Google Doodle Marks 50th Anniversary of King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, a defining moment in the American Civil Rights Movement, which he gave August 28, 1963 during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedoms at the Lincoln Memorial.
Goodbye, Video Responses: YouTube Giveth and YouTube Taketh Away
YouTube has decided to retire Video Responses due to extreme low click-throughs. Many are lamenting the passing of this little-used feature. But what’s worth commenting on are the features that YouTube has quietly given video marketers.
Google Gets 5,000 Reconsideration Requests Per Week
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts announced in a recent video answer that Google receives about 5,000 reconsideration request per week through Google Webmaster Tools. In January 2013, Google said they had taken manual action on 400,000 different web sites and averages about 5,000…
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@JimBoykin’s qa with @JohnMu: on Link Removals and Disavows…
We’ve asked many questions before.
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The Teacher and the Trainee: How to Train on SEO
I have yet to be in the position where I am training others in SEO; however, I did just finish up the training program at SEER. I’ve learned that training in SEO can be quite different from other industries because naturally, SEO is a self-taught profession. Will Critchlow published one of my favorite posts around […]
Are you asking your questions on social media or searching for answers? (study via @stonetemple)
There’s a great study at stonetemple that got me thinking: Is all that “Listen to social media buzz” concept we a
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Google ‘(Not Provided)’ Traffic Highest for Tech Industry Brands at 56% [Study]
Google’s “(not provided)” designation in Google Analytics is up. Way up. But it’s not the same for all industries. Some experience this nuisance more than others, with the tech industry in first position, according to the study.
Official: Google’s Keyword Tool Replaced
As you may remember, Google announced they are replacing the external keyword tool with the Google Keyword Planner tool.
Well, it took some time…
Google Celebrates MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech On 50th Anniversary
Today if you visit the Google home page in Google USA, you will see a logo that shows Martin Luther King giving his “I Have a Dream” speech. Today is the 50th anniversary from the day that Martin Luther King gave the address at the March on Washingto…
Google Is Wrong! The Link Is Natural!
There are two common sayings you’ve all heard in this field. The first is, “no one is perfect” and the second is, “never tell Google they are wrong.”
As you can imagine, they don’t go well together. No one, including, no algorithm or person…
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Google Updates Map Updates With New Interfaces
Google’s Daniel M. announced in the Google Maps Help forum that they have streamlined the process of improving the results within Google Maps.
Now when you click on “Report a problem”…
Google’s JohnMu: I Am Not A Magician
Some people think that if you know someone at Google, they can pull strings and give you better rankings. Truth is, it doesn’t work that way. In fact, I know Googlers who struggle with their own personal sites’ rankings more than most SEOs…
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Midweek Motivation: 16 Brands Getting Creative With Mobile
It’s Wednesday. And all the high hopes and excitement that marked the start of a new week (and in the UK, the August Bank Holiday) have begun to die down as we realize that we’ve still got a ways to Continue reading »
Google Keyword Tool Is Officially Dead, Keyword Planner Gets Lukewarm Welcome
Lukewarm may be overstating it. If Twitter sentiment is any gauge, the SEM world has not exactly embraced Google’s new Keyword Planner, which as of yesterday officially replaces the Keyword Tool. Looking at tweets over the past 7 days, “Keyword Tool” yields a sentiment score of…
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Google KW Unavailable Changes in IE
Google KW Unavailable Changes in IE
SEO Audit Findings: 4 Hidden Technical Problems That Can Send Dangerous Signals to Search Engines
There are times that hidden technical problems get rolled out to a website that can negatively impact SEO. Learn about four mistakes that can sending dangerous signals to Google and Bing, and how to make sure those problems never happen to you.
Planning and checking your Conversion Rate Optimization
During my attempts to optimize the conversion rates here on yoast.com, I’ve met with quite some hurdles and roadblocks. That’s why I thought it would be a good idea to write a post; so you won’t have to invent the wheel twice. Define your Intensive Care Pages Although it’s very tempting to start off your…
Planning and checking your Conversion Rate Optimization is a post by Thijs de Valk on Yoast – Website Optimization.
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Issue-Oriented Marketing: Maintaining Momentum During Congressional Recess
Many corporations and non-profit organizations use political and issue-oriented marketing to sway citizens’ votes on topics ranging from Internet sales taxes to food stamps. Some even work simply to get people to the polls. A familiar non-partisan example is Rock the Vote’s campaign,…
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How to Recover from Panda Dance
In early June this year, Matt Cutts (head of Google’s search spam team) confirmed that Panda will be rolling out monthly over 10 of 30 days (or more known as the Panda Dance) on his talk with Danny Sullivan on SMX Advanced.
This particular update implies that Panda filters will now be slowly integrated to Google’s search ranking algorithm. The said algorithmic update was officially rolled out last June 25, 2013.
SOLID UI: Bringing Development Thinking to User Interface Design
Over the past n years, I’ve been doing 3 different things: marketing (10), UX (7), and development (more than I’ll admit to). More recently, I’ve been building a bunch of interesting things for the team at SEOgadget, ranging from Twitter Streaming API storage and infrastructure, to a project management system, and a reporting suite. What […]
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