The ultimate guide to bot herding and spider wrangling
In Part 1 of a three-part series, Columnist Stephan Spencer does a deep dive into bots, explaining what they are and why crawl budgets are important.
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Google Tag Manager now has a native scroll depth tracking plugin
The new feature lets site owners track vertical and horizontal scrolling on their website pages.
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Google Attribution: Is Google stepping in because no one else would?
Advertisers would love to see unbiased attribution measurement that unifies channel reporting and moves beyond the last-click attribution model, but is Google Attribution the answer? Columnist Andrew Goodman discusses the likely impacts of this new pro…
Google Attribution: What search marketers need to know
The new attribution solution announced last week offers more insights and functionality than currently available in AdWords or Analytics.
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The 8 time- & money-saving SEO tools I pay for (& 17 more I use for free)
With all of the tools available in the SEO space, it’s tough to know the best software to apply to various use cases. Contributor Tom Demers helps clear up confusion by detailing the strengths he’s discovered in a wide variety of offerings.
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Conductor adds Insight Stream to its Searchlight platform
The new insight engine culls recommended actions from the platform’s streams of data, part of a marketing tool trend of automatically separating the wheat from the chaff.
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Domain Level Metrics’ dashboard aggregates metrics from Moz, SpyFu, SEMRush & others
The new product, free during its beta phase, displays everything from the tools’ APIs.
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Is your SEO data steering you wrong?
Accurate data is essential to measuring the success of your current SEO initiatives and informing the actions needed for future ones. Columnist Winston Burton discusses what to check to ensure accurate data collection and reporting.
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7 Ways To Use Splunk For Technical SEO
Contributor Eli Schwartz recommends several ways to use Splunk, a tool which can help users derive actionable insights from server logs and other machine data.
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Bing Ads Launches Universal Event Tracking For Goal Tracking
Today, Bing Ads announced the global launch of Universal Event Tracking to allow advertisers to define and track goals specific to their businesses. The company also announced that Universal Event Tracking (UET) sets the stage for audience based remark…
Keylime Toolbox And Moz Analytics Debut “Not Provided” Data Recovery Solutions
Today, two companies announced new solutions to help solve the “not provided” problem that leaves SEOs in the dark about the search queries that lead users to their sites. Moz has added a new report to Moz Analytics, and Keylime Toolbox is a new company offering SEO Analytics Software…
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How A PPC Fraud Ring Impersonated 300+ Advertisers In May 2014
Did you know that your paid search ads are susceptible to the same type of fraud that affects other forms of digital advertising? And we’re not just talking about click fraud here. The fraudulent tactic affecting PPC the most dramatically these days is a fairly insidious one that can be hard…
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Russian Search Engine Yandex Gives Mobile App Developers Free Real-Time Analytics Tool
Russia’s largest search engine Yandex has released its Yandex Metrica for Apps, a free analytics solution available to mobile developers worldwide. According to the announcement, the new analytics tool has been designed to work on Android, iOS and Windows Phone platforms, providing real-time…
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“100% Not Provided Is Not The End Of SEO” Insider Opinions On Google’s Move To Withhold Data
Earlier this week, Google revealed it would be encrypting all search data, rendering website owners unable to see search term information previously offered through the “referrer” system. While Google had encrypted the data two years ago for searches performed by users signed in to…
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Google Analytics Releases “Customer Journey To Online Purchase” Report
Google is introducing “The Customer Journey to Online Purchase” analytics report today, a new benchmarking tool that provides insight into the various elements impacting a single campaign. You can learn more about it in a short write-up at our sister site, Marketing Land: New Google…
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