Citation Inconsistency Is No.1 Issue Affecting Local Ranking
This post is a follow-up from my November post, in which I shared some interesting findings from the current InsideLocal webinar series. During InsideLocal webinars, we survey the audience, which consists of 500+ local search consultants and SMB owners. The vast majority of attendees are search…
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Google Pigeon Update Rolls Out To UK, Canada & Australia
Google’s new local ranking algorithm that launched in the US earlier this year has rolled out to the UK, Canada and Australia.
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Google Shopping Campaigns Added To Google Partner Certification
Google announced on Google+ that they’ve expanded the partner program to include shopping campaign certification.
Google said “weâre very excited to extend the Google Partners certification offerings to include a new Google Shopping exam in the United States…
Notable Alumni In The Google Knowledge Graph
This actually dates back at least a couple months, but no one really talked about it in our community until now. That is, the Google Knowledge Graph “Notable Alumni” carousel.
A WebmasterWorld thread has one user saying “it’s not inaccurate…
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Google AdWords Store Visits: Tracking In-Store Conversions
Google announced something really big, which I am surprised the search marketing community isn’t talking about more. They launched “Store Visits,” a new estimate added to your estimated total conversions within your AdWords campaign that aims on bridgi…
Advanced SEO for JavaScript Sites: Snapshot Pages
We covered some basic approaches to SEO for JavaScript in an earlier post, but a complex subject deserves an in-depth treatment. So let’s take a deeper look.
The Winter Solstice By Google Doodle
Google has a Doodle, aka Google Logo, on their home page on many of the Google properties for the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and the longest night of the year.
The Doodle also represents the first day of Winter…
International SEO Study: How Searchers Perceive Country Code Top-Level Domains
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The decision to focus your site on an international audience is a big step and one fraught with complexities. There are, of course, issues to deal with around language and user experience, but in addition there are some big technical cho…
Top 5 Takeaways From an Internship at SEER
Hey there! My name is Marissa, and I’ve been lucky to call myself SEER’s digital marketing intern for the last few months. During my time at SEER, I was fortunate enough to work in each of our three departments–SEO, PPC, …
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SearchCap: Brands Still Confounded By Local Search, Bing Adds Amber Alerts & Local SEO In 2015
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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Bots Account for 56% of all Web Traffic – Research + [Infographic]
2014 Bot Traffic Report published 12/18/14. Researched annually by Incapsula, shows 3 year trends of the first time.
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Top 5 Takeaways From an Internship at SEER
Hey there! My name is Marissa, and I’ve been lucky to call myself SEER’s digital marketing intern for the last few months. During my time at SEER, I was fortunate enough to work in each of our three departments–SEO, PPC, and Analytics. Each rotation started with training sessions with different employees having hopes that I […]
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Despite Documented Performance Lift Brands Still Confounded By Local Search
Remarkably there are still marketers out there that don’t “get” local search or why marketing campaigns should be localized. There are numerous studies and reports that indicate localized display and local search campaigns (on the PC and mobile) outperform “national”…
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Bing Integrates AMBER Alerts and Updates Local Search on Mobile
Bing has integrated AMBER Alerts into its search engine, as well as enhanced its local search capabilities for mobile.
Yahoo: All I Want For Christmas is the Ability to Remove Dupes – All I Got was a Christmas Card
Yahoo sees fit to send me a Christmas card. My Christmas message to Yahoo: Save the Bandwidth and FIX YOUR PRODUCT. There was a post in the Local U Forum the other day pleading for help with dupes at Yahoo. Here was Nyagoslav’s response: “There is currently no way to remove duplicate listings on Yahoo! … Continue reading Yahoo: All I Want For Christmas is the Ability to Remove Dupes – All I Got was a Christmas Card →
Google Maps, Yelp & Local SEO In 2015
When it comes to digital marketing and SEO for your business, it’s important to look beyond just your website. For local businesses, a strong online marketing effort requires an investment in local directories, maps and review sites, too. If all of your optimization efforts are spent on your…
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Why Android in Car is Very Unlikely to Happen
Reuters has an exclusive report that Google’s next version of Anroid will be car ready for use without a phone. “Allowing drivers to enjoy all the benefits of the Internet without even plugging in their smartphones“. I have a hard time seeing this happening. For a number of reasons. Cars, like the iPhone, are integrated … Continue reading Why Android in Car is Very Unlikely to Happen →
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 19, 2014
This week in search, I cover how we have not seen much Panda movement since mid-October. Googleâs Freebase announced they are closing up shop…
Search In Pics: Google Hanukkah, DMOZ Mozzie & Google’s Double Rainbow
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Google’s Double Rainbow: Source: Google+ Mozzie From DMOZ: Source:…
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3 Ways We Failed at B2B PPC in 2014
In the spirit of reflection as the year comes to a close, here are three PPC scenarios from the past year that just didn’t pan out.