Spark New Ideas with these Keyword Research Tools/Tips
A successful SEO campaign starts with choosing the right keywords. Growing your business beyond the initial campaign involves expanding your keyword list and this can be difficult at times. You’re in need of new keyword ideas and new opportunities but you don’t know where to look. There are a ton of SEO tools out there that can […]
Google Rolling Out New Places Results Page? Or is it a Test? Visible World Wide
Updated: Linda points out that review STARS seemed to have returned in this interface. And they are red. I was first alerted to this change by Radina Sisheva of 411Locals.com. Google appears to be rolling out a new Places (whatever it will be called) search result page that is visually much more attractive. Apparently this display […]
5 Kickin’ New Google AdWords Features to Try
Google AdWords has introduced a whirlwind of updates and new features for advertisers and PPC managers to experiment with, including upgraded sitelinks, new keyword and display planners, ad group mobile bid adjustments and an upgrade center.
Killer Content Remains King, Queen and Ace – #smxlondon
The session covered why content remains key. With frequent algorithm updates, how can you keep producing great content and avoid penalties? This session explored the various types of content sites you should be creating, how to re-purpose existing content and slice it up for social media. Moderator: Elisabeth Osmeloski, Executive Features Editor, Search Engine Land (@elisabethos) read more »
Post from Louis Venter on State of Search
Killer Content Remains King, Queen and Ace – #smxlondon
Link Networks Massive Hit
According to Matt Cutts tweet Google has laid a massive link network hit. It just goes to show that what Matt talked about in his video recently is not to be taken lightly. If you weren’t sure when Google will start rolling up these updates, this is the last alert you will get, as they have started working on what Matt promised that we will see in the future.
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Is Google+ Really a Brand Ghost Town?
A new Reuters report claims that Google+ is struggling to attract brands. However, it might not be as dire as the article makes it seem. Why? Because brands that are doing it well, and seemingly doing it right, are in it for the long haul.
Why Google Cannot Stop You From Spamming Search Engines
As the Web marketing world braces for the onslaught of new Google anti-spam measures newly published research into economics has provided some interesting insights into why the arms race between search engines and Web marketers will never end. We will begin with a report from Alpha Galileo. Digital Piracy is More Widespread Than Previously Believed According to the study, millions of machines scattered across the world are involved in widespread digital piracy on a scale previously unimagined. The authors chose to focus only on downloadable computer games, as that market is large but still fairly easy to monitor. The only good news coming out of the study for intellectual property owners can be boiled down to three points: Fewer stolen copies of the copyrighted materials being monitored were made than industry analysts suggested Virtually every type of game has been pirated, even the “not-so-cool” family-style games Most of the piracy was concentrated around a very small percentage of available games The digital pirates come from every corner of the world to participate in the underground economy of exchanging stolen content for stolen content. I noticed a few power laws at work in the report’s data summary; power laws are ubiquitous […]
Is Google Sucking the Life Out of Your Identity? Are They Alone?
With Google’s Knowledge Graph, Wikipedia’s Wikidata and Wolfram|Alpha’s database (that supports Siri), the efforts to make the world understandable to machines are making information on entities and everything about them instantaneously available.
What do these numbers have in common?
fWhat do these numbers have in common? 217-351-2072 618-344-2288 618-708-4055 800-388-9326 866-215-8062 866-216-8068 866-627-6475 866-627-6478 866-726-3116 866-938-2374 877-336-2150 888-399-4067 888-719-5954 I have looked at a lot of strange things in local. None more so than the listing for Thrasher Basement Systems in Omaha that was “having trouble” with their Google listing. As reported by Yext, each […]
Sneak Preview of the New Google Maps
Google is rolling out a redesigned Google Maps. Here is what it will look like.
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Search
Sneak Preview of the New Google Maps
Keynote – A Key Role For The Search Professional: Company Insight Wizard – #SMXLondon
First session of SMX London with Jim Stern who focused on a key role for the search professional as a company insight wizard.
Post from Louis Venter on State of Search
Keynote – A Key Role For The Search Professional: Company Insight Wizard – #SMXLondon
Foundem: Google Should Kill or Radically Change Universal Search Results
UK price comparison firm Foundem believes that Google’s proposed concessions ignore the basis of Google’s monopoly on search. Instead, the concessions focus on minor alterations to Google’s “self-serving Universal Search inserts.”
Interview with ABC: Mars One
Link of the interview: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-15/an-ethical-questions-over-one-way-mars-mission/4690824
Dan Petrovic appeared on ABC’s Newsline as a representative of Australian Science and one of the first five sponsors of Mars One initiative. The interview also features comments from the founder Bas Lansdorp, Jonathan Nally from SpaceInfo and Dr.
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BloomReach Adds 4 New Metrics to Measure Page Quality
BloomReach’s “Continuous Quality Management” (CQM) technology scores web pages relative to other pages across the web with similar types of content. It goes beyond just the keywords and looks at all content elements on a page, including the intent.
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 10, 2013
This week, I cover a lot of unconfirmed rumors about a possible Google update in the search results. I also do the monthly Google webmaster report, to catch you up on the…
Happy Mother’s Day Logos From Google & The Search Industry
Happy Mother’s Day all you moms out there! Today is one of those days that the search engines go wild over their logos and background themes. We have outstanding logos from most of the search engines, with the exception of…
Google SMS Search Discontinued Without Warning
Without any warning to dedicated Google SMS searchers, Google has discontinued the the ability for you to send a text message to Google and get a response…
Do You 404 Or 301 A Web Page?
A HighRankings Forum thread asks what should this webmaster do after he deleted an unwanted page. Should the webmaster 404 the page or 301 the page.
To me the answer is simple. Let’s look at the definitions of a 404 vs a 301…
Google Mobile Study Shows Importance Of Mobile Search & Ads
Google published a study last Thursday on how in-store shoppers use smartphones.
The study is useful for marketers to understand how smartphone users use search and other features while shopping in stores…
Google’s Major Penguin Update Coming In Weeks. It Will Be Big!
On Friday, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts announced on Twitter that the Penguin update we are expecting this year, will be coming in the next few weeks.
Matt Cutts said…