A Black Hat Loses Everything & Thanks Matt Cutts For Improving Search Results
Sebastian Johnsson, a self proclaimed grey/black hat wrote an incredibly interesting story on his blog on how he started getting into the black/gray hat world of SEO…
Search In Pics: Remote Control Android, Google Self Driving Car In Parade & Android Soccer Ball
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. Remote Control Androids At Google Offices: Source: Google+ Android Soccer…
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SEO Smackdown: Download Time – Machine Speed Vs. Human Speed
Perceived download time is more important to searchers than actual download time. So why do SEOs focus on technocentric optimization strategies?
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Search Engine Strategies Coming to Atlanta in July, Registration Now Open
The original search marketing conference is back! On July 9, Search Engine Strategies will relaunch in Atlanta. The one-day conference will cover all the critical aspects of search engine optimization (SEO) and paid search advertising (PPC).
Google Search App Adds Parking Reminders, Indoor Maps, In-Store Products & Offline Cards
Google announced on Google+ that the Android version of the Google Search App has been updated to support a bunch of new features, including reminding you where you parked your car.
When you park your car, Google may ask you, do you want to be reminde…
Google AdSense Cross Device Ad Unit Design Update
Google announced that they have launched a new default ad unit style that works better across all devices, mobile to desktop…
Google Inorganic Links For “DoFollow” Links
Google’s Eric Kuan from the Google spam team posted a response to one webmaster who said a competitor is spamming them with bad links and asked Google to provide examples of some bad links.
Eric did so in the Google Webmaster Help thread by showing a …
Bing Ads Now Lets You Review 50,000 Keywords
Bing Ads has made a change to their Keywords Tab to allow advertisers to review up to 50,000 keywords within their user interface. Previously, if you had more than 5,000 keywords, an alert would appear asking you to narrow down the keywords scope.
Is This the End of AdWords Editor?
While updates to the AdWords interface come out frequently, AdWords Editor continues to be left behind with the same functionality. Will Google continue to support AdWords Editor, or will it be phased out in favor of the web interface?
Friday Commentary: Why a Fear of Failure Might be Holding Back Your Marketing Success
The problem with modern day marketing is that, under increasing pressure to get results, we’re often too scared to fail in order to achieve success. But being scared in a digital era is not the best approach. Taking away that fear of failure, you open up much greater potential rewards. Kevin Gibbons explains in this weeks Friday Commentary how a CMO should look at these things and act.
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Friday Commentary: Why a Fear of Failure Might be Holding Back Your Marketing Success
Friday Infographic: Guy Kawasaki’s How to Achieve Enchantment
In his book, “How to Achieve Enchantment,” Silicon Valley business advisor Guy Kawasaki explains how you can influence others. Column Five made an infographic out of it.
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Digital
Friday Infographic: Guy Kawasaki’s How to Achieve Enchantment
Someone Added Spammy 1000’s pages without my knowladge
HOLD Not sure we want to publish those spammy links, dont seem to add value
How Google Knows What Sites You Control And Why it Matters – Whiteboard Friday
Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
Google obviously looks at a great many factors in determining site rankings, but what do they know about us as administrators of our sites, and how do they use that information? In today’s Whiteboard Friday, Cyrus talks about s…
SearchCap: Google Parking, Bing Ads Grows, Foursquare Swarm App & Yelp Results
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Not Just Parking: Google Now With Offline Cards, Indoor Maps, Shopping Reminders Earlier today Barry Schwartz wrote…
Three Simple Ways to Optimize Content On Your Site
There comes a time with certain client accounts when you hit a wall with linkbuilding efforts. This may be because you’re working in a highly regulated industry or maybe it’s simply an off-season for the account. Either way, it can be a good idea to take a step back and try some new strategies for […]
Google, Where’s My Car? Google Now Adds New Parking Location Card
Have you ever spent what seems like hours roaming around a large parking lot searching for your car? With the click of a button, a new Google Now update (for Android users only) can save the location of your car as a handy card.
Not Just Parking: Google Now With Offline Cards, Indoor Maps, Shopping Reminders
Earlier today Barry Schwartz wrote that the updated Google Search App for Android will now help you locate your car in a parking lot or on the street. The feature shows you a map and points you in the right direction back to your vehicle. But wait, there’s more. We’ve learned that this…
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SMX Advanced Conference Early Bird Rates Expire Tomorrow – Register Now & Save!
Fluent in search marketing? SMX Advanced is for you. Join us, June 11-12 in Seattle for two days of expert-level sessions, inspiring keynotes, and invaluable networking. This year’s sessions are loaded with actionable tips to drive traffic, increase conversions, and boost ROI. View the agenda…
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Google Warns Against Sneaky Redirects in Updated Guidelines
Google has provided more examples of types of manipulative redirects they are cracking down on. This includes showing one page to desktop users but a completely different page to mobile users, and hacked sites redirecting users to other pages/sites.