“Search disruption is coming!” and 9 other expert insights From LSA16
The Local Search Association recently held its 2016 Annual Conference, LSA16, and Wesley Young shares 10 insights from experts and SMBs that will impact your marketing strategy.
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20 excellent examples of on-site search
In this post, I’ll show a range of examples of site search from various sites, inspired by this week’s #ecomchat discussion on … read more
29 most interesting SEM stats from March 2016
As we leave March behind and look forward to the comparatively warmer weather of April, let’s continue to stay indoors while looking at a laptop screen … read more
Google is completely redesigning AdWords: Offers first peek
The now-legacy platform will be undergoing a redesign process to make it easier to navigate and use.
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Google Easter Logo? Nope, But Bing & Ask.com Go With Easter Themes
The last time Google has a special Google logo, aka Doodle, for Easter was in 2000, yes, 16 years ago. But every year, searchers are surprised not to see a Google Easter logo. Here is the logo from Google in 2000:
The thing is, if you go to the co…
10 Simple Ways to Make Your WordPress Site Faster
I’ve become obsessed with site speed over the last six months, systematically working through each of my sites to improve their speed. Supposed SEO benefits aside, the faster your site is, the better the user experience. And the better the user experience, the higher the conversion rate – sales, leads or newsletter subscribers; whatever a… Read More
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10 Simple Ways to Make Your WordPress Site Faster
I’ve become obsessed with site speed over the last six months, systematically working through each of my sites to improve their speed. Supposed SEO benefits aside, the faster your site is, the better the user experience. And the better the user experience, the higher the conversion rate – sales, leads or newsletter subscribers; whatever a… Read More
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SearchCap: France and Google, AdWords DSA bids & 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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Contradicting other data, Compete says search traffic growing on the desktop
Firm argues number of searchers and searches per user have grown significantly on the PC since last year.
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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: March 25, 2016
This week in search, Google disclosed what the top three ranking factors are, which are links, content and RankBrain – if RankBrain is even a ranking…
AdWords now applies recommended bids to new DSA categories automatically
The feature is designed to help managers set up a lot of dynamic search ad categories quickly.
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Content marketing: nine tips for herding your stakeholder cats
As content marketing types, we’ve all been there. After all that ideation and PM and creativity, it turns out that just getting your content reviewed and approved can be the hardest part of the whole process.
3 practical local link building ideas that will cure your Penguinitis
Penguin caused many in the local SEO world to become wary of link building, but there are still plenty of white-hat methods to garner links to local businesses. Columnist Will Scott explores three such tactics.
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10 brilliant UX features from the Airbnb website
Airbnb has been very successful, to say the least. Of course, a disruptive business model has been a big factor, but a great user experience has played a big part.
Search in Pics: Google hammocks, “Star Wars” wall stickers & Matt Cutts playing with pandas
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 Star Wars wall stickers: Source: Google+ Google hammocks: Source:…
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Google AdWords Dynamic Search Ads Now Defaults To Recommended Bid Feature
Google announced on Google+ that those who use dynamic search ads in Google AdWords, that the bid will default to the “recommended bid.”
Google said this is because they want to get advertisers up and running faster with these dynamic search ads…
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Former Google Spam Fighter: Machine Learning Already In Spam Algorithms
Yesterday we reported that Google is aiming to use machine learning in spam algorithms, to better fight spam.
Shortly after I wrote that, former Google spam fighter Murat Yatagan…
Google: Web Spam Algorithms Global But Some Regions Pose More Spam Issues For Google
Continuing with our coverage of the Google Q&A via WebPromo that we covered over the past day, with Andrey Lipattsev… He explained why some non-English language based Google search results appear easier to spam, even though the spam algorithms are global…
Here Is Some Google Engineer Sarcasm For You
One thing well known about the culture within Google is the heavy level of sarcasm and layers of jokes that go into the conversation there…
Leveraging social media for local SEO
Exploring new opportunities to integrate social media into your local brand’s SEO strategy? Columnist Lydia Jorden reviews how to elevate your local search presence using Snapchat and Quora.
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