50 Percent Of Companies Struggling With SEO Aren’t Integrating Social Media [Survey]

What’s one key difference between companies that are successful with SEO and those that aren’t? According to a new study from Ascend2, it’s this: Successful companies integrate social media into SEO strategies and tactics more extensively than companies that struggle with SEO. The…

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Are Google’s Results Getting Too Ad Heavy?

Are Google’s search results getting too ad-heavy? A new blog post suggesting that Google’s non-paid listings make up only a tiny fraction of the entire page has sparked some discussion, though the exact percentage actually varies on how you count what’s on the page and from…

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Google: Guest Blogging For Links? You Better Nofollow Those Links.

Marie Haynes spotted two video responses from Google where Google’s John Mueller, said in general, it is best you nofollow links in stories you write, especially when those stories are guest blog posts for the purpose of link building. In general, that is Google’s advice. If you link to…

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Two Local & Voice Search Improvements In Latest Google Glass Update

Two search-related improvements made their way into the latest Google Glass software update. Google announced the XE7 software update last week, but the public post about it focused on the device’s first web browser and several new “OK Glass” voice commands. The detailed release…

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AltaVista Officially Closes — What Will Pawnee Do!

We mourned the closing of AltaVista when it was announced at the end of last month. But today’s the day it actually closed. No more AltaVista. Gone. Perhaps no one will suffer as much as the inhabitants of Pawnee, Indiana. The fictional town from the TV show Parks & Recreation has…

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Join us for Search Marketing Expo – SMX East and immerse yourself in three days filled with game changing SEO and paid search tactics that drive traffic and sales. Don’t miss the event 100% devoted to the search marketing community, October 1-3 in New York City. Register for SMX East now and you’ll…

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