NYT Best-Selling Author And Consumer Behavior Expert Bill Tancer To Keynote SMX West 2015

Author of “Everyone’s a Critic: Winning Customers in a Review-Driven World” and GM of Global Research for Experian Marketing Services to be featured speaker at Search Engine Land’s conference on March 4, 2015.

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Insights Into PPC Traffic From “Sofa Sunday” In The UK

You’ve heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but what about Sofa Sunday? Columnist Rebekah Schelfhout discusses this new mobile shopping trend.

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Bing: Content Quality Is A Primary Ranking Factor Made Up Of Authority, Utility & Presentation

Michael Basilyan, Senior Program Manager from the Bing Content Quality Team, shared a nice set of details on the Bing blog about how Bing’s algorithms determine what makes for content quality. Michael Basilyan explained that content quality is a primary factor in their ranking algorithm,…

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From Novelty To Foundational Product: The Evolution Of Google Maps

Until Android came along Google’s most important product after search undoubtedly was Google Maps. I know it sounds heretical to say this but in some ways Maps is more strategic to Google than search today. That’s because Google Maps bridge the physical and digital worlds and because…

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SearchCap: Google Penguin Holiday Rollout, Microsoft Torque & Facebook Search

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 Rolls Out New “Fact Answers” Search Feature With Information On Local Addresses & Reviews Bing has updated its search results to deliver…

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Bing Rolls Out New “Fact Answers” Search Feature With Information On Local Addresses & Reviews

Bing has updated its search results to deliver what it calls “Fact Answers” for local reviews and addresses. Listed at the top of a results page, Bing’s “Fact Answers” provide direct information to search queries for local information and addresses. Bing said users…

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New Facebook Search: Local Ignored Again — Big Mistake

Facebook just launched its successor to Graph Search: Facebook Search. Facebook Search is the evolution of Graph Search and benefits from lots of user feedback since the launch of Graph Search in early 2013. It’s available in US English for the PC and mobile app for the time being. Users can…

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Attend SMX West and Supercharge Your Search Marketing Skills for 2015 – Lowest Rates Expire Dec. 19

You’ve read all of the marketing industry predictions and expected trends for 2015. You’re laying the groundwork for your marketing strategy and planning the budget. Now it’s time to set the course for hyper-speed and leap into action. Make 2015 the year you and your marketing team fine-tune your…

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Close More Clients With A Quick Local Site Audit

We all know it – selling local SEO to clients is tough. After my “simple math” post back in October, I’ve gotten a ton of questions asking for more details about our sales process. As we all know, small business owners  assume that their site is the best and that they should…

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The 4 Hardest Parts Of SEO

I have been doing search engine optimization (SEO) since 2002, and I’ve overcome a fair number of SEO challenges since then. Ultimately, though, the hardest things about the job are not what you might expect. In my opinion, here are the four most difficult parts about achieving SEO success:…

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For The Holidays, Google Breaks Its No Updates Rules, Gives Out Fresh Penguin Updates

Since Google’s “Florida” Update of November 2003[1], the search engine has kept to an unofficial promise not to mess with its ranking algorithm during the holiday season. That’s changed this year with a flurry of Penguin Updates. Penguin is Google’s filter to fight spam that gets past its regular…

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