October Search Market Share: Bing Continues To Grow At Yahoo’s Expense

Preliminary October search market share data from comScore are being exposed by financial analysts. We’ll have to wait for the official numbers either later today or tomorrow. However it appears there is little change from last month: Google is flat, Bing gained a fraction of a point and…

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Google Offering Online Site Reviews This Monday, November 18th

Google’s John Mueller announced that on this Monday’s Google office-hours, Google will be offering “short website reviews” for webmasters who are looking for advice. To participate, you must add your web site to this Google Moderator page. Then, if Google has time and wants…

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3 Ways B2B Search Marketers Can Stand Out With Rich Ad Formats

We all know B2B customers differ from regular consumers for a variety of reasons. Their purchase cycle is longer, as they have to consult more options before pulling the trigger on signing a contract for a solution or purchasing a product. There is als…

Video: Creating a SEO strategy (with Webmaster Tools!)

Webmaster Level: Intermediate

Wondering how to begin creating an organic search strategy at your company? What’s a good way to integrate your company’s various online components, such as the website, blog, or YouTube channel? Perhaps we can help! In under fifteen minutes, I outline a strategic approach to SEO for a mock company, Webmaster Central, where I pretend to be the SEO managing the Webmaster Central Blog.

Fifteen-minute video to help your create the SEO strategy at your company

The video covers these high-level topics (and you can skip to the exact portion of the video that might be of interest):

Creating a SEO strategy

  • Using Webmaster Central as mock company
  • Building an SEO strategy
  1. Understand searcher persona workflow
  2. Determine company and website goals
  3. Audit your site to best reach your audience
  4. Execute and make improvements
  • Overcoming obstacles
  • Feel free to reference the slides as well.

    Written by Maile Ohye, Developer Programs Tech Lead

    Wanted: Session Ideas For SMX West

    Do you have a topic you’d like to see covered in a session at SMX West 2014 on March 11-13, 2014? Something you’d like to see covered in depth, or a discussion of strategies and tactics for getting the most out your search marketing campaigns? If so, we’d like to hear from you. Anyone can […]

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