SMX East Rates Increase Saturday – Register Now!

Early Bird rates for Search Engine Land’s SMX East end this Saturday, August 24th. Register now and save! Join us October 1-3 in NYC for: Timely programing: over 80% of sessions are new, with the latest tips on Penguin-proof link building, mastering Google Enhanced Campaigns and more. Check…

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Google’s Cutts: Page Speed Ranking Factor Not More Important On Mobile Search

In a recent video answer by Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, Matt said that page speed is not any more important, in terms of a ranking factor, for mobile search compared to desktop search. Matt Cutts said: It is not that in mobile, we apply that [page speed ranking factor] any more…

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Google Logo Honors Claude Debussy On The Occasion Of His 151st Birthday

Today’s Google logo is a melodic and artful animated illustration to honor French composer Claude Debussy on the occasion of his 151st birthday. Set to the tune of Debussy’s popular Clair de Lune, the logo depicts a riverside scene on a moonlit night as silhouettes of cars, bicycles,…

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Online Marketers: Make Sure You Surface The Right Content To Your Audience

When it comes to online marketing, the conventional wisdom has been that the overarching goal is to have content — any content, so long as it links back to my website — appear in front of the user. Put another way, the thinking for many has long been that the singularly-focused goal is…

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Average Position: A Distracting Lie

A great many folks spend time thinking about position on pages, both for their ads and for their organic listings. People care about position, but it’s really a proxy for what we should pay attention to: traffic volume and quality. Indeed, position itself as a KPI is pretty meaningless, and…

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