Are Keywords Relevant to SEO in 2015?
Take a look at this analysis of onsite optimization factors that matter far more than keyword presence.
Report: 2014 Was A Bad Year For Lyrics Sites In Google
2014 was a bad year for lyrics web sites in Google, with 2015 looking to be even worse for this niche.
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Making Customer Support Part Of Your SEO Program
There’s been a lot of discussion around breaking down silos within marketing departments, and columnist Casie Gillette notes the benefits of breaking down inter-departmental barriers as well.
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What Search Marketers Can Expect To Learn @SMX West In Silicon Valley
2015 SMX West Conference Preview: Big Brands, Platforms, Agencies and Consultants Converge in San Jose For 3 Days, 12 Tracks, 60 Sessions & 125 Expert Speakers Sharing Search Insights
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Bing Tests New News Card That Expands
Check out this neat new Bing Search test, where you can expand to see more news related content in the Bing search results.
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Bing Mocks Me With Wrong Headshot On Penguin Background
Most of you know I am an Apple fan, which has historically put Bing, operated by Microsoft, at a disadvantage with me. But for Bing to come back to me and change my headshot on my knowledge panel for a search on my name in their search engine – well…..
2 Mindhacks to Keep Marketers From Losing Out
Turns out our brains can be tricked, and there are ways we as marketers can capitalize.
Google’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Logo
Like every year, Google and Bing have a special logo or theme up in America to celebrate the life and contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Yahoo Search Testing Google Search User Interface
Ruben Gomez spotted a user interface test by Yahoo Search which looks almost identical to the Google search interface.
Here is a screen shot of the test interface captured by Ruben:
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Google City Experts Now Known As Local Guides
Google’s Aygul Zagidullina announced on Google+ that they have rebranded, renamed, the Google City Experts as Google Local Guides…
Google Sending Mass Scale Warnings To Non-Mobile Friendly Web Sites
Google is sending mass scale notifications via email and Webmaster Tools warning sites that are not mobile-friendly that it will cause issues for them if they want to rank well for smartphone users.
This is the first time Google is sending these notif…
Google Maps Reviews Has A 4,000 Character Limit
Did you know that there is a max character limit of 4,000 characters when leaving a review on a business or organization within the Google Maps local pages…
How To Present Your SEO Plan
Are you preparing to present your 2015 SEO strategy to the C-suite in the coming weeks? If so, columnist Chris Marentis has some advice for this and any presentation.
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Google Sending Mobile Usability Warnings To Huge Number Of Webmasters
Google sending notifications to webmasters with sites that are not mobile friendly. Is this a sign of a new mobile algorithm coming soon?
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Yahoo Search Testing Google’s Search Results Design?
Is Yahoo copying Google’s search results design? Here is a test Yahoo Search interface which looks just like Google’s search results page.
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This Small Business Redesigned Its Website & You Won’t Believe What Horrible SEO Thing Happened Next
Columnist Andrew Shotland took on a client who’d lost rankings as a result of a site redesign. Here’s what he did to help them recover.
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Google’s 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Logo Designed By Ekua Holmes
Check out Google’s special logo for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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Bing-Yahoo Paid Search Share Rises For Two Consecutive Quarters [IgnitionOne]
With robust consumer holiday shopping, US paid search closed out 2014 with 11 percent growth year-over-year in Q4 ad spend, bouncing back from sluggish growth of just 2.1 percent in Q3 2014. The data, which comes from IgnitionOne’s quarterly report, shows that the growth surge was driven by…
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5 SEO Myths to Forget in 2015
Let’s reset and get 2015 started on the right foot. The industry is running on some bad myths right now and though most have been said, they bear repeating.
SearchCap: Google Adds 2015 Oscar Nominations To Knowledge Graph, Local Search Challenges For Franchises & More
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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