Category: Search Engine Watch

The former Formula One president is suing Google because its search results still include images of him from an infamous sex orgy that included multiple prostitutes. Google says it has already removed “hundreds of URLs”.

Quit obsessing about top rankings. If your business relies too heavily on organic search traffic from Google, maybe it’s time to alleviate that dependence. Chase healthier goals: being the most competitive, relevant, knowledgeable, and trustworthy.

Social shopping sites represent a huge revenue opportunity for retailers this holiday season. Social offers lots of value in the form of branding. Start by focusing on your top products, and use search data to drive social merchandising decisions.

A new survey shows that our industry continues to improve, and links continue to matter. Link building is getting harder, so implementing diverse tactics is extremely important. And link building works best with other online marketing activities.

While social PPC won’t replace Google Adwords any time soon, it’s become an effective source of incremental leads and sales for savvy businesses. Next time you launch and run a paid social campaign, use these 17 tips for success.

Twitter cards are one social media marketing tool you can’t afford to ignore. By going beyond basic tweets to include videos, pictures, and other information, your business can integarate a transactional message into the conversation.

With the big push in content marketing and the use of social media as a commonplace tactic for brands, rising above the noise is a challenge. With a little creativity, any brand can steal some inspiration from shows like “Orange is the New Black”.

With the big push in content marketing and the use of social media as a commonplace tactic for brands, rising above the noise is a challenge. With a little creativity, any brand can steal some inspiration from shows like “Orange is the New Black”.

Dynamic sitelinks are automatically generated and appear below your Google AdWords ad text. They cost nothing if they’re clicked and provide more space on the search results. Here’s everything advertisers need to know about dynamic sitelinks.

LinkedIn is a great platform for publishing articles, but you need to have a strategy and consider what types of content work best for the people reading articles on LinkedIn. Here’s how to write articles that will succeed on LinkedIn.

In the battle for luxury shoppers, top retailers in 2013 outspent top luxury brands on Google AdWords paid search ads in four of five categories: apparel, beauty and cosmetics, shoes, and watches, according to a new report from AdGooroo.

Google has removed “the majority” of “right to be forgotten” requests, a number that could exceed the 100,000 mark. It has rejected just over 30 percent of the requests it has received and approved “more than 50 percent” of the requests.

It’s becoming increasingly expensive to drive traffic to your website. The only way to maintain or improve results is to increase your conversion rate. Study up on these expert conversion rate optimization guides and tutorials to get up to speed.

Newsletters are an amazing marketing tool, but building a large newsletter audience can be tough. You can run Twitter lead gen cards for free. Just don’t promote it, and you never have to pay a dime. Here’s how you do it.

Want to make your AdWords PPC accounts work better for you? By using these seven routine tasks, you can be not only more effective in managing your paid search clients, but become more valuable to your clients as well.

Calling it the beginning of the ‘personalized local search’ future, Foursquare has moved all check-in functionality from Foursquare to Swarm. It has also revealed a new logo and given us a sneak peek of what the new Foursquare will look like.

A new report by Shop.org and Forrester show paid search as being the most heavily invested in by retailers, and the most effective channel for customer acquisition. The study also showed display advertising is experiencing a comeback.

A study by Shop.org and Forrester Research shows 85 percent of retailers surveyed said search marketing (including PPC and SEO) was the most effective customer acquisition tactic. The study also showed display advertising is experiencing a comeback.

There’s a lot to consider when you decide to redesign your website – it must provide a good user experience, be mobile-friendly, and not lose rankings. But there are also five important content questions to consider before revamping your website.

Effective listing management trumps all other local SEO efforts. It has been and continues to be the required foundation for a successful local SEO program. Consider these four major factors when creating your listing management strategy.