SPONSOR MESSAGE: Choosing An SEM Platform
The ever-changing digital landscape has added complexity and opportunity to running a high-performance search campaign. Many companies, in an effort to work faster, smarter and better, are using an SEM software platform. SEM platforms automate the time…
John Mueller Helping With Google Webmaster Questions On Christmas Eve
Excuse the horrible job photoshopping the Santa hat onto John Mueller but he was up at 1:30am his local time, last night, Christmas eve, responding to Webmasters in the Google Help forums…
#9 Most Read Article of 2014: Avoid SEO Hype: Why Small Businesses Should Focus on Return on Investment
If you’re a small business owner, you don’t have time to waste trying to wade through Google’s constantly shifting guidance on SEO tactics. Statistics and analytics will clearly suggest starting with PPC advertising, because it w…
#10 Most Read Article of 2014: Excel VLOOKUP Basics & Top 5 Mistakes Rookies Make
An Excel VLOOKUP can be your best friend. It can save you hours of work. Give this formula the information you have and it looks through a long list to return the information you need. Here’s how the formula works and common mist…
Happy Holidays From the SEW Team!
On behalf of all of us here at Search Engine Watch, we wanted to wish our readers a very happy holidays!
Where’s Santa? The 2014 Santa Tracker Review, From NORAD To Google
Santa Claus is on his way — and there are two excellent services to track his progress. Our guide to getting the most of out NORAD Tracks Santa and Google Santa Tracker.
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Have a Magical Christmas, and a Happy New Year
In the days leading up to Christmas, Barbara Starr sent me a link to a patent with a note that it would make a tremendous Christmas blog post. I absolutely agreed, and am writing and sharing that post with you now. When you see a patent where it’s based upon sharing joy and happiness, it […]
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Google: Hidden Content On Mobile Is Okay
I asked Google’s John Mueller yesterday, based on an argument I had with a group of SEOs the previous Friday, if Google will also look at the mobile template to determine if content hidden…
Useful Links For Link Builders: Our Top 10 Link Week Columns For 2014
When Google’s head of webspam, Matt Cutts, kicked off 2014 by denouncing guest blogging as a link building strategy, link builders knew they were going to be in for an interesting year. And indeed they were right. We saw major brands like Expedia and eBay get hit with manual penalties, and…
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What I Learned In AdWords Can Help You
I once moderated a focus group for Google where we split the participants into two groups: small agencies and large agencies. One key difference I saw between the groups was their willingness to share best practices. The small agencies seemed reluctant…
Google News RSS Feeds For Custom News Broken
Searchers are reporting in the Google News Help forum that the RSS feed located at the bottom of the Google News page no longer shows your custom news personalizations you made to your Google News feed…
Google At Webwinkel Vakdagen : Join For Free
If you are in the Netherlands between the dates of January 21st and the 22nd, and you want a chance to talk to Google employees who are part of the search and broader teams…
Google Doesn’t Put GoogleBot On A Leash – Manually That Is
A Google Webmaster Help thread has one webmaster asking why GoogleBot seems to be maxed out at crawling his site at 10 requests per second. The webmaster even documented the behavior over time and plotted it in this graph below…
10 SEO Stories From the Front Lines
Here is a look at some common mistakes in the SEO world, and recommendations for how to deal with these issues so you don’t repeat the same missteps.
The 2014 Yoast year in review
In 2014 Yoast once again grew exponentially. I thought it’d be fun to highlight some of the things that happened and show what we’ve been working on that might have been somewhat hidden. User base Our WordPress SEO plugin is now used by approximately 4 million users worldwide, with our Google Analytics plugin following with…
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Happy Holidays from Moz
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Ah, the holidays! This is the time of year when we give our thanks and make our wishes, when new and old meld happily together like hot buttered rum and Grandma’s pistachio fudge.
There’s been a lot of newness this year for …
Don’t forget the basics!
A great article on how to incorporate traditional marketing methods such as scarcity, personalization and appealing to basic emotions as part of your digital marketing strategy to increase leads an
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SearchCap: Aviate By Yahoo, Bletchley Park & Google Holiday Logos
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 5 SEO Tactics To Kick-Start The New Year If you’re like most people, you’ve probably already checked out for the year. Clients are out of the office,…
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SPONSOR MESSAGE: Energize Your Content Strategy with Buyer Personas
Digital Marketing Depot recorded their December 4th webcast so you can hear internationally recognized online marketing pioneer Bryan Eisenberg discuss why itís essential to develop the right buyer persona and buyerís journey for your business, and how to integrate this with SEO and content…
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Local U + Moz + Great Speakers = LocalUp!
Both Local U and Moz are dedicated to providing great information for professionals. LocalUp Advanced, our first joint effort, is bringing together some of the most knowledgable folks in local for what promises to be the best local conference of the year. We have all of the Local U folks (Aaron Weiche, David Mihm, Mike … Continue reading Local U + Moz + Great Speakers = LocalUp! →