7 Lessons From a Search Agency That Grew to More Than $2.5M in One Year
These lessons can help search marketing agencies or people looking to start an agency boost profits, increase client retention, and hire more talented employees.
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Friday Infographic: Global Search and Social: The Ones to Watch in 2015
The Webcertain Global Search and Social Report, issued in Q1 2015, covers the state of search and social media in 30 of the world’s biggest internet markets.
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It’s OK to be Late
It must be a slow news month, because I’ve been seeing a disproportionate number of people whining in public about other people being late to their meetings & appointments. Mostly these are people I do not respect: social media gurus, self-help experts, “authors” of pop business books, professional speakers, venture capitalists, placed startup CEOs and […]
Subdomains vs. Subfolders, Rel Canonical vs. 301, and How to Structure Links for SEO – Whiteboard Friday
Posted by randfish
There are some basic questions about SEO that come up really frequently, and it’s often easy to assume an answer that isn’t exactly right. In today’s Whiteboard Friday, Rand tackles three of them:Should I put subsections of my site …
Is there a Google update happening?
Apparently, a number of third party sources are claiming there there is some shuffling of rankings in Google:
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Official: Twitter To Give Google Access To “Firehose” Of Tweets
It’s official, Twitter confirms that it has a deal again to supply Google with access to its full stream of tweets.
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SearchCap: Google Back With Twitter, Apple & Google Deal To Expire & Google App Indexing Stats
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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Will Apple Have Its Own Search Engine?
A job posting for an Apple Search project manager has led to speculation about Apple becoming a Google competitor. But some are skeptical and don’t think search is a natural fit for Apple.
As Apple-Google Deal Expires, Who Will Win The Safari Default Search Business?
Will it be Bing, Yahoo or Apple itself that supplies Safari’s search engine?
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The Future Of Search Is Productivity Across Platforms
Columnist John Cosley of Bing Ads discusses the future of search in a multi-device, cross-platform world.
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Tweets to Appear in Google Searches
Twitter has reportedly partnered with Google, continuing its mission to expand the reach of tweets. Within the next three months, tweets will appear in Google searches automatically.
Google Now Outsourcing Local Packs to India
We have been seeing a lot of mismatched locations in the local packs lately but this one takes the cake, er curry…: (Click to enlarge) You know you can’t beat Nayana Eye Care in Pradesh. They’re “recognized by the Food Corporation of India” and have “world-class sterility.”
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Link Removals – Gathering & Cleaning The Data
A new post from www.davidnaylor.co.uk. BAZINGA!
The post Link Removals – Gathering & Cleaning The Data appeared first on UK SEO Blog by Dave Naylor – SEO Tools, Tips & News.
Marketers Spent $4 Billion On Click-to-Call Advertising In 2014 — Report
Lack of keyword attribution creates a “blind spot” for search marketers.
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WordPress robots.txt Example
The robots.txt file is a very powerful file if you’re working on a site’s SEO, but one that also has to be used with care. It allows you to deny search engines access to certain files and folders, but that’s very often not what you want to do. Over the years, especially Google changed a lot in how…
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Don’t Let Your Kids Look For Pictures Of Mommy In Google
It is not that uncommon for Google Image search to show nude photos, especially when you search for them, but also for queries you wouldn’t expect it…
Google Real Time Search Coming Back With Twitter Deal; Spammers Rejoice
Last night, Bloomberg reported that Twitter and Google struck a new deal to give Google access to their firehose of Tweets again…
Matt Cutts Is Still Plugged Into The Search Industry & Google
Back in July 2014 Matt Cutts announced he would go on an extended vacation and then extended his vacation and still there are no signs of him coming back.
But that doesn’t mean he is out of the loop…
Google Webmaster Tools Emails For App Deep Linking Impressions & Clicks
A few weeks ago, Google began notifying webmasters who have deployed app deep linking about app deep linking issues and informing them how to fix it.
Now Google is sending webmasters stats