Ok Google Is Not Okay! It’s Spelled Wrong.
A Google Web Search Help thread has a couple of searchers who are upset with Google’s use of English. Specifically in their marketing and use of “Ok Google” for the hot word to trigger a search. They want Google to spell it either “OK Google” or “Ok…
Google’s Happy Holidays Logos Start Going Live
Google has started to post their Happy Holidays series of Google Doodles today, well, tomorrow but today is tomorrow in Australia. On the 24th of December…
Google Fetch As Googlebot Won’t Crawl When Site Is Too Slow
A Google Webmaster Help thread has one webmaster complaining his site isn’t being crawled by Google and isn’t showing up in the search results. The reason…
Google: Is Amazon Spamming Google With Footer Links?
Remember, the warning from Google’s Matt Cutts on linking too many sites together using footer links and keyword rich anchor text…
Matt Cutts: Google’s Hummingbird Algorithm Affects 90% Of Searches
I keep coming back to this episode 227 from TWiG and in the video, Matt Cutts talked about the Hummingbird algorithm at exactly one hour and twenty minutes into the video. He spent maybe a minute or so talking about it.
Matt Cutts said that the Humming…
Use Google Keyword Research To Target The Long Tail In Local Search
There’s something of a void where local business marketing is concerned. Local marketers understand they need to target keyword queries in SEO and PPC campaigns, but they assume they know what people search for, and they miss out on valuable referrals because of it. Here’s a brief guide…
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5 “Foundations” Of SEO That Were Torched In 2013
The basics of SEO haven’t changed much in the last 15 years. If you followed the mantra of creating good content and obtaining quality links, they still haven’t changed… or have they? Here are five SEO “foundations” that were absolutely torched in 2013. If you are still counting on any of these,…
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Matt Cutts Implies Google Is Aware Of SEOs Bribing Bloggers
On Friday night, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts tweeted a link to a Gawker story named Shady Marketing Firms Are Still Quietly Bribing Bloggers. Matt said, “we’re taking action on hundreds of buyers, dozens of sites, & dozens of spammy writers,” in reference…
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The Ultimate List to Clean Up Your PPC Accounts for the New Year
Clean out some of those old, lingering strategies that should be retired in your PPC campaigns and start fresh for the New Year. This checklist will help you make sure everything in your paid search accounts are purposeful and correct.
Google Showing Missing Keywords On Long Tail Queries
Alex Chitu noticed that Google is now showing the keywords Google did not match on for your long tail search. The example below shows how Google did not match on a specific keyword within the search phrase and noted that under the search results snippe…
Best of 2013: No14 – How We Got Our Penalty Revoked Using the Disavow Tool #bestof2013stod
An extensive case study on the use of the Google Disavow Tool. How does it work, and does it have effect?
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Best of 2013: No14 – How We Got Our Penalty Revoked Using the Disavow Tool #bestof2013stod
Search Engine Land’s Most-Shared Stories on Twitter for 2013: Google, Google, & More Google
Welcome back, search marketing friends, to the second installment of our Search Engine Land Year In Review series. So far, you’ve seen the run-down of our top news stories to break in 2013 — now, we’re switching gears to the social side of things, kicking it off with Twitter. What…
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The Importance Of Responsive Web Design For B2B Sites
The mobile takeover of web surfing activities is growing rapidly each year, so it’s imperative for B2B businesses to conform to the trend. Yet, a large number of B2B sites are still not doing anything for tablet or mobile device users. At the same time, traffic from mobile and tablet tends to…
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Twitter 2013 Year in Review: Notable Features, News & Research
From launching Twitter Vine at the start of the year, to making its way to the stock market near the end of the year, and all the feature releases in between, 2013 was a memorable year for Twitter, its users, advertisers, marketers, and investors.
20 Top YouTube and Video Marketing Stories of 2013
YouTube dominated the video marketing headlines again this year – but the launches of Twitter’s Vine and Facebook’s Video on Instagram as well as AOL’s acquisition of ADAP.TV provided lots of interesting sidebars. These were the 20 biggest stories.
Switching to the new website verification API
Webmaster level: advanced Just over a year ago we introduced a new API for website verification for Google services. In the spirit of keeping things simple and focusing our efforts, we’ve decided to deprecate the old verification API method on Match 31…
Machine Learning for SEOs
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Since the Panda and Penguin updates, the SEO community has been talking more and more about machine learning, and yet often the term still isn’t well understood. We know that it is the “magic” behind Panda and Pengui…
4 Memorable Twitter Campaigns of 2013
As we close out 2013, it’s time to take a look back at some of the most successful social media campaigns brands had to offer this year. Let’s revisit some great campaigns executed by Oreo, Jell-O, Charmin, and Starbucks.
Google Structured Data – does not display org info
Are .org domains effected by Google Structured Data
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 20, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: England’s Lulworth Cove Tops Bing’s List Of Most Popular 2013 Homepage Images Bing has released its ten most popular homepage images of the year, with…
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