Google+ Dying? Would That Impact Google’s Search Results?
There are many rumors around if Google+ is dying based around Vic leaving and some other stories…
Google Penalizing HARO Links? Not Really.
Bill Hartzer wrote that Google has targeted HARO, Help A Reporter, links in the latest manual action of unnatural links.
HARO links? Really? Would Google do that…
Google Provides More Clarity Around Sneaky Redirects Against Their Guidelines
Google announced on their Webmaster blog that they have updated two of their guideline documents to improve the clarify around what are sneaky redirects that are against their webmaster guidelines. Google has expanded their guidelines to ensure webmast…
Battle-Hardened Journalist Reveals What Makes Press Releases Stand Out
If you’re looking for a content promotion and white hat link building technique that can be done at scale, you need to consider public relations. Geoff Hill, an award-winning journalist, explains the essentials of an outstanding press release.
Google Opens Voting To Help Determine This Year’s “Doodle 4 Google” National Winner
After opening its “Doodle 4 Google” contest to kindergarten through twelfth graders in February, Google has released its list of state winners, and started a public voting forum to help select this year’s national winner. Asking students to create a Google logo based on something…
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Dive Into Google AdWords New Mobile App Promotion Capabilities
Advertisers have been limited to utilizing a sitelink to promote their app. But new some new AdWords features will provide additional promotional capabilities that surpass a small sitelink. Here’s a deeper look into what’s coming soon.
Webmaster Guidelines for sneaky redirects updated
Webmaster Level: AllRedirects are often used by webmasters to help forward visitors from one page to another. They are a normal part of how the web operates, and are very valuable when well used. However, some redirects are designed to manipulate or de…
4 SEO Myths & Conspiracy Theories Google’s Matt Cutts Wants to Die
Paying for Google AdWords will get you higher organic search rankings! All algorithmic changes are designed to force people to buy AdWords ads! Tools will solve every SEO problem you’ve ever had! Yeah, don’t believe everything you hear or read.
SearchCap: Google’s Secret Translate Service, Animated 3D Maps & Bing Wake Times
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing: The Earliest & Latests Searchers By City Microsoft Bing posted data on the earliest risers by city based on Bing usage data. Bing said they…
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Why Google Changes Your Titles in Search Results
How does Google determine what they will use for the title of your page in search results? Is it influenced by schema? Is this influenced by certain headings (H1s or H2s)? Why won’t Google just show your title tag? Google’s Matt Cutts explains.
SPONSOR MESSAGE: Webcast-Enterprise SEO in 2014
Join us Thursday, May 1st at 1:00EDT (10:00PDT) to hear how top brands and agencies are managing the optimization of their search engine visibility, influence and reputations in 2014 and beyond. We’ll cover: Why Organic Search matters more than ever, how to create a market winning strategy…
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Google’s Matt Cutts: Small Sites Can Beat Large Sites in Search Results
If you run a smaller website, it can be frustrating to know your site has better content, but you aren’t getting as much traffic as a well-known brand. So what can you do to improve your rankings and beat large sites in the search results?
Google’s Matt Cutts: Small Sites Can Beat Large Sites in Search Results
If you run a smaller website, it can be frustrating to know your site has better content, but you aren’t getting as much traffic as a well-known brand. So what can you do to improve your rankings and beat large sites in the search results?
Bing: The Earliest & Latests Searchers By City
Microsoft Bing posted data on the earliest risers by city based on Bing usage data. Bing said they “thought it would be interesting to look at Bing usage as a proxy for when people get online, start work or otherwise wake up.” The earliest city to rise is San Francisco, reaching 50% of…
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360i Agency Says New Technology Reverse Engineers AdWords Quality Score
Digital marketing agency 360i announced a new technology platform for pay-per-click advertisers that aims to reverse engineer the Google AdWords quality score and make recommendations on how to improve performance.
360i Agency Says New Technology Reverse Engineers AdWords Quality Score
Digital marketing agency 360i announced a new technology platform for pay-per-click advertisers that aims to reverse engineer the Google AdWords quality score and make recommendations on how to improve performance.
How To Amp Up Your User Engagement (And Get More Links)
People like to link to content that shows signs of life. If you have an active community, people are more likely to return often — and that increases the chances that when they need to link to something, it might be to you. In this era where we’re all terrified about who’s linking…
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How To Gain Additional Reach In AdWords With Similar Audiences
The “similar audiences” feature has been around for some time now, but this type of audience list is still heavily underused. So, what are similar audiences? Google uses your existing remarketing lists to characterise the types of users within them and then makes its own audience lists…
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Recce’s Cool Animated 3D Maps Now Available Via SDK
I’m a big fan of independent mapping platform Recce. The company has created a unique, animated UI that’s very different from those offered by Apple, Google, Bing, Nokia/Here and Mapquest. That UI and all the company’s data are available to third party developers through an SDK….
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12 Critical Metrics to Help You Build a Data-Informed Content Strategy
There are nearly limitless ways to use data. So, how do you go about it? This post will walk you through search, social, and other valuable types of data, then how to pull it all together to use the best bits to inform you content strategy.