Google Launches Expanded AdWords PLAs On Mobile Devices
Google rolled out product listing ads (PLAs) on mobile devices in March. Now the company has launched an updated display for PLAs on smartphones that allows more products to be displayed from the search results page. Users can swipe to see more PLAs fr…
9 Tips For Getting Free Clicks Through Google News
“News is anything that’s interesting, that relates to what’s happening in the world, what’s happening in areas of the culture that would be of interest to your audience.” Kurt Loder, American journalist. Consider this: does the above quote describe the content of your…
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Gathering New Keyword Insights In A (Not Provided) World
Not Provided is all anyone is talking about these days — with good reason. Holding data hostage and forcing users to buy ads to see it is pretty dirty pool, in my opinion. Most of my clients cannot lay out the money just to grab data, so we’ve had to come up with some creative […]
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Turn Domain Bias In Search Results To Your Advantage
There’s been valid debate over how influential keyword and exact match domains are in search engine optimization. Whether or not the latest Google or Bing algorithm takes the words in your domain name into consideration, the reality is that searchers — those consumers actually choosing…
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Google: Stop Using Fake Google+ Profiles To Trick Users
I don’t get it and this happens from time to time. A site owner is upset his site is not ranking well. He goes onto the Google Webmaster Help forums to complain and a Googler comes in and outs his practices…
Google: Responsive Design Doesn’t Give You A Ranking Boost
Google’s John Mueller posted in a Stack Exchange thread that responsive design doesn’t give you a ranking boost.
Yes, Google does officially recommend responsive as the approach to going mobile. But going responsive…
3 Key Ways B2B SEO Impacts Demand Generation Efforts
SEO plays a key role in demand generation initiatives by cultivating significant organic search traffic and leads. Here are critical points B2B SEO professionals need to consider, based on select research highlights and evolving trends.
Facebook Retail Advertisers Averaging 152% ROI [Report]
Performance on Facebook advertising for retailers is increasing significantly, meaning advertisers should feel confident about in their Facebook ad spends for the upcoming holiday season, according to a new report released by Nanigans.
AOL Races Past Google to Becomes Top U.S. Video Ad Property
In September 2013, 188.7 million Americans watched 46 billion online content videos, while the number of video ad views totaled 22.9 billion. AOL (fueled by its Adapt.tv acquisition) served the most video ads – 3.7 billion to Google’s 3.2 billion.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 17, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Intros Android App For Managing Google Places Listings Local business owners have a new tool for managing th…
Matt Cutts on How to Guest Blog Without Looking Like a Spammer to Google
If you’re doing guest blogging and want to avoid getting in trouble with Google, you definitely want to do it in moderation, make sure you’re on topic with the content and the website it appears on, and avoid abusing keyword-rich anchor text.
Google Intros Android App For Managing Google Places Listings
Local business owners have a new tool for managing their Google Places For Business Listing. Mike Blumenthal got the scoop on the new Android app that lets SMBs update their business information, post update and photos to their Google+ Local Page, resp…
The Secrets Online Searchers Keep [Study]
Ask.com revealed what people search for when no one else is looking, who they are hiding those searches from and the unorthodox places they browse the web (including the toilet) in the 2013 Online Consumer Search Habits report.
How Facebook Ads Help Deliver Big ROI for Magnolia Pictures
Indie film distributor, Magnolia Pictures, turned to Facebook advertising to raise awareness and drive sales. Facebook’s Optimized CPM tool helped Magnolia achieve nearly 2 million video plays of their movie trailers. Here’s how.
Google Media Tools
Google launched a new portal named Google Media Tools…
Bing Verified Profiles Via Klout
Now you can verify your Bing profile using Klout. Bing said, “to help people manage their presence online…
Register Now For SMX Israel 2014
I am incredibly happy to let you all know that I am chairing SMX Israel again in 2014 on January 26…
Hebrew & Arabic For Google Maps For iPhone
Perfect timing, I am headed to Israel soon and I can get my Google Maps for iPhone fix in the native languages there. I can get it in Hebrew or Arabic, I can read Hebrew but not Arabic – but I’d prefer English anyway…
Targeting Weird Niche Audiences for Links
Instead of making huge changes to your product or service, make small changes to make the product suitable for a weird niche audience. The fact that you created a special product specifically for that particular group of people makes you linkable.