The Evolution Of Google SERPs: Three Key Takeaways From SMX West 2015

We all know search engine results pages look different these days. Contributor Adam Dorfman shares information from experts that quantifies the difference and explains how marketers can cope.

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How Much Traffic Will You Lose From The Upcoming Mobile SEO-Pocalypse?

Google’s mobile-friendliness update is coming this April, but should you be rushing to make your site mobile-friendly? Columnist Bryson Meunier explains how to estimate the impact on your site.

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Everything Search Marketers Need To Know About Gmail Sponsored Promotions, Part 1

GSPs are now available to all advertisers. Columnist Susan Waldes has been there since the beta launch two years ago and shares her hard-won best practices.

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Take These 3 Actions To Ready For Google’s Mobile Search Update

Columnist Aleyda Solis provides recommendations to analyze, optimize, promote & monitor your mobile web search presence.

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Is Google’s Panda Algorithm Creating An Endangered Species?

Occasionally, I find myself connecting with random memories from my childhood that have no reason standing out in my brain.  Coincidentally, I remember a movie I saw at age 9 titled The Amazing Panda Adventure.  It was a terribly acted family movie where a young American boy visits China and winds up helping his father (who is a zoologist) rescue a panda cub from (and I’m quoting IMDB here) “unscrupulous poachers and saves a panda reserve from officious bureaucrats.”  It seems almost fitting that Google would choose “Panda” as a naming convention for an algorithm through which I’ve found some well-intentioned websites get caught in the bear trap of Google’s algorithmic penalty box.…

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Song Lyrics Hit The SERPs: Analyzing Google & Bing Traffic To 5 Large-Scale Lyrics Websites [Case Study]

Many have noted that 2014 was a bad year for lyrics websites, but contributor Glenn Gabe set out to quantify the impact of search engines displaying song lyrics directly in the results pages. Read on for his findings!

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Understanding How Your Brand Drives Google Shopping Campaign Traffic

Separating brand from non-brand traffic is not as straightforward in Google Shopping as it is for standard AdWords text ads, but columnist Mark Ballard has a solution.

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Understanding & Leveraging Search By Voice: Up Close @SMX

Columnist Rachel Lindteigen recaps a presentation on voice search and opportunities for marketers, in coverage of the SMX West conference.

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Naturally Generated Links? Hey, Google Might Still Hate Them!

Let’s say you have a manual penalty… not a nice way to open a post, I know, but it’s the reality for many site owners. What if Google shows you an example of one of your problematic links, and it’s one that sends you some really great converting traffic? What if, upon conducting a…

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Heal’s Furniture: A Tale Of 2 Ad Types, Text Vs. Shopping

E-commerce sites can greatly benefit by switching from regular search text ads to Google Shopping ads, as demonstrated by columnist Rebekah Schelfhout’s case study.

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What Can Businesses Do About The Knowledge Graph Dominating Search Results?

The expansion of Google’s Knowledge Graph may threaten the volume of organic search traffic to websites. Columnist Nate Dame explains what’s changing and what marketers should do about it.

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