Google: Webmaster Tools Reporting To Return To Normal Within In Coming Days
Google’s Webmaster Tools search query reports are very delayed right now, but Google tells us that they “expect reporting to return to normal in the coming days.” This is a “bug” in how Google shows webmasters search queries that drive traffic a site. The reporting…
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Google Analytics Summit 2013: 14 Big Announcements
The Google Analytics Summit is going on right now in Mountain View. For anyone whose twitter streams haven’t been completely blown up with the updates, Google announced that there have been a whopping 70 updates to Google Analytics so far this year, and another 14 are being shared today. Expect more information from the SEER […]
InboundWriter Promises More Insight into How Content Will Perform Prior to Publishing
The company’s latest feature gives more data to users of its application about the competition for the topics that content creators want to write about, promising better decisions about the performance of the content before it’s even written.
InboundWriter Promises More Insight into How Content Will Perform Prior to Publish
The company’s latest feature gives more data to users of its application about the competition for the topics that content creators want to write about, promising better decisions about the performance of the content before it’s even written.
Keyword Magic, or How I Learned to Be an SEO (again)
If you ever want to see a group of grumpy old SEOs griping and stamping their feet, bring them all together in a bar and tell them they just lost their favorite tool. Or show them some random news article from Search Engine Land about Google converting all searches to use a secure protocol (thus stripping out your keyword referral data). Oh my, someone done forgot to take their chill pill, today. I have been writing about keyword research for years but rarely have I recommended browsing your search referral data for keyword ideas. In fact, I first advocated scouring Web logs for keyword ideas back in the late 1990s. I was hardly the first person to suggest doing so but at the time a lot of people were talking about (wait for it — you’re not gonna believe this) … scanning competitors’ “keywords” meta tags. At the time I thought that was ridiculous. We already knew some people were embedding fake keywords in their meta tags just to send their competitors off chasing the wrong queries, but people kept checking each others’ meta tags to figure out which queries they should optimize for. Let’s call that CAVE MAN KEYWORD […]
Top Search Result = Poor Ad CTR [Study]
While the first position in the organic search results may drive the most traffic, it doesn’t drive the most click on ads within the website once a visitor lands on it. Chitika’s latest research dives into why this behavior might be happening.
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Navigating your site through mobile vs responsive, the latest DistilledLive video
Mobile or responsive, that is the question. Luckily, our state side mobile expert, Kristina Kledzik is on hand for this month’s DistilledLive video as she ponders whether it’s better to have responsive web design or a separate mobile site.
Navigating your site through mobile vs responsive, the latest DistilledLive video
Mobile or responsive, that is the question. Luckily, our state side mobile expert, Kristina Kledzik is on hand for this month’s DistilledLive video as she ponders whether it’s better to have responsive web design or a separate mobile site. Tune into the Continue reading »
When Government Shuts Down Yosemite National Park Google 123rd Birthday
Today is the 123rd birthday or anniversary of the legendary park in the United States, Yosemite National Park. It is also the first day the park is being closed because of the 2013 Government Shutdown in place today.
Google, on Google.com…
Google’s John Mueller: “We Don’t Use Authorship For Ranking”
Yes, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts did say rel=author can help search quality but he did also say Google is currently not using it.
John Mueller…
Copy & Paste Now In Google AdWords Interface
Google quietly announced on Google+ a new feature to copy and paste within the Google AdWords interface.
Google said, “we’re making it faster and easier to restructure your campaigns and build out new ones with the ability to copy and paste in the Ad…
Filters Added To Google Knowledge Graph
Another addition to what was announced and launched this Sunday are filters on some knowledge graph results.
Here is an example:
As you can see, Google added a filter option, which shows various filter options. I used it to show a list of abstract …
Search Facebook Posts & Status Updates
Last night, Facebook announced you can now search posts and status updates directly in Facebook with their Graph Search.
Now this is what Facebook users have been asking for.
Some things you can search for include:
Matt Cutts: Google Trends Less Useful For Spammers
What I did not mention and forgot about was the features Google Trends had prior that were removed quietly over time. Some of the “explore” features dropped out.
Why were they removed?
How to Build Links Using Expired Domains
Many people have had great success snapping up expired domains and using those sites for link building purposes, but you must make sure to vet them. Here’s how to find expired domains, how to use them, and some risk factors and warning signs.
Yosemite National Park Gets A Google Logo To Mark Its 123rd Birthday
Today’s Google logo celebrates the Yosemite National Park, which congress established as a national park on this date in 1890. The logo includes a collection of badges with “Google” front and center on a yellow badge featuring the park’s famous Half Dome Mountain. A John…
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Are You Setting The Right Link Building Expectations?
In the world of search and online marketing, we talk a lot about the evolving landscape, particularly when it comes to link building. Tactics that work one day can stop working with the switch of a Google button. Tactics that you think are legit can suddenly be deemed a “link scheme.”…
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A PLA Investigation:The Case Of The Hot Pink Wedge Pump
The takeover of the formerly-free Google Shopping by Product Listing Ads (PLAs) is less than a year old. With any new online marketing channel, you would expect some kinks in the system — i.e., some idiosyncratic behavior that is unexpected — and PLAs are no exception. This article…
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Google Launches ‘Estimated Cross-Device Conversions’ In AdWords, First Stage Of New ‘Estimated Total Conversions’
Today, Google launched estimated cross-device conversions in AdWords. It’s the company’s first step in providing advertisers with conversion insights that reflect the real-world impact of their campaigns. The new conversion type is the first to roll-out as part of the new Estimated…
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