Bing Ads Releases New API, Version 9
Microsoft rolled out version 9 of the Bing Ads API for developers to start using immediately. The API will include the following additions to functionality: Bulk upload and download methods for campaign management which utilize comma separated values (CSV) and tab separated values (TSV) as the data…
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Recovering from Penalties, Penguin, and Panda
We’ve seen tremendous upheaval in the search landscape over the last two years. Google has sent web publishers into a tailspin with Pandas, Penguins, and penalties. Here’s why your site may have been affected, and some tips on how to recover.
Google’s Matt Cutts: Spammers Rarely Spam Using Multiple ccTLDs
In a recent video answer by Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, Google said that spammers rarely use multiple or mass number of ccTLDs in an effort to spam. This comment came from Matt Cutts when he answered a question on if it is duplicate content to have the same content on an IPv4…
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SES San Francisco Digital Swag: Bing Ads Insights, Marketing E-Books & More
At SES San Francisco 2013, attendees snapped up assorted goodies from sponsors, exhibitors, and speakers. Even if you couldn’t make it, you can still take advantage of these free e-books, reports, and insights offered by conference sponsors.
Google is Indexing URLs Not Found in Links
For a long time SEOs suspected that Google was indexing URLs that are found with in content, but not linked to.
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Google Carousel: Image Search Optimization
Over the past couple of months, my colleague Sung and I spent a large part of our creative time analyzing the “Whys” and “Hows” of Google’s local carousel. After we determined some of the factors for optimizing local results and its effects on businesses, we decided to extend our research outside of the local carousel […]
Effective Tactics, Innovative Solutions, Beneficial Connections – Attend SMX East In Two Weeks!
SMX East returns to New York City in just two weeks! Here’s all that’s in store: Proven Tactics: Google algorithm changes making your organic rankings erratic? What’s the best way to profit from increased mobile device traffic? Are Enhanced Campaigns diminishing the effectiveness of your paid…
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Shake Up In Chinese Search Market As Engines Merge
In a move somewhat reminiscent of the back end merger of Yahoo and Microsoft’s search engines, the number three and four search sites in China are set to combine assets and cross-promote in a nearly $450 million deal writes ZDNet. The deal involves Chinese online portal Tencent’s Soso…
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Key Metrics For Success With A Local Business Website
There’s a lot of literature out there discussing what local businesses can do to improve their websites, ranging from boosting search visibility through targeted keywords to leveraging content like video to keep visitors engaged. But what’s often missing from these conversations are broader…
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New Google Places For Business Listings Can Now Be Transferred to a New Owner via G+ Page Management
Update: 12:30: I have changed the title of the article from saying “Account” to “Listings” as what is being transferred is the G+ Page ownership NOT the account. I learned the hard way this past week that a business listing in the new Google Places for Business Dashboard that has been upgraded to social functionality, […]
Can GoogleBot Read QR Codes?
A Google Webmaster Help thread has an interesting question, does Google use QR codes for discovering new content and pages…
Google Crawling Unlinked URLs; How About Nofollowed URLs
This is more of a theoretical question… So last week we covered how Google will use unlinked URLs for discovery. I.e. If I list out a url, like www.bigbluepineapplechart.com/unlinked.html…
Google: Headscarfs Do Not Prevent Authorship Display
Google can be very picky about the type of photo they show in their authorship rich snippets. They want the photo to be recognizable and they have many more guidelines…
Google Trends Top Charts
Google announced they have added a new section to Google Trends named Top Charts.
This new feature shows you by category what is trending now…
Brandopolis is nigh; the history of content marketing and its future from hereon in
Brandopolis is coming…. Behind the scenes we’ve been working hard on Brandopolis – our industry report that explores how some of the world’s leading brands make their mark online. The report includes hard won stories from the likes of Honda, Maybelline, Continue reading »
To Blog, or Not to Blog
Blogs have become a standard feature for websites. And blogging has benefits. It can help you become a content authority, engage your audience, and help your SEO efforts by attracting links. Here’s a checklist of why you do and don’t need to blog.
Apple Takes Siri Out Of Beta
9to5mac.com reports Apple has quietly taken the beta label off of their voice search feature, Siri. If you look at the iOS 7 Siri, the page makes no mention of beta anymore. The old iOS 6 version had the beta label on it, but iOS 7 Siri has removed that label. Here is the iOS […]
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How Search Engines Work — Really!
For those of us in SEO (or aspiring to be), there are a lot of little details that fill our days. Server architecture, 301 redirects, 404 errors, title tags, and various other things. Sometimes, we forget to sit back and figure out what it all means. A…
Tested: Google’s New Barrier to Entry
Penguin 2.0 did many great things for the quality of Google’s search results, but one of them went largely unnoticed by the mainstream SEO community. Since the last update I was approached by several people who have noticed a new layer of protection against spam entering Google’s results quickly.
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.@JohnMu: Don’t pay for the link, use Disavow instead
It’s not a seldom case that you are asked to pay a fee when trying to remove a backlink.
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