CEO who forged court order to get Google to remove defamation faces prison
Contributor Chris Silver Smith tells the lamentable story of a sophisticated reputation attack and a victimized company led to take desperate steps to recover.
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Facebook Local is the social network’s stab at Yelp, Foursquare
Facebook’s new app lets people find nearby things to do and places to go.
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Missouri Attorney General initiates Google antitrust investigation
Focus is on consumer data collection practices and alleged “search bias.”
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2017 Google Local Ranking Factors SEO Study
Dan Leibson has published his 2017 local SEO ranking factors study the other day. Andrew said “the data suggests that Google, while attempting to shift to more engagement-based and locally relevant factors for its Local algorithm…
Top 5 Analytics Add-Ons for Google Chrome
Digital Analytics and Google Chrome
Do you work in digital marketing and use Google Chrome? There’s probably a good chance that you do. Let’s break down why:
- Despite the rise of mobile device usage, desktop still accounts for 43% of all online sessions
- As of May 2017, an estimated 59% of all desktop users use Google Chrome
If we look at digital analysts specifically:
- Surveys have confirmed what most people believe: Google Chrome users tend to be younger, and digital analytics jobs tend to skew towards a younger age group as well
- Digital analysts typically use multiple browsers for testing purposes, so Google Chrome is probably at least one of the browsers that they use
So, you are asking: We get it, Google Chrome is used a lot, and likely at a higher percentage by digital analysts, but why does this matter?…
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Google: Disavowing Nofollowed Links Does No Harm
Technically, Google does not follow or pass any signals from a link on a page that has a nofollow attribute on them. If you are super paranoid about that link ever dropping the nofollow…
Google: GoogleBot Crawls From The US But Can Crawl Locally In Your Region
This is just one of those reminders that Google’s spider, GoogleBot, mostly crawls from the U.S., Mountain View…
Looking To Get Out Of The SEO Business In 2018?
There is an interesting thread just getting its legs in the WebmasterWorld forums around the topic of SEO and how hard it is to do SEO these days and see results…
Company Name With An Incorrect Space In Google?
I have a company name that people often spell with an incorrect space because it is two different words, that we put together as one. My company name is RustyBrick, one word, but capital R and B. People often break it up, or lowercase the B and it is…
3 last-minute Google Shopping tricks to level up your account for the holidays
Looking for ways to make your product listing ads stand out this holiday season? Columnist Todd Saunders has some tips.
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Adapting your content SEO strategy
If you’re serious about your SEO, you’ve probably set (implicit) goals on what you want to achieve. Perhaps you want to rank in the top ten search results for a specific keyword. Maybe you want your organic traffic to rise with a certain number. But what do you do if you are unable to meet […]
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4 safe search engines for kids
If you’re a parent, teacher or child development professional looking for an age-appropriate and safe search engine, where should you turn? We round up 4 great options, along with some general pointers on how to enhance children’s experience of browsing the internet.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Marketing – Singapore
This intensive 2-day course enables you to plan and build an organic search engine optimisation (SEO) strategy. The right SEO strategy brings the right kind of visitors to your website, boosts online conversions and helps you stand out in the fiercely …
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Marketing – Singapore
This intensive 2-day course enables you to plan and build an organic search engine optimisation (SEO) strategy. The right SEO strategy brings the right kind of visitors to your website, boosts online conversions and helps you stand out in the fiercely …
Veterans Day Google doodle designed in collaboration with Google’s Veteran employee network
The doodle highlights service members from each branch of the military: Marines, Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy, and Army.
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SearchCap: Local ranking factors, keyword bidding & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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Local ranking factors study finds reviews, organic SEO best practices boost local visibility
This is the second year of the LocalSEOGuide ranking factors study, performed in conjunction with UC Irvine.
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Confirmed: Google Drops Addition Links & Information For Info Command
A week ago we reported that the info command changed and we were unsure if it was a bug or a change on purpose…
Google: If You Don’t Have A Manual Action, You Don’t Need To Submit A Disavow
There is a lot of rumbling going through the SEO community around a statement Gary Illyes of Google said while on stage at PubCon this week. Reports are saying he said “If you do not have a manual action then you do not need to submit a disavow…
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SEO: Different C-Class IP Addresses “Dramatically” Helps Improve Link Value & Ranking Boost
Greg Niland, aka GoodROI, who has been in the SEO community for ages, said on WebmasterWorld that he just tested the old fashion question around how important having links from different c-blocks, c-classes…