Yes, Google and Gmail Were Down
Gmail and Google were shortly down today, a rare happening.
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Digital
Yes, Google and Gmail Were Down
Click to Call, Cross-Device Conversions Deliver AdWords Revenue Lift for 1-800-Flowers
Users on the go looking for a business’s phone number in the search results expect to be able to access that number and call with a couple clicks. Is your brand leveraging the options for click to call in the search results like this top retailer?
Plugging Holes in Your Site: Reclaiming Lost Value
Throughout the life cycle of a growing company, you’re undoubtedly going to go through a few site migrations and redesigns. As technologies change or you have more capital to invest on a customized design, you’ll want to update and upgrade your website with the latest and greatest. Unfortunately, this can often lead to issues with […]
If you’re guest posting you’re behind the times
So by now every SEO worth his/her salt has read Matt’s post about guest posting. Personally I think it’s a non-event because the signs were pretty clear last year that guest posting was being used way too much as a strategy and getting perilously close to a spam tactic. I’d like to clarify the type of […]
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If you’re guest posting you’re behind the times
Jailed for Tweets! – Breaking News
Just now the bbc are showing on TV the news that Isabella Sorley is going to be jailed for 12 weeks and John Nimmo sentenced to eight weeks for sending abusive tweets.
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Google Gives More Money To The GOP
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Search In Pics: Google+ Keychains, Instagram Printer & Google Wear Retail Store
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Print Your Instagram Selfies: Source: Google+ Google Developer Group Chefs:…
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7 Content Marketing Tips to Recover From Google Penguin
If you’re still suffering from Google’s Penguin update, it’s important to realize that link removal isn’t enough. It’s time to focus on referral traffic, build up a following, and design SEO campaigns that are smart enough to weather any storm.
Digital Marketing Research Publications for week 4 2014
An overview of research published around the web around Digital Marketing topics. Week 4 of 2014.
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Digital Marketing Research Publications for week 4 2014
A Former Googler’s Routine For AdWords Management
It’s been seven months since we launched Optmyzr’s first tool at SMX Advanced in Seattle – the Quality Score Tracker – and we’ve been busy adding tools, reports and optimizations since then. Now, one of the most common questions we get is when to use various…
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Study: 34% Of Google Search Results Have Rich Media, 9 Organic Links & 9 Search Ads
Conductor released a study that analyzed the ten blue links at Google showing 34% show rich media, nine organic listings and nine search ads. 34% Of Search Snippets Have Rich Media The Conductor study showed that there was rich media on the search resu…
Guest Bloggers Ask About Disavowing Links In Their Posts
Earlier this week, Matt Cutts of Google, stuck a fork in guest blogging for links or SEO purposes.
Now we have guest bloggers asking in Google Webmaster Help forums if they should be disavowing…
Google Updated Googlebot-Mobile User-Agent Name
Google announced that they are updating the name for the Googlebot-Mobile user-agent and that if you do any special directives for that user-agent…
Bing Ad On Google AdWords For Car Insurance. Why?
Matt Burgess posted a picture on Twitter of an ad he spotted on his iPhone when searching Google for [car insurance]. It was an ad from Bing.
How weird. Why would Bing advertise on Google for such an expensive keyword…
Was Expedia Targeted By Negative SEO?
Earlier this week, Expedia saw a 25% decline in search visibility by Google. Both Google and Expedia gave a no comment on what was going on – so we are left speculating.
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 24, 2014
I am doing this video recap from Israel, sorry if it is not as detailed or pretty as from my normal setting. This week…
Google Changes Smartphone User-Agent
Google is changing the user-agent they use when crawling content for smartphones. Ensuring mobile searchers find relevant and usable pages is an absolute must do. If you’re not already, time to start creating special mobile reports in 2014.
Google Webmaster Tools Updates Crawl Error Reports
The new crawl error reports will make it easier for webmasters to track down crawl errors, why they are happening, and how to fix them without having to do a lot of back and forth checking with tools to determine what exactly was going on.
Irwin Mitchell Suffer Google Whiplash As Google Penalty Knocks Them Out of Index
Google have been firm and consistent when it comes to taking action against sites that have broken their guidelines and once again there is another large scale company that will be waking up with a headache as soon as they realise the fact that Google …
What To Say on Social Media To Get Shared
Which words should you use to get the most out of your social media efforts? Here’s an overview to get you started.
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What To Say on Social Media To Get Shared