Google Business Schema Adds Phone Numbers, Hours & Menus
Google announced this morning that they now have added additional schema support for business information. Specifically, they now support customer support related phone numbers, hours of operation and restaurant menus…
Google’s Matt Cutts: You’ve Got A Mild Case Of Penguin
The Google Penguin algorithm has been taunting SEOs for a long time now, but did you know there are different degrees of Penguin?
It is not that you are hit by the Penguin algorithm or not. You can be hit harder or softer depending on your links…
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Matt Cutts: Google Penalizes Seven Link Networks In Japan
Google’s Matt Cutts announced on Twitter at 2:30am this morning that over the past few months, Google has taken action on seven link networks in Japan…
73% Lose Trust in Brands Due to Inaccurate Local Business Listings [Survey]
The majority of consumers (73 percent) say they lose trust in the local business when it happens. And 67 percent say the same if they get lost due to faulty location information. This, according to recent survey data released by Placeable.
Google Places Adds New Features To Its Bulk Location Management Tool
Googler Jade Wang announced yesterday Google Places is rolling out new features to its bulk location management tool. According to the announcement, the new features will include a “Status” column that lets users know if a Map location is live, unverified, has errors, data conflicts, is…
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Hotel Search Upgrade: Google Licenses Room 77 Platform
Despite its controversial $700 million acquisition of travel software company ITA several years ago and the launch of Google’s Hotel Finder site, Google has yet to emerge as a force in online travel. That may all be about to change. Bloomberg reported yesterday that Google “is licensing…
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PPC Managers: Download Latest Bing Ads Editor To Keep Google Import Function
Microsoft wants to get the word out to Bing Ads Editor users be sure to update to the latest version of Big Ads Editor. As of today, users with versions Bing Ads Editor older than 10.2 will not be able to use the Google AdWords Import function. Today, …
Google Takes Down 7 Japanese Link Networks
Japan is the latest country publicized as being hit with the link network penalties by Google. Matt Cutts announced early this morning on Twitter that the web spam team in Japan has taken action against seven link networks over the last few months.
Creating Content Is Bigger Than Just SEO
SEO Newb to Content Journeyman? In my 18 short months as an SEO/content marketer/copy-writer/client-communicator and #RCS enthusiast I’ve had the opportunity to learn probably more about this industry than most newbies out of college. I learned the finer details behind prospecting, outreach and generating winning strategies that drive rankings, traffic and business awareness for our […]
Invest in You: Attend a Workshop at SMX Advanced
Successful marketers invest time learning new skills and perspective-changing ideas. That’s why we’re offering six unique workshops and summits featuring leading experts on June 10 at SMX Advanced. Choose from: Search Engine Land Summit: Attend for new perspectives and inspiration on search engine…
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The Annual Print Yellow Page Page Count And Other Dead Horses
It’s time for the annual print Yellow Page count. And I promised last year to stop beating that dead horse… so this year I will beat several. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Page counts in my local print version have declined once again by over 10%. The good news for […]
Google Pre-Announces Plus Features for Bulk
Alert reader Nico has pointed out that Google has publicly committed to the rollout of Plus features for bulk upload users on their Help Pages. We’ve listened carefully to your feedback. In the future, you’ll be able to: Make updates and posts to your customers using the Google+ page for your location See Insights to […]
Are Guest Blogs Forked?
The last couple of weeks have given rise to a lot of cussing and discussing, regarding penalties levied against sites on both ends of the guest blog spectrum. Here are a few things that should help keep you safe from a guest blogging-related penalty.
Google’s Penguin Algorithm Comes In Different Levels Of Degrees?
It may be the case that some sites impacted by Google’s Penguin update may not be as impacted as the next. Meaning, Google’s algorithms may apply a different degree of the Penguin update (which may feel like a penalty) to one site over an other. Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search…
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How To Massively Scale Ethical Link Building FTW
The linkbuilding toolkit is broader than most commentary suggests, and once the concept of quality and appropriateness (AKA relevancy) is truly embraced (and not just paid lip service to), then the dynamic, cutting edge solution to linkbuilding in 2014…
Top 3 Scripts for Adwords Account Automation
Adwords Scripts can save you time, money and effort so why not try these 3 simple free scripts on your own campaign?
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Google Takes Action On Seven Link Networks In Japan
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, announced on Twitter this morning that Google has “taken action” on seven different link networks in Japan. Over the past several months, Google has not only been manual taking action against link networks or link schemes in the US, but…
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2014 US Search Awards Now Accepting Entries
The US Search Awards are now accepting entries for this year’s awards ceremony scheduled on October 8 in conjunction with Pubcon in Las Vegas. Recognizing US based organizations, agencies and individuals doing search and digital marketing, this is the second annual US Search Awards ceremony….
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Google Schema Adds Support For Business Telephone Numbers & Hours Of Operation
Google announced they now support improved schema markup, rich snippets, for location pages. Business Phone Support Schema Google said they now support showing business telephone numbers for customer service, technical support, billing support, and bil…
18 Must-Have Paid Tools for PPC Success
Sometimes free tools aren’t enough. In enterprise PPC, or for tougher tasks like landing page optimization, paid tools are necessary to make an impact – here are 18 tools that will pay for themselves many times over in improved results.