No, Publishership Isn’t Coming Soon To Google Search To Join Authorship
There are expectations in some quarters that publishers will soon be able to have their logos showing up in Google in the way that authors can have their pictures appear. But, Google says there are “no plans” for some type of “publishership” to go live similar to the way it…
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How to Use The Keyword Planner — The New Keyword Tool From Google AdWords
Last month, Google quietly began rolling out the AdWords Keyword Planner to select AdWords accounts last month. In typical AdWords fashion, one of the biggest overhauls of the Google Keyword Tool ever went almost unnoticed! This new keyword tool combines elements of two existing keyword…
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YouTube Launches Ads Leaderboard, Dancing Babies Claim Top Spot
In YouTube’s first Ads Leaderboard for April 2013, Evian, Dove, and Kmart took the top three spots using dancing babies, powerful insights, and clever wordplay, respectively. The list also shows why it’s important to tap into basic emotions.
Google Celebrates The Iconic Work Of Graphic Designer Saul Bass
Google is celebrating the work of graphic designer Saul Bass today, giving him his very own Doodle video complete with a musical composition by composer Dave Brubeck. Born in New York City on May 8, 1920, Saul Bass made a career creating iconic film po…
How to Become a Content-Sharing Ninja
Sharing content with your audience is a great way to create awareness, show expertise, grow your brand, and create relationships. Any brand can use content sharing as a way to increase visibility. All it takes is putting the proper steps in place.
Google Analytics for Mobile: Where Art Thou?
Data is vital to digital marketers and without an official Google Analytics app for the iPhone, State of Search recommends top free Google Analytics Apps.
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Google Analytics for Mobile: Where Art Thou?
Google Local Tidbits- Dashboard Going World Wide/New Hotel Restaurant Carousel Being Seen
Several items of note. 1- Firstly Google has announced in the forums that the new Places for Business Dashboard is now available for NEW users in UK, Ireland. It is nice to see this staring to roll out internationally. That being said the rate of conversions of existing dashboards is not at all clear. None of mine […]
Bing It On Challenge Goes Directly to Google … Kansas
The next wave of the Bing it On Challenge has arrived. Now Bing has taken their side-by-side comparison challenge out of Google’s back yard and into the front lines of Kansas, where Google is bringing super-fast Internet to the masses.
YouTube Adds Email Notifications, Makes Uploaded Videos Private by Default
YouTube has announced new functionality, including an email notification system, alerting users when the video is done processing, and the ability to control when the video is published, keeping it private until it’s deemed “ready” by the user.
Best Practices for Google Analytics Profiles
Whether you’re an analytics newbie, nerd or ninja, it always helps to follow best practices when setting up new Google Analytics profiles. SEER’s best practices for all of our analytics setups include some tried-and-true methods to follow, which I’ll share with you below! To start – Why do I even need Profiles in Google Analytics? […]
Why Did Google Change It To Google Palestinian?
As you may have seen across the news, Google changes the label on Google.ps from “Palestinian Territories” to “Palestinian…
Google Stops Showing Link To Additional Local Results
Now if you search for a local intent query in Google, Google will still likely show results from Google Places/Maps but it will no longer give you the ability to quickly click and see additional results…
Google: Awesome Sites Are Better Than Perfect SEO’ed Sites
When it comes to SEO, I often meet two types of webmasters. The ones that know nothing about how search engines work and the ones that obsess over the smallest SEO concerns. There is often never a balance…
Google Update Brewing? May 2013
There are some very early signs of a possible Google update brewing as of early this morning. A WebmasterWorld thread has some renewed chatter around an update…
How Google Now Will Impact SEO & What You Can Do to Get a Head Start
Google Now will likely be an important factor in the transition from tactical to strategic SEO. Moving forward, search results will focus less on page orientation and more on customer orientation. Here’s how to stay ahead of the game.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Internal Linking Strategy
It’s not the first thing you think of when you hear “link building.” It’s definitely not the sexiest aspect of link building. But, I’d argue it’s among the most important components of a solid link building strategy. That’s right, folks: today we’re going to chat about internal…
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Google Local Results Drops “More Results Near…” To “Improve” Local Search Experience
Google has quietly dropped yet another search feature, this one is related to local search results within a search on Google. Google has removed the “more results near…” link on local search results for queries with local intent. For example, if you search for [pizza] on…
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Optimizing For Facebook Graph Search: SEO Meets Social
As Facebook Graph Search evolves and marketers begin to come to grips with the opportunities provided from the social graph, it becomes clear that a combination of both search and social media tactics are required if brands aim to improve visibility in…
7 Ways to Get More Out of Your Conversion Confirmation Page
Improving your conversion rate is one of the most important tactics in your SEM toolkit. Yet, the purchase/lead confirmation page is often overlooked. Here’s a short list of ways to get more out of your confirmation page – and grow your business.
70% of Customers Pay Under $1,000 for SEO Per Month [Local SEO Survey]
SEO isn’t the big money maker many people believe, with many SEOs serving a small number of clients most earning smaller revenue. Bright Local has done a refresh of their 2011 Local SEO Industry Survey and there are some surprising results.