Movie Sites Ranking Better In Google, Now That “Transient Issue” Fixed

A couple days ago, we reported that Google was investigating an issue where several movie blogs lost their rankings in Google. Matt Cutts, the head of search spam, himself said “I hope to dig into this soon.” Well, he did and he restored the rankings for those movie blogs calling the…

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Welcome Martin Beck, Who Joins Third Door Media From The Los Angeles Times

We’ve grown again! Third Door Media, the company that produces Search Engine Land and Marketing Land, is excited to welcome Martin Beck to our editorial team. He joins the team as our new Social Media Correspondent, and his first day will be Monday, March 3rd. Martin has spent nearly 25 years…

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German Design Firm Claims Willful Patent Infringement Over Google Earth

A German design firm is claiming that Google and Google Earth have infringed its patent (USRE44550 E1) and is seeking triple damages under the notion that the infringement was intentional or willful. The firm, ART+COM (“ACI”), makes the following claims: The development history of…

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SPONSOR MESSAGE: Webcast – Link Building in 2014

Webcast: Link Building = Successful Marketing. Join us Thursday March 27th to hear link building expert Jon Ball, Page One Power’s Co-Founder and CEO discuss — New techniques for strategic long-term link building success; Does guest blogging really work; Is there a way to leverage your…

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McDonald’s & Cadillac’s Sochi Olympics TV Ads Spark Nearly 500K Online Searches

Television advertising analytics firm iSpot.tv evaluated a number of key metrics for this year’s Olympic advertisers and found ads from McDonald’s and Cadillac resulted in the highest number of online searches within minutes of each brands’ spots being aired. Of the more than 250…

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When The Best Move Is To Kill The Site

The contents of the following column are based on real circumstances. Certain elements have been changed to respect the privacy of each site. Imagine there are two websites. Here are their basic profiles: Site One is an e-commerce company and website l…

The Secret To Staying Relevant With Authorship

At PubCon last year, Google’s Matt Cutts discussed big changes to the search results, many of which we’ve seen played out over the past several months. In his talk, he mentioned upcoming improvements to authorship results. A couple months later in December, Google confirmed it had…

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