PR Newswire Press Release Guidelines Target Search Engine Spam
Press releases and other content submitted for distribution via PR Newswire’s wire distribution network will be evaluated under new guidelines to help ensure quality, and prevent manipulation of search.
Bing Adds New Twitter-Based Search Features
Bing has introduced several new Twitter-focused search features, including the ability to search by hashtag and by a user’s Twitter handle and the inclusion of tweeted content in the search results.
Google Closing Orkut, Their First Social Network
Google announced that after ten years, they will be closing down Orkut, their first social network.
Google is shutting down the service on September 30, 2014 but the public communities will be archived and viewable starting on the shutdown date…
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Google With Mixed Language Snippets
When it comes to multilingual sites, I am not that knowledgable but it is important as more and more companies and web sites need to go multilingual…
Video: Google’s Secret HREF LANG Webmaster Tools Report
A couple of weeks ago, we told you Google is working on a new href lang webmaster feature that Google would not disclose. In fact, Google was asking for beta testers to sign non-disclosure agreements, if they wanted to participate in the beta.
Well……
What Do I Need To Unlearn From My SEO Days From 5 Years Ago?
They often say, learning new things is way easier than unlearning old things.
A WebmasterWorld thread has an old SEO who hasn’t been in the game for five or more years, asking to be caught up quickly on what has changed.
The answer is…
AP’s New Robot Writers; What Will Google Think?
The Associated Press, AP, announced they will be using algorithms, machines, robots to write their corporate earnings stories for the business news report. Yes…
Google Expands Mobile App Indexing in Search Results
Google is now indexing more mobile app content in its search results for those who have apps installed on their mobile devices. The company will also support app indexing for all Android app creators.
Breaking Down Page Speed Events For SEO Gain
It’s important to get clear the value of changes in terms of SEO impact before allocating in-demand tech time to work on fixes. To throw up just one example: if your page returns in less than one second what impact will fixing render-blocking CSS have …
Back To Basics: 5 Fundamentals Of Link Building That Will Never Go Away
SEO is a totally different beast today than it was just a few years ago, and many would argue that link building is the aspect that’s suffered the biggest beating since then. Yes, the process of link building today is nothing like how we did it in years past — but the qualities that…
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Rediscovering Stories (and Content) – Hook, Line & Sinker Recap #4
At the Search Church this past May, we invited some content marketing experts to share the methods, strategies, and tools they use to connect content to those who need it. Over the past few weeks, we have recapped the speakers’ presentations so you can all learn from their insights and experience! Last week, we shared […]
Researching Creative Ideas: 10 Dos and Don’ts
Back in March, I spoke at BrightonSEO on the not-so-SEO subject of design. Slightly taken aback by the love I got from Slideshare and Twitter for my speaker deck, I thought it time to do a quick refresher, focusing specifically on the often-overlooked research and analysis stage in these easy-to-digest dos and don’ts.
The 10 Most Important Paid Search Developments So Far In 2014
It’s been a big year so far for product listing ads on both Google and Bing. Google started putting more ads in the Knowledge Graph. Bing followed Google’s lead on combining tablet and desktop traffic. And Google said it would begin stripping paid search queries from referrer strings….
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Keeping Your Head Above Water in the Google Lagoon
Keeping up with Google’s changes can be almost a full-time job. Here are some tips and tricks for keeping abreast of the latest changes in the search engine’s methods.
Google Webmaster Tools Beta International Targeting Reports
Google is currently beta testing a new international targeting report within Google Webmaster Tools. The new International Targeting report is designed to help webmasters who have international sites and use href lang markup understand common mistakes …
The Biggest Mistake PPC Advertisers Make
Even in this day and age, PPC advertisers often make the huge mistake of neglecting to focus on conversions. Here are some of the most common conversion errors made in the PPC advertising world today.
The Content Lifecycle
Recently outside of my daily digital marketing role I have been expanding my skills in nature photography and advancing my iPhoneography photography skills, as this is a passion of mine. What I’m learning during this process of advancement, is you can use certain methods of creativity in photography to implement in your daily working content […]
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Selling through Twitter: Buy Now Button spotted
Twitter is testing a ‘buy now’ button in the wild, will this work or will people not buy on Social Media?
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Selling through Twitter: Buy Now Button spotted
Why Everyone In The EU May Look Like They’ve Made A “Right To Be Forgotten” Request In Google
Google began removing listings in response to the EU’s new Right To Be Forgotten mandate last week. As promised, Google is also disclosing to searchers when such removals have happened. However, it is also confusingly reporting that removals may have happened even when they have not. Welcome…
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Why Your Link Audits Are Wasting Time and Money
Everybody audits links, including me. Sometimes I do it just because someone asks me to do it. Sometimes I do it because I think there may be a problem in a backlink profile. I always browse a new client’s backlink…