “development” and what SEO practitioners […]
Yahoo Sees Big 1.6 Percent Monthly Search Share Gain At Google’s Expense In New comScore Data
Measurement firm comScore just released its December search market share report for the US. Last week the firm mistakenly posted the data early and quickly depublished the page. In the earlier release comScore showed Google losing 0.5 percent points vs…
SearchCap: Bing & Yahoo UI Tests, Lyric Sites Dive In Google & Google News More Trusted
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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What Time Is The State Of The Union? White House Uses SEO To Spread The Word
President Barack Obama will deliver his 2015 State of the Union at 6pm PT tonight. If you didn’t know the time, you might turn to Google or Bing for an answer. And there, the White House hopes to inform you through a special post it made to rank for that query. Right now, the State…
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Google Limits “Right to Be Forgotten” to Europe
Outsiders can continue to put up with the slings and arrows of outrageous searches.
Google Overtakes Traditonal Media To Become Most Trusted News Source
According to survey data from the 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer search engines (read: Google) have overtaken traditional media as the most trusted source of news globally. Last year search engines were just behind traditional media but have now overtaken them. This “trust gap” is most…
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Bing Search News Card That Expands
Bing is testing a new expandable news search card box. When you search for news related topics, Bing may or may not show you this new card.
It shows a box filled with news stories, with the option to expand the box…
Google Webmaster Tools Noticies For App Deep Linking With Mismatched Content
The purpose behind app indexing and deep links is to enable someone who searches on their smartphone to be able to click from the search results directly into the relevant content within an app they have on their phone…
Google On 404/410 Status Codes; We Ignore Everything Else On The Page
Everyone recommends that you set up custom 404/410 pages, so that if someone lands on the page…
Google: Move From IP To Domain As A Normal Site Move
It is uncommon, but some sites actually work and run off their IP address, instead of a domain name. DNS, the domain name system, was created to give people an easy way to find a web site, but a domain name…