(When will it happen and) who will stop Google?
There’s a good summary [warning: I got a few annoying popups after going there] of how Google controls the web: I like th
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Local Businesses Need To Expand & Refine Advertising Approach
With consumers leveraging a broader array of online and offline media when searching for local business information — and increasingly relying on smartphones and tablets to conduct searches — local businesses need to expand and refine their advertising approach in order to remain…
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Google Reader Closes: Save Your Data by July 15 Or Lose it Forever
Google Reader is no more. Google officially closed the doors on its popular RSS news reader yesterday. Today, it has posted a thank you message to its fans, and points users to alternatives like Feedly. Digg and AOL have also launched RSS readers.
The Google Local Carousel & Local Directories
“Nostalgia means the pain from an old wound…” – Don Draper When Google’s new Local Carousel came to a town near you a couple of weeks ago, I immediately envisioned the Don Drapers of local search in conference rooms around the country dramatically presenting their initial impressions. Of course at the end, instead of Duck […]
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Penguin Predictor at 94% via Open Penguin Data Project
It has been a lot of work since I first began this project immediately following Penguin 2.0.
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Bing Ads Introduces New Ad Format With Windows 8.1 Smart Search Integration
Microsoft announced today that the Bing Ads platform will be integrated with Windows 8.1 Smart Search, giving Bing Ads advertisers more reach and a new ad format. Released last week, Smart Search in Windows 8.1 allows users to search across the web, apps, device and the cloud with one query. The…
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a4u Expo – Extreme SEO – Punching the Penguin #a4uexpo
Five SEO experts will be hoping to keep Penguin on the ropes by covering new linking techniques, multi-devices and site audits
Post from Alex Moss on State of Search
a4u Expo – Extreme SEO – Punching the Penguin #a4uexpo
In Memoriam: Warren “Ted” Ulle (Tedster of WebmasterWorld)
The search marketing industry lost one of its brilliant minds last week when Warren “Ted” Ulle, but better known throughout the industry by his nickname “tedster”, passed away. Ted was a long time administrator at WebmasterWorld.
Why My Google Sitelink Demotions Aren’t Holding
Over the past several months, there has been a quiet but repetitive topic taking place in the Google forums. A recent one was started by loupiote, who said “a couple of weeks ago, I have demoted the link yet…
Google Webmaster Tools Cleans Up Navigation & More
Google has announced a clean up of Google Webmaster Tools, where they reorganized the left hand navigation menu…
Creating Great Experience for SEO
Improving a website’s usage data is very essential in SEO nowadays, as these signals highly reflect the quality of the site and the level of experience it can provide to its users.
Another reason why optimizing for experience is so important in this new age of search is because of the fact that Google Panda filters are now being integrated to Google’s search ranking algorithm.
a4u Expo – It’s Time to Revisit WordPress #a4uexpo
Joost De Valk returns to the a4uexpo conference agenda, where he’ll be giving the chance to revisit WordPress and hear what is currently best practice.
Post from Alex Moss on State of Search
a4u Expo – It’s Time to Revisit WordPress #a4uexpo
Google Testing Larger News Photos In Search Results
Google Operating System reports Google is testing showing larger photos in the News OneBox Google web results page. Often, when you search for news related topics in Google.com, Google will show news results at the top, middle or bottom of the results. This is part of Google’s universal…
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How to Maximize Your Video Marketing Strategy With Google Hangouts On Air
There is a clear disconnect between the kind of content brands create versus what users actually consume. Here’s how businesses and brands can make use of Google Hangouts on Air to connect with consumers more deeply in the participation age.
11 Things We Should Never Ever Do In Link Building Again
Okay friends, we need to have a little talk. I am frustrated. All of us Link Week columnists genuinely care about giving away good (and free, I might add) information on how to do link building the right way. So why, why, pray tell, do we continue to see so much crap? Clearly, we’re going to…
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Google News Goes Larger With Pictures & Adds Sports & Weather
Google News announced three new changes to the Google News portal and is testing another Google News feature.
The announced changes include that Google is adding a sports box on some pages…
Google: You Are Ugly
I just can’t get over how ugly and unattractive some of the Google search results have come with the addition of the expanded local carousel.
I thought maybe I was the only one who felt it was ugly but no, many do. The reactions on Twitter, via email …
Reports: Google AdSense CTR Drastically Drops
There are reports in WebmasterWorld and Google AdSense Help forums of huge drops in the CTR and earnings for Google AdSense publishers on July 1st.
The responses from official Googlers, at least coming second hand from publishers…
Efficiency ≠ Effectiveness: 7 SEO Plugins for Chrome
Managing your time effectively – Ned’s 7 Top SEO Chrome Plugins.
Post from Ned Poulter on State of Search
Efficiency ≠ Effectiveness: 7 SEO Plugins for Chrome
Link Building with the Experts – 2013 Edition
It’s tiiiiime! Once again I’ve gathered some of the best minds on link building to have an in depth discussion on the state of link building in 2013. I’ve been doing this series since 2007 – you can check out the past editions below: Link Building with the Experts – 2007 Edition Link Building with […]
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