Google’s Matt Cutts: The Number One SEO Mistake Is…
If you had to guess what the most common SEO mistake would be, what would you guess? Building a site of all images or in Flash? Not making a title tag that says home versus your core keyword phrase? Spamming Google…
Redirecting Google Mobile Users To Your Home Page? Watch Out!
Google announced that if you are redirecting your mobile users from a specific landing page listed in Google to your mobile home page, then you need to watch out…
Google Car Search Discontinued
Dan Barker posted on Twitter that google.com/cars no longer works.
In 2012, Google launched Google cars that allowed you to search for cars by make, model, year, color and so on. That is now gone…
Google: Keywords In Domain Aren’t Needed For Ranking Well
Google’s John Mueller posted a response in a Google Webmaster Help thread responding to someone asking if they need their keyword in their domain name.
In short, John said no, you can rank fine without having a keyword in your domain name…
Friday Commentary: Calling all CMOs: What are your next strategic steps in Digital Marketing?
Ben Norman takes a look into the next strategic steps that CMOs need to take in order to create a blended and secure marketing strategy in this weeks Friday Commentary.
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Friday Commentary: Calling all CMOs: What are your next strategic steps in Digital Marketing?
5 Development Tricks Self-Sufficient Marketers Should Master
While there are some jobs better left to programmers, coders, and quality assurance specialists, there’s room for us marketers to step up our game. Master these five skills to rely on developers a little less and get your work done a little quicker.
Friday Infographic: Digital Marketing Trends for Hotels in 2014
What are the trends to watch out for in hotel marketing in 2014? An overview. Learn from the travel industry.
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Digital
Friday Infographic: Digital Marketing Trends for Hotels in 2014
Making site moves easier
Webmaster level: intermediate-advanced Few topics confuse and scare webmasters more than site moves. To help you avoid surprises, we’ve created an in-depth guide on how to handle site moves in a Googlebot-friendly way. So what, exactly, is a site move …
Day 1 of #SAScon – lessons learnt
Here’s our coverage of SASCon 2014 – Day 1. Find out the tricks, tips and strategic thinking that came from one of the best industry conferences this year.
Post from Matt Beswick on State of Digital
Day 1 of #SAScon – lessons learnt
Finding Entity Names in Google’s Knowledge Graph
Most of us searchers and site owners and search engine optimizers are familiar with Google’s Link Graph, and how Google uses the connections between websites to help in ranking pages on the Web. In part, Google looks at the relevance of the content of a page compared to a query that a searcher enters at […]
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Targeting Your Audience Earlier in the Buying Process – Whiteboard Friday
Posted by randfishBigger audiences and less competition aren’t actually that hard to find; we just have to reach a bit farther up the funnel. In today’s Whiteboard Friday, Rand explains the benefits of this largely unexplored place, showing you how to …
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SearchCap: Google Losing Mobile Ad Share, Google Sends Mobile URL Redirects Warnings & More
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search Marketing Expo (SMX) Advanced Begins Next Week – Join us! SMX Advanced takes place next week, June 10-12 in Seattle. Learn actionable new tactics, find…
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Google Warns Smartphone Searchers About Homepage Redirects
When Google believes a site will redirect a mobile visitor to a homepage, rather than the actual page shown in search results, Google will tell searchers that clicking the link “May open the site’s homepage” with an option below it to “Try anyway.”
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 5, 2014
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
16% Claim Recovery After Google’s Panda 4…
More iOS8 iBeaconized GPS Local Retail App Icons Spotted in the Wild
Hat tip to Mike Vichich of Wise.ly in Ann Arbor for sending this in. Looks like Apple is indeed dogfooding…
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Search Marketing Expo (SMX) Advanced Begins Next Week – Join us!
SMX Advanced takes place next week, June 10-12 in Seattle. Learn actionable new tactics, find inspiration, discover solutions to your campaign challenges, & make invaluable connections. Limited Search Engine Land Summit, Workshop, & Networking passes still available. Secure your spot…
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Invisible Matt Cutts Explains Why It’s Important to Have a Website
What is the most common SEO mistake, according to Google’s Matt Cutts? Not having a website. “If you don’t have a website, you’re kind of invisible on the web, and you really don’t want to be invisible on the web,” he explains a new video.
Bing Rocks Out With New Dynamic Carousel on Music Video Searches
Bing has fine-tuned their music discovery functionality. Bing will display a “dynamic carousel” on searches for an artist, band, album, or song. You can then browse the artist’s other music videos from within the carousel.
Matt Cutts on How Google Ranks Pages That Don’t Get Many Links
How does Google determine that content is quality, when there aren’t many links pointing to it? Or how is it determined that the content is spammy or thin, when there are a lot of links pointing to it? Google’s Matt Cutts explains.