Facebook Graph Search Fully Rolled Out To All US English Users
It’s official. If you are based in the United States and use the English language version of Facebook, you now have access to the Graph Search product. Announced back in January, Graph Search has taken a good bit of time to fully roll out, with many changes cropping up along the way. As Matt…
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The Birth of Influence Engine Optimization?
This month I’ve been looking at the newly emerged term – influence engine optimization. In this post I will provide you with a brief outline of the history of SEO as well as the consequences of tricking the algorithms and what Google implemented in return. We will then move on and take a look at read more »
Post from Clarissa Sajbl on State of Search
The Birth of Influence Engine Optimization?
Research Shows Only 2% of Social Shares Occur on Google+
New research shows Google+ lags behind Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn in terms of social sharing, accounting for only 2% of content shares.
Post from Barry Adams on State of Search
Research Shows Only 2% of Social Shares Occur on Google+
SnapChat – Temporary Social Media. Can it work?
Sarah Bradley talks about SnapChat, which is a temporary image and video social media channel and whether it can work for online marketers.
Post from Sarah Bradley on State of Search
SnapChat – Temporary Social Media. Can it work?
50 Percent Of Companies Struggling With SEO Aren’t Integrating Social Media [Survey]
What’s one key difference between companies that are successful with SEO and those that aren’t? According to a new study from Ascend2, it’s this: Successful companies integrate social media into SEO strategies and tactics more extensively than companies that struggle with SEO. The…
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What Should I Tweet? Tips for Corporate Twitter Accounts
So you’ve been handed the keys to corporate Twitter account, but now what? What should you tweet about?
Post from Hannah Smith on State of Search
What Should I Tweet? Tips for Corporate Twitter Accounts
Social Media Optimization with WordPress SEO by Yoast
Our WordPress SEO plugin handles optimization of your WordPress site for search engines and we dare say it does a very good job of it. Most of that is technical optimization, like our XML sitemap functionality and aids in content optimization, like your page analysis function. But there’s more to SEO than that. You need…
Social Media Optimization with WordPress SEO by Yoast is a post by Joost de Valk on Yoast – Tweaking Websites.
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Social Video – Top Micro Video Apps & Cinemagraphs
Micro vlogging is a hot topic. What are the best tools & apps for making short snappy videos? Jackie Hole explores.
Post from Jackie Hole on State of Search
Social Video – Top Micro Video Apps & Cinemagraphs
Facebook Hashtags for Digital Marketers
Hashtags coming to Facebook has been a source of intense debate within the Search & Social circles for the past week. Here are the 4 main pros and cons of using Facebook hashtags in your social media strategies.
Post from Sarah Bradley on State of Search
Facebook Hashtags for Digital Marketers
Twitter’s Latest Piece Of Fluff: Profile Video Highlights
Create a Video Highlight Reel with Twitter
Post from Carla Marshall on State of Search
Twitter’s Latest Piece Of Fluff: Profile Video Highlights
The Best Link Building For Local SEO — None!
Since Google rolled out the Panda and Penguin algorithm updates, numerous sites have been impacted or penalized. Often, companies that incur penalties or experience a drop in rankings don’t have a clue as to what they’ve done wrong — especially small, local businesses. This leads…
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Excellent Analytics Tip #25: Decrapify Search, Social Compound Metrics
Everyone likes chasing big shiny objects all the time. What’s not to like. They are big. They are shiny. :) But a lot of progress in life comes from doing the everyday small things better. A small improvement, every single day, to move the ball a little more forward. A best practice I’ve developed is […]
Excellent Analytics Tip #25: Decrapify Search, Social Compound Metrics is a post from: Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Relationship Building Through Social Media: It’s a Love Story
Building a relationship online is much like building a love relationship this infographic shows.
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Search
Relationship Building Through Social Media: It’s a Love Story
Day 1 of #SAScon 2013 – Top Tips and Takeaways
Three bloggers (Jackie Hole, Barry Adams and Claire Thomspon) from the State of Search team have spent the day at SAScon putting together all the key takeaways in one long post.
Post from Jackie Hole on State of Search
Day 1 of #SAScon 2013 – Top Tips and Takeaways
The Power of Nostalgia
Looking back into the past can often be a great advertising technique. In this post Hannah looks at the Power of Nostalgia.
Post from Hannah Smith on State of Search
The Power of Nostalgia
Social Media: The Next Generation
Social Media – The Next Generation. Learn how to prepare to use new Social Media sites and why you need to stay on top of it.
Post from Sarah Bradley on State of Search
Social Media: The Next Generation
You can’t content-market your way through life
About a week ago, Olivier Blanchard, one of the few people who pride themselves on working in social media whose posts I actually enjoy reading, wrote a post on his blog. Now you might think that’s not very news worthy, but it was his first post since February 25th. Up until that time he had…
You can’t content-market your way through life is a post by Joost de Valk on Yoast – Tweaking Websites.
A good WordPress blog needs good hosting, you don’t want your blog to be slow, or, even worse, down, do you? Check out my thoughts on WordPress hosting!
My Week Without Any Social Media – Except for Google+
Last week, my husband and I were talking about Google+ – mainly the multiple statements made by Google about where they hope to take Google+ as far as how they’d ideally (and eventually) like to roll it into being an algo factor. I’m a HEAVY user of social media – both personally and professionally – […]
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Social Media in China – Facebook who?
If you want to target a Chinese audience through social media, forget about Facebook and Twitter. This is a guide to the top Chinese social media platforms
Post from Gemma Birch on State of Search
Social Media in China – Facebook who?
It’s Time for Facebook to Start Assuming More Social Responsibilty
This is a personal rant I feel compelled to share. This morning I came across an Amber Alert on Facebook that was shared by someone I’m connected to in my newsfeed. It was a heartbreaking notice of an 18 month old child who was abducted after his father allegedly assaulted his mother and then made […]
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