Hummingbird Takes Flight: SEOs Give Insight On Google’s New Algorithm

On the eve of its 15th birthday last week, Google revealed a new search algorithm named Hummingbird. Designed to be more precise and provide faster query results, the algorithm is based on semantic search, focusing on user intent versus individual search terms. As Search Engine Land’s Danny…

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You Probably Think This Search Is About You: Survey Says 56% Of Internet Users “Google” Themselves

To mark Google’s 15th birthday, the PEW Research Center released a survey conducted between April and May of this year to evaluate the number of people who Google themselves. According to the report, 56 percent of Internet users have used Google or another search engine to search on their own…

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See the SMX Social Media Marketing Agenda & Keynote – Two Weeks Left to Save $300 on All Access Passes

Proven tactics for getting the most from your paid, earned and owned social media programs. That’s what you’ll get by attending SMX Social Media Marketing, November 20-21 in Las Vegas. The agenda features sessions on social media advertising, content marketing, analytics, and conversions,…

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Six Visual Solutions To Complex Digital Marketing/Analytics Challenges

Two things I love a lot: 1. Frameworks, because if I can teach someone a new mental model, a different way of thinking, they can be incredibly successful. 2. Visuals, because if I can paint a simple picture about something complex it means I understand it and in turn I can explain it to others. […]

Six Visual Solutions To Complex Digital Marketing/Analytics Challenges is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik

Penguinflux?

Today we upgraded Algoroo to include all available SERP flux data ranging from December 2012 until now. One thing that strikes me as unusual is the impact Penguin 2.0 left on search results. It seems that the level of search result volatility never restored to its pre-Penguin 2.0 state which hints at a possibility of a whole new real-time search quality algorithm.

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Google Launches New Card-Based “Unified Design” Search Results For Mobile Devices

Google has just rolled out their new “more unified design” of displaying search results for mobile devices, including smartphones and tablet devices. As expected, Google said A new “more unified design” will offer “cleaner and simpler, optimized for touch, with results clustered…

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Hummingbird, Local Knowledge Graph & Shitty Search Results

The big news earlier in the week was Google’s announcement of the Hummingbird search algo upgrade. InformationWeek noted that “the Hummingbird update expands Google’s use of its Knowledge Graph”.  Local search results were some of the first entities moved to the Knowledge graph and displayed as knowledge graph results. For me there are thus two questions. […]

WordStream Launches PPC Landing Page Creator, Lead Management Tool For SMBs

Successful PPC lead generation campaigns demand good landing pages. Yet many small business marketers are left without the resources to create solid landing pages that will convert visitors into leads. WordStream, a PPC platform designed specifically f…