Will Google & Bing Penalize Microsoft Over Their Sponsored Post Campaign For Internet Explorer?
This morning, news broke that Microsoft Internet Explorer is getting help from SocialChorus to build more awareness for the aging browser by way of sponsored posts. Michael Arrington posted on his site an email from the company, soliciting him into thi…
SearchCap: Microsoft Catapult, Facebook Mobile Graph Search & Bing Ads Express Closes
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is The Mobile Migration Of Graph Search Upon Us? New Facebook Test Uncovers Mobile Web Integration We’ve been saying that it is just a matter of time for…
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SPONSOR MESSAGE: A Backlink Analysis Will Tell You Exactly Where You Stand
Building links is like building relationships; you want to make sure you are connected to the right people. A backlink analysis will show you which connections are helping and/or hurting your website. Our knowledgeable team will carefully analyze your …
Up Close @ SMX: Link Acquisition & Auditing For The Advanced SEO
Link acquisition and auditing issues for the advanced SEO was probably one of the most popular sessions at SMX Advanced. The panelists framed the discussion around three areas: Preventative Link Building, Link Earning and Site Auditing. However, the tips — at least as far as I could tell…
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Multi-cultural and International Search: Trends and Opportunities – Webcast next Tuesday
On Tuesday, June 24, at 1 PM EDT, our sister site, Digital Marketing Depot will host a webcast, “2014 Trends and Opportunities in Multicultural and International Search.” International search presents an entirely different set of opportunities – and challenges – for today’s marketer….
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Using Campaign Tracking To Measure Link Building Success
Ask any SEO what the most difficult, confounding and valuable part of optimization is, and you’ll invariably get a consensus: link building. Even the term “link building” has become so controversial that many marketers are shying away from it in favor of “content…
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SEO Plus PPC Equals SERP Real Estate, Content Glue & ROI
Most marketers would agree that to be competitive, we do not operate in an either/or environment. It’s not a choice between either SEO or social, or SEO and PPC. It’s a requirement that we understand how these channels work together to impact one another, and a website’s ability to stay afloat in…
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Is The Mobile Migration Of Graph Search Upon Us? New Facebook Test Uncovers Mobile Web Integration
We’ve been saying that it is just a matter of time for Facebook’s Graph Search to make its way to mobile devices. A test spotted yesterday by InsideFacebook shows that the launch may be close. The test shows an in-depth integration for mobile web users that contains the same bells and…
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Microsoft Shuttering Bing Ads Express
Bing Ads Express, Microsoft’s program to encourage small businesses to adopt the paid search platform, will be sunsetted this summer. Launched just last October and modeled on Google’s own AdWords Express, the program was designed to simplify and automate paid search advertising across…
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Microsoft’s Catapult Project Aims To Speed Bing Search, Improve Relevancy
A major datacenter project at Microsoft could lead to faster and more relevant search results on the company’s 5-year-old search engine, Bing. The Catapult project is a collaboration between Microsoft researchers and the Bing team that was presented Monday at an industry conference on…
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SearchCap: Google’s Detailed Reconsideration Requests, Yandex Block Referrer & New AdWords Policy Center
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Russian Search Engine Yandex Now 100% “Not Provided,” Blocks Referrer Data Yandex announced (in Russian) today that they have now went 100% secure, encrypting all…
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Yandex, The Big Russian Search Engine, Goes 100% Not Provided
Yandex announced (in Russian) today that they have now went 100% secure, encrypting all search queries, resulting in a huge jump in the [not provided] count. This was first reported by Anna Oshkalo who shared a screen shot of her analytics detailed the…
Up Close @ SMX Advanced: Amazing Paid Search Tactics
Paid search continues to get exceedingly complicated, but the expert panel, the last session of this year’s SMX Advanced, blew the audience away with understandable and valuable tips. Amazing Paid Search Tactics & Tools featured four expert speakers, and it was the first time I’ve ever heard…
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Up Close @ SMX Advanced: What Advanced SEMs Should Be Doing About Mobile
Every year is the year of mobile, and 2014 hasn’t been a disappointment. Mobile screen time now exceeds TV in the United States. Fifty percent of paid-search clicks on Google will come from mobile devices in 2015, according to one forecast. So what do advanced SEMs need to know about mobile, and…
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9 Tricks For Local Businesses To Increase Their SERP Click-Through Rate
Sometimes you can move the needle — and dramatically — outside of obsessing and laboring over obtaining improving rankings in search engines. Simply increasing your click-through rates on the organic rankings you’ve already achieved can increase sales and revenue, even without…
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Google Previews New AdWords Policy Center, Will Go Live September
A new Policy Center will be coming to AdWords this September. Google says that policies will be streamlined and that there will be more transparency into why policies exist and what advertisers should do to comply. A preview of the updated Policy Cente…
Screen Shot Of Google’s New Rejection Notices For Reconsideration Requests
At SMX Advanced last week, Google’s head of search quality, Matt Cutts, announced that they will be revising their reconsideration requests rejection noticed with more detailed responses in some cases. We’ve now located an example of the new rejection notices, as shared by…
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World Cup 2014 Google Logo: Day 5 Goes To The Fans
Today’s Google logo is another to celebrate the FIFA 2014 World Cup. It is the fifth in a series of World Cup logos Google has posted since the first one last week to mark the tournament’s kick-off. “The football/soccer craze is making waves for…just about everyone,”…
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World Cup 2014 Google Logo Gets Father’s Day Treatment On Day #4
Today’s Google logo continues the site’s celebration of the World Cup with a Father’s Day themed animated illustration as the tournament enters day four. The Google Doodle team has turned the two “Os” in Google into a father-son pair, each wearing matching green…
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SearchCap: Google Rolls Out PayDay Loan, World Cup Logos & Pinterest 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: Google’s Payday Loan Algorithm 3.0 Rolling Out Now Google is now rolling out the 3rd version of the PayDay Loan algorithm. Last night we reported that…
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