Keeping up with technical SEO
Remember the phrase “peak oil” that was bandied about by doomsayers just a few short years ago? The notion that the world was about to imminently run out of oil, and that would be the end of cars, planes and trains and everything else that runs on petroleum? “Peak oil” today…
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Wanted: Session ideas for SMX West
We want your input to help us plan our upcoming SMX West conference, which will be taking place on March 13-15, 2018. Specifically, we’d love to hear from you if you have an great idea for a session that you think should be on the agenda. And if you’re interested in speaking at the…
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Should Google be more transparent with its updates?
Most of Google’s algorithm updates nowadays are unconfirmed and unannounced, leaving website owners and SEOs guessing as to what caused a change in ranking and what they can do to fix it. Does Google owe it to its users to be more transparent?
Can Google get users on board with “shortcuts in search”?
Google announced yesterday the launch of “shortcuts in search”, which will allow Android users in the US to access quick answers on a range of topics with the touch of a button.
Optimizing Apps For Maximum Findability
Although platforms like Apple’s App Store and Google Play are “closed” environments, content can and should be optimized to be more easily found. App store optimization requires SEO techniques that go beyond the usual web optimization processes. During the App Store Optimization session…
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Up-Close @ SMX West: Time To Think About Life Beyond Google
With algorithm updates happening more frequently than ever and Google continuously working to keep searchers on the result page, companies need to make a conscious effort to broaden their marketing efforts and move beyond Google. In the “Life Beyond Google: Diversifying Your Efforts” session at SMX…
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Up-Close @ SMX West: Twitter For Business
Yesterday, I attended a great session on Twitter at SMX West. This session was part of the Social Media Marketing Bootcamp Track. The Social Media Marketing Bootcamp is a new track at SMX, designed specifically for newcomers, to introduce them to the f…
Google Confirms Giant Banner Ad Test Is Dead
Back in October, Google started experimenting with large banner ads at the top of branded search results on Google.com. If you haven’t noticed them lately, there’s a reason. In his SMX West keynote discussion with Danny Sullivan yesterday, Google’s Amit Singhal said the test…
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Live Blog: Google’s Amit Singhal At SMX West 2014
Good evening/afternoon (or early morning for our European readers!) from sunny San Jose, Calif., where day one of our SMX West conference is almost finished. We’re wrapping up the Marketing Land Digital Marketing Summit with a keynote conversation between Google’s Amit Singhal and Danny…
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Live @ SMX West: Meet The Search Engines
Both Google and Bing are generous when it comes to offering advice to SEOs and search marketers. Google’s Webmaster Tools section offers tons of helpful information, such as how to create Google-friendly sites, how to utilize Rich snippets (microdata, microformats, and RDFa) – even a…
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Live @ SMX West: Small Company, Big Results
Small businesses have always faced unique challenges when it comes to online success. That’s even truer today, when the marketing landscape often seems to be friendlier to big brands. But creative small enterprises use agility to create opportunities leveraging search marketing, social media, email…
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Live @ SMX West: Creating, Testing And Optimizing Paid Search Ads
Think you know everything about Google AdWords or Bing Ads? Have all the best practices nailed, are a master of match types, and have encyclopedic knowledge about gaining the upper hand when sparring with the quirky idiosyncrasies of bidding, schedulin…
Live @ SMX West: Measuring The Mobile Lead
According to research from Morgan Stanley, 2014 will be the year that mobile usage surpasses desktop usage of the internet. Another recent study from InMobi found that outside the US and UK, mobile media time spent now exceeds TV. So clearly, obviously…
Live @ SMX West: Making Sense Of The Local Landscape
If the changes going on in local search are giving you a headache, you’re not alone. Google Places is still transitioning to Google+ Local, and there are several types of local listings being created in the process. Google Maps and Apple Maps are both vying for consumer attention on mobile devices….
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Live @ SMX West: Earning Links, Not Building Links
Links were the first major “off the page” ranking factor used by search engines. Google wasn’t the first search engine to count links as “votes,” but it was the first search engine to rely heavily on link analysis (or the Link Graph) as a way to improve relevancy. Today, of…
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Live @ SMX West: Extreme Excel Excellence
SMX West. To manage complexity, search marketers turn to tools to manage keywords, understand traffic trends, calculate bids and ROI targets… there’s no end of crucial tasks that tools help with. Paradoxically, this also means there’s seemingly no end of tools to choose from,…
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Live @ SMX West: Big Company/Big Brand Success Case Studies
Big companies and brands have big advantages, e.g. large budgets, staffs and data resources. They also have big challenges, like coordinating the assets of big departments with ownership of various marketing disciplines. Consider these findings that em…
Live @ SMX West: What Is Hummingbird & The Entity Search Revolution
Google’s Director Of Research Peter Norvig once told me, “Search should be like HAL in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. It should understand what people say – hopefully without killing anybody.” Google has made huge strides toward achieving that goal, most recently and…
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Live @ SMX West: Best Practices For Mobile SEO
For years, debates raged about what constituted “best practices” when it came to mobile SEO. Early on, the discussion focused on whether it was important to have a separate site optimized for mobile devices. That proved to be a major challenge, as it required detecting and optimizing…
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Live @ SMX West: Top Social Tactics For The Search Marketer
Are you a search marketer who’s been tasked with taking on social media marketing for your firm or client? You’ve probably noticed that the chops and tactics you’ve developed for organic optimization or paid search campaigns are radically different from the techniques that social…
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