The Broken Promise of Cheap Spam
There is an abundance of fiverr-like sites out there with the idea that you can pay a small fixed amount and get whatever you need done. Furthermore, there is an abundance of BHW users who seem to make a living …
Content Marketing Solutions and Best Practices Tips from me in an interview on SEJ
Includes blog outreach platforms worth checking out and what to focus on when placing content:
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 5, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Search In Pics: Xoogley Tesla, Google Lite Brite & Running Of The Non-Newtonian Fluids In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images…
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Google Authorship: a signal of trust to defend the link graph? via @billsebald
And we continue our guess game (with lack of actual official statements, what else can we do?)
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Search In Pics: Xoogley Tesla, Google Lite Brite & Running Of The Non-Newtonian Fluids
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the Web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Xoogley Tesla Roadster: Source: Google+ Google’s Giant Lite Brite:…
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Friday Talk: SMX Munich Webmasters on the Roof All-Star Panel
A panel at SMX Munich with Marcus Tandler, Danny Sullivan, Wil Reynolds, Richard Baxter, Fili Wiese and Martin MacDonald about all things search
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Search
Friday Talk: SMX Munich Webmasters on the Roof All-Star Panel
July 2013 Google Webmaster Report (Google Is Hot)
It was an incredibly busy month in the Google SEO/Webmaster world. Besides for Google announcing the spam algorithm, explaining about Panda’s slower rollouts, releasing a new mobile ranking factor and pushing out a multi-week update…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: July 5 2013
We covered our monthly Google Webmaster recap, there is a lot going on. Google Webmaster Tools cleaned up their navigation and…
Augmented Reality & SEO: Search in an Annotated World
AR has experienced a slow evolution. While users have struggled with a fragmented ecosystem of AR apps, marketers have struggled with how to fit it into their marketing plans. But with the debut of Google Glass, all that is about to change.
You’re Dead… If You Don’t Integrate Social Media & PR Into Your Local SEO Strategy
The peppered moth (Biston betularia), once white with black spots, faced a strange challenge in London during the Industrial Revolution. Buildings and trees, stained with soot, turned black. The light colored moths could no longer hide against this bac…
Google iOS App Log Out Bug
There are dozens of reports and complaints in the Google Web Search Help forums that the Google iOS App keeps logging users out over and over again. This can be frustrating to those who want to use personalized features such as Google Now or other sav…
Favicon Images Being Tested By Google AdSense Again
Over eight years ago, Google AdSense tested showing favicons in AdSense ads – little graphics next to the title of the AdSense ad unit. Now it seems Google is testing it yet again.
A WebmasterWorld thread has a couple publishers noticing this. In fa…
Should You Take Over A Competitor’s Domain Name?
A HighRanking Forum thread has a site owner asking about expired domain names. Not any expired domain name…
Domain Crowding Search Spam Complaints
I hate being in over packed elevators, don’t you? Now, imagine if the elevator comfortably fits 8 people…
Breaking Up With Your Spokesperson: Men’s Wearhouse Applied to Authorship
George Zimmer didn’t have Google authorship, but he was the face of Men’s Wearhouse. What happens if you implement authorship, making individuals brand messengers, and those individuals leave? Here are a few scenarios, and how brands should prepare.
Backend Website Development: How to Prioritize Your Efforts
New feature requests that seem simple to others can add layers of complexity to your team’s workload. Before hitting the “easy button”, first make sure you’re prioritizing based on the goals of the site, the brand and the effort required to do so.
The History of the #Hashtag
Did you know hashtags existed even in the 12th century? They had a completely different meaning off course, but they were there.
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Search
The History of the #Hashtag
Yelp’s New Wordmap Helps You Avoid Hipsters
Users can search cities by keyword so they can discover (or avoid) certain areas they live in or would like to visit. This heatmap extracts keyword density of Yelp reviews all over a city, and the patterns in the maps are pretty entertaining.
Twitter ‘Embedded on These Websites’ Test Curates Links Under Tweets
Some tweets are now displaying a list of curated links to articles that have embedded the tweet within them. It adds an interesting twist to discovering more about a topic and finding more content from a particular publisher.
Context is King: Google Parameterless Searches
In the very near future, you may be able to perform searches at Google without bothering to type or speak a query. Instead, you might be able to just shake your phone, or hold down a button for a certain amount of time, and tell your phone something like “search now”. Known as parameterless searches, […]
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