Google May Add Mobile User Experience To Their Ranking Algorithm
At Search Marketing Expo East, Google engineer, Gary Illyes talked a lot of user experience and that webmasters really need to focus on that. Over the past week or so, I asked Google about this and tried to understand why Google stressed this point so …
Call Gap: Survey Finds 54 Percent Of Search Marketers Don’t Track Phone Conversions From Search Campaigns
How important are offline phone calls to search marketers? Google has reported that 70 percent of mobile searchers have called a business directly from search results. BIA/Kelsey estimates inbound phone calls from mobile search will grow from roughly 4…
Google Now Reminds You To Pay Your Bills
Google announced that you can now search Google for when your bills are due and in addition, Google Now will place reminder cards in your Google mobile app as a reminder as well. You can search or speak your search for [show me my bills] or [my bills d…
SearchCap: Google In The News, Bing Movie Carousel & Google PageRank Dead
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 Shows What’s Playing At The Movies, In Remake Of Google’s Own Film Carousel Bing has a new way of showing you what’s playing in your local…
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Bing Shows What’s Playing At The Movies, In Remake Of Google’s Own Film Carousel
Bing has a new way of showing you what’s playing in your local theater, a “carousel” format that lets you browse what’s playing. If you think you’ve seen this before, you have. It’s how Google already does it. The Movie Carousel A search for something like…
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Enter the first annual SMX Biggest Social Geek Contest, sponsored by Marin Software, and see how you stack up against your peers. Take the SMX Social Media Marketing quiz. First prize is a trip to SMX Social in Las Vegas and your choice of an iPad mini…
Yahoo Says Goodbye, ZEEF Says Hello
Human-curated directories have long been a staple of the internet, but ultimately they’re very hard to scale. See how newcomer ZEEF hopes to tackle this challenge.
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Google Toolbar PageRank Finally & Officially Dead?
In October 2013, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts implied we would likely not see another Google Toolbar PageRank update before the year end. Well, by accident, Google updated Toolbar PageRank in December 2013. Since then, we have had no Toolbar PageRank updates. Google’s John…
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What Do Structured Snippets Mean To Your Page-Level Content Strategy?
Google is now showing structured snippets in search results; Columnist Jim Yu shares tips to take advantage of this new format.
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New Google Eye Tracking Study Shows The Downfall Of The Golden Triangle
A new Google eye tracking study published by Mediative shows how the evolution of the Google search results from 2005 to today has resulted in searchers looking outside of the golden triangle. The golden triangle was coined back in 2005 based on a stud…
Google Mobile Warnings For Adobe Flash Sites Expand Worldwide
Google’s Pierre Far announced this morning that they are expanding the mobile Flash warnings searchers get when searching Google and finding a search result that leads to a site made mostly in Adobe Flash. The warning was first introduced back in July and today has started to roll out…
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Google’s “In The News” Box Now Lists More Than Traditional News Sites
Google has confirmed that new “In The News” box appearing in some of its search results now lists content from more than just the traditional news sites. Discussions at Reddit, blog posts, videos and more from non-news sites may turn up. Earlier, Search Engine Land reported how content…
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SearchCap: Google Panda 4.1 Continues, Reddit “In The News” & Local Business Videos
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: Panda 4.1 Still Rolling Out Over the weekend, there was a tremendous amount of chatter within the SEO commu…
Google: Panda 4.1 Still Rolling Out
Over the weekend, there was a tremendous amount of chatter within the SEO community, including discussion forums, social media and other channels. There were rumors that Google was pushing out a new algorithm, maybe the eagerly anticipated Penguin refr…
The Internet’s Front Page — Reddit — Now Worthy Of Being In Google News
Google News now is considering Reddit, the popular user-generated news site, to be a worthy news source for Google. If you search for [dunkin donuts] in Google, a box with news items comes up in the “In The News” section. The first item listed is a Reddit link to an image showing how…
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Google Releases Video Series On Taking Your Local Business Online
Google’s Maile Ohye, a well-known personality in the SEO space, has published six-videos adding up to about 30 minutes, containing advice on bringing your local business online. Maile said this is the same advice that Googlers would give “our friends and family” and now they are…
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12 Things To Check In Your Local Homepage SEO Audit
Your homepage is arguably the most important page of your site. Contributor Chris Silver Smith provides tips to ensure it’s in top shape!
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Many of the world’s most skilled and knowledgeable social media specialists will take the stage at SMX Social Media Marketing in Las Vegas, November 19-20. Speakers from brands and agencies will share challenges they’ve overcome and result-driving tactics that make them successful. You’ll hear…
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Up Close @ SMX: Making Mobile SEO Perform For You – Design, Approach & Speed
Mobile SEO differs from desktop and its importance its growing rapidly.
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SearchCap: Bing Lyrics, Google HTTPS Stats & SEMPO Code Of Ethics
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 Starts Showing Full Song Lyrics Right In Search Results While SEOs debate Google’s recent addition of structured data in its search results, Bing is making a…
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