Hold Your Horses: The Knowledge Vault Is Just A Research Project For Now
You may have heard buzz about Google’s “Knowledge Vault.” Contributor Eric Enge explains what it is and the real-world implications you should be considering.
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Google Searches For Halloween Costumes Show Frozen’s Elsa, Olaf & Anna Top The List
What are the hottest and most desirable costumes for Halloween this year? Well, according to Google searches, the movie Frozen made three of the top ten list. Elsa, Olaf and Anna from Frozen the Movie are the top trending costume searches on Google Sho…
Up Close @ SMX: Avoiding SEO Disasters
Contributor Russell Savage recaps Mark Munroe’s presentation at SMX East, in which he discussed common SEO disasters, as well as ways to detect and prevent them.
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TopSEOs: “We Have Not Been Banned By Google”
Despite Google apparently dropping two of its domains this week, TopSEOs denies that it has been banned and says it’s in contact with Google to discuss the situation. On Wednesday, Mark Jackson at Vizion Interactive posted that TopSEOs had been deindexed in Google’s search results. Sure…
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SearchCap: Google Reports “Right To Be Forgotten” Totals, Should You Copy SEO Tactics? & More
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 Nixed 4,143 Links To YouTube, Groups Under “RTBF” On the heels of our earlier discussion of search-index removal requests under the…
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Facebook & YouTube Are Top Sites With Content Removed From Google Under “Right To Be Forgotten”
Google is now sharing details about Right To Be Forgotten removals in a new section of its pre-existing Google Transparency Report area. The latest numbers show that Facebook, ProfileEngine.com and Google’s own YouTube are the top three sites to have content taken down through the new…
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Study: 60 Percent of “Right To Be Forgotten” Requests Denied
Reputation VIP operates the Forget.me website intended to handle Google and Bing “Right to Be Forgotten” (RTBF) requests. Using three months of data, the company has released a study on RTBF’s impact in France, the UK and Germany. There was a smaller, separate study on Spain. It…
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Should You Copy A Top Site’s SEO?
Big sites like Amazon.com can teach us a lot about SEO…or can they? Contributor Tom Schmitz gives us the lowdown.
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What To Do When The PPC Competition Plays Dirty
Contributor Pauline Jakober shares concrete steps you can take to combat shady PPC practices — even when the search engine declines to take action.
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SearchCap: Google Upgrades Its Mobile Apps, US Search Award Winners & Pigeon Rolled Back?
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: U.S. Search Award Winners Announced The second-annual U.S. Search Awards were handed out last night during Pubcon L…
U.S. Search Award Winners Announced
The second-annual U.S. Search Awards were handed out last night during Pubcon Las Vegas. The awards were presented to agencies and individuals for outstanding achievements in the US search and digital marketing industries. Entries were judged by a pane…
Google Upgrades Conversational Search On Its Mobile Apps
Conversational search on Google’s mobile apps got an upgrade today, as the company announced a few new voice commands that are specific to travel planning. Basically, the app is smarter about knowing where you are (at a hotel, for example), letting you complete actions by voice (i.e., making…
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SPONSOR MESSAGE: Performance Marketing 2.0: Audience Targeting and Building a Database of Intent
Across the digital landscape, advertisers increasingly have the ability to understand their customers, not just by their online searches, but also by behavioral and demographic data. Audience-centric performance advertising combines the power of purcha…
Wanted: Session Ideas For SMX West
Do you have a topic you’d like to see covered in a session at SMX West 2015 on March 3-5, 2015? 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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Pigeon Rolled Back? Law Firm Study Says Yes
Local search marketers have been concerned about the impact of Google’s Pigeon update on small businesses — has the search giant taken notice?
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Bing Ads Makes Combined Tablet-Desktop Targeting Official
Desktop and tablets are now united across paid search — with one caveat. Bing Ads has officially combined tablet and PC targeting in search campaigns on the platform, following on Google’s move to do so last year with the introduction of Enhanced Campaigns. Bing Ads announced the…
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SearchCap: Google UX Ranking, Google Bill Reminders & Noki Here Maps
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Nokia’s Here Maps Come To Android Phones (Sort Of) Nokia’s Here Maps, which power maps on Windows Phones, has released a beta version for Samsung Galaxy Android…
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Nokia’s Here Maps Come To Android Phones (Sort Of)
Nokia’s Here Maps, which power maps on Windows Phones, has released a beta version for Samsung Galaxy Android phones. It’s not available through Google Play, though presumably it will be in time. Nokia’s hardware/handset division was sold to Microsoft but Nokia retained the Here…
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Google (Now) Beats Siri And Cortana For Direct Answers — Study
Stone Temple Consulting (STC) published a study in which it compared mobile answers to “3086 different queries” on Siri, Google and Cortana to determine how each performed relative to the others. Google was the winner with more direct answers and more complete information. Eric Enge who…
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Why SEOs Need To Stop Automating Email Outreach For Links
Link building is a time-consuming process, so it may be tempting to take shortcuts. But email outreach is one area where you should always invest the time.
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