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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Enhanced Campaigns: “Flexible Bid Strategies” Launching Soon Google will be rolling out “flexible bid strat…
- 14 hours ago, 20 May 13, 9:02pm -

Google will be rolling out “flexible bid strategies” in enhanced campaigns in the next couple of weeks. Flexible bid strategies will allow advertisers to override automated bidding and apply manual bidding strategies within a single campaign or a…
- 15 hours ago, 20 May 13, 8:48pm -

There are seven voice commands built in to this first “Explorers” edition of Google Glass. Two of those six are search-related: “google…” and “get directions to….” The others are “take a photo,” “record a video,” “send a...…
- 17 hours ago, 20 May 13, 6:17pm -

As of today, all users will see the Keyword Planner available in their AdWords accounts. Keyword Planner combines data from the Keyword Tool and Traffic estimator, both of which will be sunsetted in about 60 days. Users will need to log in to their A…
- 18 hours ago, 20 May 13, 5:14pm -

If you needed another reason to get your location extensions set up in AdWords, Google has announced its testing new ads in the new Google Maps. AdWords search ads set with location extensions can appear directly below the search box and on the map…
- 19 hours ago, 20 May 13, 4:23pm -

Let’s say you’re responsible for developing revenues from both traditional and non-traditional advertising. You work with a digital staff of talented people to create lead-generating Web-based content, or perhaps you are in e-commerce and sell pr…
- 20 hours ago, 20 May 13, 3:24pm -

Last week at the Google I/O developer conference, a newly redesigned Google Maps design was introduced. While a number of online commentators have virtually gushed about the new interfacing from an end user perspective, there may be a less-than-rosy…
- 20 hours ago, 20 May 13, 3:06pm -

Chances are you didn’t win this past Friday’s $190 million Mega Millions drawing or Saturday’s $600 million Powerball jackpot. However, the great news is that if you’re an SEM account manager, you can still try your luck at winning the AdWord…
- 21 hours ago, 20 May 13, 2:27pm -

The latest large brand to be hit with a user-generated content spam penalty notification is Sprint, the large US wireless communications company. Similar to Mozilla’s penalty and BBC’s penalty, Sprint was penalized for user-generated content spam…
- 22 hours ago, 20 May 13, 1:57pm -

Google has quietly dropped the “Translated Foreign Pages” search filter from the Google search options menu. Google tells us the option was removed due to lack of use, but they say they are still committed to making the Web available to as many p…
- 22 hours ago, 20 May 13, 1:38pm -

Google and NASA joined forces to establish the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab that to research artificial intelligence using quantum computers. The lab will use a D-Wave 2 computer that is priced at around $15 million.
- 7 hours ago, 21 May 13, 5:00am -

YouTube has been serving its clips of animals, planking, people falling over and monkeys in sheepskin coats for eight years. The video streaming website launched eight years ago with a single video. Now, 100 hours of video are uploaded per minute.…
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Yahoo announced last week a partnership with Twitter to integrate tweets directly into its newsfeed. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says it will "seamlessly include relevant and personalized Tweets alongside stories from Yahoo and our other sources."
- 17 hours ago, 20 May 13, 6:30pm -

A newly approved bill states that Google, other search engines, and news aggregators can only use short snippets of material from publishers. Separately, Germany is also in the midst of a battle regarding the use of embedded video on websites.
- 19 hours ago, 20 May 13, 4:30pm -

Google’s AdWords Express is the latest Google property to receive a makeover. AdWords Express, designed to be an easy introduction to AdWords for local businesses, has been redesigned to make it easier for new users and to streamline the process.…
- 20 hours ago, 20 May 13, 3:30pm -

The OODA loop concept – Observe, Orient, Decide, Act – is one way to face uncertainty and make educated decisions based on partial or no data. Here are the basic steps in the framework and how to apply it to advance your SEO and content campaigns…
- 22 hours ago, 20 May 13, 1:30pm -

Which retailer did the best job this year of writing solid PPC ad copy and customizing their sitelink extensions to present seasonal, relevant offers to searchers? We break down three PPC ads searchers found when searching for [buy flowers online].…
- 23 hours ago, 20 May 13, 12:30pm -

Online video is huge and video viewing doesn't seem to be slowing down any time soon. If you're ready to advertise on YouTube for the first time – with one of those ads that pop up before you watch a video – then this basics guide is for you.…
- 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 11:30am -

The SEO practices you implement in site design that optimize for search engines should be invisible. Modern day web design success requires a multi-function, multi-skilled approached to ensure maximum impact for your business. Balance is key.
- 2 days ago, 19 May 13, 4:00pm -

In conjunction with the arrival of "Star Trek Into Darkness", Bing has added a couple of features that fans should appreciate: a home page Easter egg when you search for "beam me up" and a new language option to Bing Translator: Klingon.
- 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 5:50pm -

Hi, I have a technology site. I want to SEO for it. It is now a (URL="http://www.airelon.com")custom web design(/URL) site. It is built with wordpress
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Hi, I have a wordpress blog. I am trying to SEO for it by myself. That's why I installed the Yoast SEO plugin. I heard a lot about this. But one thing
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I made a blogger blog and I tried to add googls ads in my site. But everytime I tried to have ads, they disaagreed to give me adsense. Is there any wa
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There is no doubt that a quality link building strategy can boost a SEO campaign easily. But, I want to know which way to build link will be good for
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If an insurance company has one office in New York, but is licensed to sell insurance in 20 states, is it ok to build a page for each of those states?
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Hello here. I have "noindex" tagged about 60,000 pages on my site for removal from the Google index because of thin/similar content, and I would li
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My website has gained over 1,000 inbound external links in the last two months. And I'm not doing any link building. While the Google linkdomain opera
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Bing Rewards has been around for over a year now. If you have not heard of the program you can check it out here: (url)http://www.bing.com/explore/rew
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As many know if you happen to have an active session on Facebook open, BING will automatically log you into Bing.com with that profile and customize r
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It just come to my attention the the Huffington Post in Spanish is doing keyword stuffing with a Golden Globe content. (URL="http://www.huffingtonpo
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In spite of Yahoo! accepting revenue guarantees for another year from Microsoft, recently there has been speculation that Yahoo! might want to get out of their search ad deal with Microsoft. I am uncertain if the back channeled story is used as lever…
- 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 12:51pm -

Link paranoia is off the scale. As the “unnatural link notifications” fly, the normally jittery SEO industry has moved deep into new territory, of late. I have started to wonder if some of these links (there are hundreds since the site is lar…
- 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 12:24pm -

Measuring PPC and SEO is relatively straightforward. But how do we go about credibly measuring social media campaigns, and wider public relations and audience awareness campaigns? As the hype level of social media starts to fall, then more questions…
- 19 days ago, 2 May 13, 12:08pm -

The stock market had a flash crash today after someone hacked the AP account & made a fake announcement about bombs going off at the White House. Recently Twitter's search functionality has grown so inundated with spam that I don't even look at the b…
- 27 days ago, 24 Apr 13, 12:11am -

Do users find big headlines more relevant? Does using long text lead to more, or less, visitor engagement? Is that latest change to the shopping cart going to make things worse? Are your links just the right shade of blue? If you want to put an end…
- 42 days ago, 9 Apr 13, 5:22am -

Since the disavow tool has come out SEOs are sending thousands of "remove my link" requests daily. Some of them come off as polite, some lie & claim that the person linking is at huge risk of their own rankings tank, some lie with faux legal risks, s…
- 42 days ago, 9 Apr 13, 5:16am -

The Atlantic published an interesting chart comparing print advertising spend with internet advertising spend:So, print advertising is tanking. Internet advertising, whilst growing, is not growing particularly fast, and certainly isn’t catching u…
- 48 days ago, 3 Apr 13, 11:12am -

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- 61 days ago, 21 Mar 13, 12:04pm -

Native advertising presents opportunities for SEOs to boost their link building strategies, particularly those who favor paid link strategies. What Is Native Advertising?Native advertising is the marketing industries new buzzword for....well, it…
- 61 days ago, 21 Mar 13, 11:33am -

When is a link not okay? When will you get a penalty for linking to someone else? When will you get a penalty if someone links to you? This area grows ever more complicated. The old-hands will know this, but those newer to SEO are justified if fee…
- 61 days ago, 21 Mar 13, 7:06am -

Posted by Dr. PeteData is everywhere, and companies are virtually climbing over each other to give it away. If you’re a data-driven content marketer, data is opportunity, but accessing that data can take some technical know-how. This is a guide…
- 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 2:51am -

Posted by randfishMany owners of established, older pages are facing a similar issue: they've been ranking decently for a keyword for some time, but they want to move into the coveted number one spot. However, older pages don't drive a ton of new p…
- 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 9:12pm -

Posted by Zach CorleissenGreetings, Mozfolk! My name is Zach, and I'm a technical writer here at SEOmoz.We've consistently heard from you that Mozscape needs better documentation. I'm pleased to tell you: your requests have been granted! The Moz…
- 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:03pm -

Posted by JonQThis post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.You could…
- 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 2:23am -

Posted by bradfriedmanWe've got new, delicious data for you! The second Mozscape index of the month is now live. Consume all the data with your favorite apps, including Open Site Explorer, the Mozbar, your PRO campaigns, and the Mozscape API.Be…
- 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 2:46pm -

Posted by wilreynoldsImage Credit: VerminWhen Disavow first launched, many people felt like they were doing "Google's job." At first, I completely disagreed with that sentiment. I loved it. I needed disavow, and yes, Bing did get to it firs…
- 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 2:18am -

Posted by Cyrus ShepardIf you’re like most SEOs, you spend a lot of time reading. Over the past several years, I’ve spent 100s of hours studying blogs, guides, and Google patents. Not long ago, I realized that 90% of what I read each doesn’t…
- 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 2:14am -

Posted by Erica McGillivrayHoly cannoli, it's MozCon 2013 Agenda time! July 8th-July 10th here in Seattle are going to be out-of-this-world.I know many of you have been asking for the complete MozCon schedule, and we've been working hard with al…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 9:06am -

Posted by Rob ToledoWith Mother’s Day in many countries having just passed (I learned this week that the UK celebrates Mothering Sunday earlier in the year), I thought it would be fun to have a conversation about SEO with one of the most incredib…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 2:31am -

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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A WebmasterWorld thread has one SEO/Webmaster asking how long will it take for Google to show him the fruits of his efforts after nofollowing a bunch of links on his site.He wanted to know how long will it take Google to notice the nofollows and se…
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A Google AdWords Help thread has Google's Charvi explaining how long an AdWords ad can take to be approved.Typically...
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Remember when Google took over Zagat and then announced they are dropping the star reviews for businesses...
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The next large brand to be penalized by Google is Sprint, the large U.S. wireless provider. A Google Webmaster Help thread has Kent Van Deusen, the Sprint website support representative...
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It seems as if the second batch of Google Glass Explorers will soon be getting invites to pick up their Google Glass...
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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...
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Very busy week at Google, mostly because of I/O but a lot of other things going on - it didn't help that I was offline for two days. We first discuss the ten changes coming to Google related to SEO, including softening Panda...
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On May 15th, Google's head of search spam, announced on Twitter that Google has taken "action on several thousand linksellers in a paid-link that passes PageRank network."Google has done this time and time again...
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Social media sites have to evolve, otherwise they decline in popularity like MySpace. Pinterest has not only climbed the ranks to the top 3 social media sites on the internet, but they have also evolved with the market and remained popular. Today,…
- 10 hours ago, 21 May 13, 1:25am -

The Tumblr acquisition by Yahoo is smart in so many ways, from an advertising perspective to a “let’s be relevant again” perspective. And pair the Tumblr news with a relaunch of Flickr, and we’re looking at an end result of Marissa Mayer domi…
- 13 hours ago, 20 May 13, 10:56pm -

The most popular way of building back links right now is guest blogging. Why is it so popular? Simple, it’s so effective at driving up keyword rankings – when it’s done consistently and when those guest posts are published on authoritative doma…
- 16 hours ago, 20 May 13, 8:00pm -

What makes up a paid search account? Of course you have your website and your account manager platform(s), most likely AdWords and Bing Ads. You also have your campaigns, ad groups, keywords, & ads. But are you forgetting your tracking, and are you c…
- 20 hours ago, 20 May 13, 4:00pm -

We’re seeing the industry shift now that massive corporations finally understand the value of online marketing. Enterprise level SEO is becoming more prominent. This is a great opportunity for SEOs who can appeal to clients with that stature, but i…
- 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 11:00am -

I recently  had a chance to speak with a fiction writer and a memoir writer that sold the movie rights to her book. The writing advice I got from both of them was different than that I’ve received from professional bloggers and online marketers. T…
- 2 days ago, 19 May 13, 5:00am -

Why is social media so important? More people are using social media through their mobile phones, computers, and tablets than talking, calling, emailing and texting. Do you find this surprising? I know I don’t. Some businesses have gone to the exte…
- 3 days ago, 18 May 13, 2:00pm -

  Credit Shutterstock As we all know, content is king and it plays an important role in search engine optimization (SEO). Having good content on each of your pages is also will make your website stand out among the others. It is also what searcheng…
- 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 8:00pm -

Who else has completed more than 80 years of Olympic Partnership with largest-ever activation? Which brand has ever covered more than 275,000 miles across 186 countries in 365 days? Who gets the credit for activating a campaign that made fan cast nea…
- 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 4:00pm -

In this month’s video segment I decided to compile several 30 second soundbytes from the recent Social Media Marketing World Conference. I asked several content creators what their thoughts were on how social media is changing search marketing. Hig…
- 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 1:00pm -

We just recently taped a new round of webmaster videos, and I thought this video deserved a full-fledged blog post. This is my rough estimate (as of early May 2013) of what search engine optimizers (SEOs) and webmasters should expect in the next few…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 4:17pm -

This is a “hairball” post you can ignore. However, this post does trace my thinking about how to scale webmaster communication. Part of me wants to start answering questions I get via email by stripping out the identifying information and then re…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 6:59am -

A quick “hairball” post about how sometimes it’s better to just go with the flow. I like how xkcd made this point with a chart of whether it’s worth the time to fix something that’s bugging you. I have a friend who is mechanical engineer. A…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 6:58am -

This is a harmless “hairball” post I had as a draft. Me: Hey, they added me to popurls.com! My wife: Never heard of it. (pause) Had you heard of it before? Me: Yeah. Wife: Really? Me: Yeah! Wife: (with an extra helping of sarcasm) Really? Me: Yes…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 6:51am -

This is the last half-finished “hairball” blog post about USB devices on Linux. I actually did manage to get a working program that controlled a USB foam missile launcher. Unfortunately, I didn’t document all the steps, so this blog post just s…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 6:45am -

What, *another* half-finished blog post about Linux USB drivers? Yup. Suppose you have a device and want a Linux device driver for it. There are a few steps you’ll need to take. One of the heroes in this area is Greg Kroah-Hartman. Greg wrote USBVi…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 6:41am -

Here’s another “hairball” post about USB devices and drivers on Linux. I wish some expert would write the definitive “here’s how to reverse-engineer a USB device and write a new USB driver” guide. I am definitely not that expert. Once you…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 6:39am -

For a while, I was really into reverse-engineering USB drivers. Don’t ask why. The heart wants what the heart wants. I didn’t finish this “hairball” post, but it has some info in it that still might be good. I recently stumbled across this po…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 6:35am -

Over the years I’ve written a lot of blog posts to debunk misconceptions or claims that weren’t true. Sometimes I publish the blogs posts but often I don’t. This is a pretty typical example post. Someone claimed that Google was evil for removin…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 5:55am -

I started this blog post of Chrome tips in 2008. Even though this is a “hairball” post, some of these tips still work. - control-shift-V will paste your selection as plain text - control-shift-T will re-open the last tab you closed. You can repea…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 5:02am -

How to Build a Google Analytics Tracking Code was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.Google Analytics tracking codes — also know as custom campaigns or UTM codes — are custom tracking parameter…
- 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 10:11pm -

How to Make a Graphic-Text Mash-up to Promote Blog Content on Facebook was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.As a community manager and a blogger, I have 2 main needs for images:1. Including the…
- 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 4:55pm -

Studies Reveal SEO Analysts are in High Demand was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.Studies show a 112 percent year-over-year increase in demand for SEO professionals with salaries as high as $94,0…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 7:57pm -

How to Create a Thank You Page Call To Action was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.If you read the first installment in my two-part "How to Create a Thank You Page That Engages and Converts" series…
- 12 days ago, 9 May 13, 6:33pm -

Twitter Engagement: Taking the Next Step was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.Hashtag use extends beyond simple categorization. Hashtags are the cornerstone of Twitter chats. And Twitter chats are…
- 13 days ago, 8 May 13, 8:38pm -

How to Create a Thank You Page that Engages and Converts was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.The Thank You page is the page that a lead (aka, a potential customer) will land on after filling out a…
- 14 days ago, 7 May 13, 8:40pm -

Tired of Spam and Unwanted Email? 4 Steps to Optimize Your Inbox was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.Have you ever had more than 1,000 unread emails in your inbox, 95 percent of which you have no…
- 15 days ago, 6 May 13, 11:15pm -

10 Steps to Improve Your Content Strategy (and Your Marriage, If You’re Into That) was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.It’s a very, say… interesting… point in your career as a search marke…
- 19 days ago, 2 May 13, 7:00pm -

Keep SEO Intact: 3 Keys to Maintaining Site Security was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.In terms of SEO, the biggest damage a hacker can do is inject links into your site in order to steal traffi…
- 20 days ago, 1 May 13, 6:32pm -

How to Save Your Marriage with Content Marketing Strategy (Yes, You Heard Me Right) was originally published on BruceClay.com, home of expert search engine optimization tips.Imagine: How much better would our relationships be if we all took the time…
- 21 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 7:00pm -

With the Google Penguin update (branded as 2.0 or 4 depending on the scoring you are following) hanging over the world of SEO and being set to roll out within the next 8 days, the need to take a step back from the promotion of your website in order t…
- 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 4:16pm -

On Wednesday I will be heading back to Chelsea Football Club to speak at SMX London. As a Leeds United fan I used to go to Chelsea’s ground many years ago for away matches, but lots has changed since those days I’m speaking on a panel with the to…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 3:03pm -

With the prospect of the latest addition of Google Penguin to become a reality within the next few weeks, it seems that many SEO’s and site owners are speculating towards what could be included into the previous focus of the update in order to warr…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 10:52am -

Hey all, I tend to be the guy everyone comes to for Excel help at Bronco, so I thought I’d start doing posts on solving some of the most common issues I find popup being an SEO. This may well have been talked about before by other bloggers, but it…
- 19 days ago, 2 May 13, 2:41pm -

I was having a look at one of my client’s rankings in the Home & Garden sector recently, and I found that although their rankings hadn’t changed *that much* the SERPs had changed completely.  Where there were previously small businesses competin…
- 21 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 10:58am -

As you can see from the screenshot above, the green dropdown arrow appears at the side of the URL and contains “Cached”, “Similar” and “Share” links.  Interestingly – this appears to get rid of the Google Instant Previews… Here is a…
- 27 days ago, 24 Apr 13, 8:25am -

As one of the original testers of the Google disavow tool found in Webmaster Tools, we were able to see a website be lifted out of a Google enforced unnatural links penalty and start to show a claw back of search engine visibility following the news…
- 32 days ago, 19 Apr 13, 12:54pm -

We are all aware that Google have revealed that they are looking for websites to stay fresh and to keep the content of their site related to what their site is focusing on but in the latest video with Matt Cutts, an interesting question was raised su…
- 33 days ago, 18 Apr 13, 8:49am -

Bored of reading yet another ‘Best Link Building Techniques for 2012′ article that includes tactics like blog commenting and directory submissions? Here’s a list with recently published link building posts, that provide new insights or try to m…
- 7 Mar 12, 8:47am -

The page with link building tools has been updated with reviews of two new link building tools, while the review of Linkdex has been updated with some new details and screenshots. Link Prospector, a collaboration of Citation Labs & Whitespark is an a…
- 27 Feb 12, 12:00pm -

They’re back by popular demand: recurrent lists with links to excellent link building articles. Guaranteed to boost your link building with strategic insights, creative tips and 100% regurgitation-free™. Blogger outreach tactics your SEO team wan…
- 6 Feb 12, 8:38am -

In my opinion, there are three things that play a crucial role in what your ideal link building strategy should be: the size of your Budget, the quality of your Content and the quality of your Outreach. Which link building tactics you can use, depend…
- 13 Jan 12, 2:49pm -

With my most recent blog post being a few months old, saying that I haven’t been blogging much recently would be an understatement. This probably won’t improve a lot this year, so please expect an irregular posting frequency for at least the next…
- 1 Aug 11, 11:51am -

A little bit later than usual, but here are the link building articles I enjoyed reading last month: Linkbuilding in competitive niches using communities & content – Pete Wailes Creating exceptional content for boring topics – Michael Gray 21-Day…
- 5 Apr 11, 7:22pm -

Any link builder has experienced it at least a few times. You’ve carefully crafted an amazing piece of content. The graphics and the text are top-notch, you’ve compiled a list with highly relevant targets to contact and you’ve dusted off your o…
- 29 Mar 11, 2:15pm -

Link building articles I enjoyed reading last month: Don’t break the cardinal rule of link bait – Debra Mastaler Original ideas for building content for links – Ken McGaffin Link building with developers – Will Critchlow 9 Ways to work with y…
- 1 Mar 11, 12:13pm -

This is a guest post by Melissa Campbell, Content Manager at Distilled. Link building has been as essential part of search engine optimisation since practically before search engine optimisation was even a thing. A lot of the advice has stayed the sa…
- 23 Feb 11, 7:20pm -

This is just a quick message to let you know that the page with link building tools has just been updated, and now includes new reviews of a few very cool link building tools. Reviews of link prospect finder Ontolo, bloggers network SeededBuzz and al…
- 21 Feb 11, 4:10pm -

Google was granted a patent this week that describes how web sites might be given quality ratings, based upon a model that looks at human ratings for a sample set of sites, and web site signals from those sites. The patent tells us that the advantag…
- 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 3:34am -

On May 1st, Google’s Head of Webspam Matt Cutts published a video in his series of Google Webmaster Help videos, answering the question, “What’s the latest SEO misconception that you would like to put to rest?” For some reason, Matt decided t…
- 9 days ago, 12 May 13, 8:24pm -

A transformation was triggered at Google with their announcement of the Knowledge Graph in the Official Google Blog post, Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings. That transformation was one less concerned with matching keywords, and mor…
- 12 days ago, 9 May 13, 10:15am -

Google acquired the company Wavii for a little more than $ 30 Million in April. There was some speculation that Wavii was an effort to match Yahoo’s purchase of Summly, which summarizes news from the Web. A Wavii app did do just that – acquired…
- 14 days ago, 7 May 13, 5:06am -

One of the more interesting discussions about Google Glass I’ve seen recently was in a forum where one of the participants was describing his own homemade version of Google Glass, which he named “Flass” (if someone at Google happens to be readi…
- 16 days ago, 5 May 13, 1:05am -

Somehow, in a Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure crossed with Michael Pollan’s Food Rules moment, I found myself typing out the following. No patents or whitepapers were involved in the creation of this post. One URL per Page In an ideal world, y…
- 20 days ago, 1 May 13, 9:47pm -

That phone in your pocket is filled with applications, with sensors to measure movement and the world around us, with communications tools that put us in touch with work, home, family, friends, service providers and strangers. That phone in your pock…
- 21 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 10:57am -

Earlier this week, I was fortunate enough to be invited to participate in a panel presentation on the future of SEO, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The event was the first Digital Marketing for Business Conference (and it was filled with some great sess…
- 33 days ago, 18 Apr 13, 1:29am -

As we look over the horizon and can catch a glimpse of summer , Marketing Pilgrim would like to take a moment to say thank you to some very important people to us: our sponsors. Since we have rolled out our channel sponsor program we have had great s…
- 31 mins ago, 21 May 13, 11:00am -

Brand pinners, rejoice! Pinterest is doing you a solid as of today by adding fields for more information on product, movie and recipe pins. -Product pins for things like clothes and furniture with pricing, availability, and where to buy (updated ever…
- 16 hours ago, 20 May 13, 7:58pm -

YouTube turned eight years old over the weekend and almost one out of every two people on the Internet showed up for the party. Their gift? 100 hours of video uploaded every minute. Ah, seems like only yesterday that we were sitting in grandmom’s l…
- 16 hours ago, 20 May 13, 7:25pm -

Hey, in case you haven’t heard, the rumor is now the truth: Yahoo! has purchased Tumblr. You can read about it and all the predictions, cheers, jeers and whatever just about anywhere in the Internet industry press mainly because there is not much e…
- 22 hours ago, 20 May 13, 1:37pm -

Good Saturday morning to you! As summer approaches, we all tend to get a little more of an itch to go outside at the weekend, travel to the beach, or simply enjoy the lazy days of summer. With that in mind, The Beal Deal will be taking a summer break…
- 3 days ago, 18 May 13, 12:00pm -

Google just wrapped up their developer conference and I’m about to wrap up my coverage . . . for now. Google introduced so many new ideas this week, it’s hard to say which will still be important a month from now or a year from now. But for the m…
- 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 8:28pm -

Houston, we have a new Mobile Mix. It’s Millennial Media’s Q1 2013 Mobile Mix Report to be exact and once again they make me smile with their clever cover. In space, no one can hear you tapping but down here on Earth, it’s a joyous sound. Ad i…
- 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 7:28pm -

Searching for your next great job? Looking for that perfect person to fill your open position? Don’t forget to check into the Marketing Pilgrim Internet Marketing Job Board. If you are looking for a new job then find the full listings here. If you…
- 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 2:48pm -

Earlier this week Google announced that they will be supporting schema.org markup for organization logos. In the midst of all the Google I/O hubbub this kind of announcement can seem minor but if there is a way to get an edge in a search result that…
- 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:04pm -

Google’s AdWords Express which is designed to help small businesses take advantage of paid search by literally doing the heavy lifting for them through placement of ads on behalf of the advertiser, got a facelift of sorts. Google is on a push to ma…
- 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 11:42am -

The "Like" button has already started appearing on pages across the web, making it ever so easy to share articles and sites with your Facebook pals. What happens when you decide you really didn't like that article? Or you didn't...
- 28 Apr 10, 8:27pm -

Table of Contents Ten Reasons Why Good Link Builders Fail (Introduction) Reason One: Self-Doubt Reason Two: Not Learning Best Practices Reason Three: Not Expanding Education Reason Four: Moving Too Fast Reason Five: Poor Writing Skills Reason Six: La…
- 13 Mar 10, 3:30pm -

Table of Contents Ten Reasons Why Good Link Builders Fail (Introduction) Reason One: Self-Doubt Reason Two: Not Learning Best Practices Reason Three: Not Expanding Education Reason Four: Moving Too Fast Reason Five: Poor Writing Skills We've covered…
- 13 Mar 10, 3:10pm -

Table of Contents Ten Reasons Why Good Link Builders Fail (Introduction) Reason One: Self-Doubt Reason Two: Not Learning Best Practices Reason Three: Not Expanding Education Reason Four: Moving Too Fast Ok, so you've buckled down and learned the best…
- 13 Mar 10, 3:08pm -

Table of Contents Ten Reasons Why Good Link Builders Fail (Introduction) Reason One: Self-Doubt Reason Two: Not Learning Best Practices Reason Three: Not Expanding Education I don't think I know a single industry that doesn't struggle with this. You…
- 13 Mar 10, 2:09pm -

Intrapromote has been selected as search and social media agency of record by Schumacher Homes, one of the country's leading home builders.
- 4 Feb 10, 5:36pm -

I firmly believe it can be used as an effective social media marketing tool if the correct strategy is implemented. I have been an avid user of Linkedin for the last 4 plus years and know that great things can happen when connecting properly with oth…
- 13 Jan 10, 11:27pm -

If you have an eCommerce business and you want to gain extra traction for your products you need to be utilizing a platform that enables users to spread the word about your products online. I am not talking about social sharing services like AddThis,…
- 12 Jan 10, 5:10pm -

There are a variety of ways to utilize YouTube as a marketing channel and I've seen some very creative videos take social media marketing to the next level. A great example is Blendtec, they have been promoting their products on YouTube for quite som…
- 12 Jan 10, 12:07am -

When was the last time you checked your Facebook privacy settings? Do you know what your profile and activity look like to the rest of the world? Is Google indexing your personal information? Follow along as Social Media Strategist Jen...
- 30 Dec 09, 7:02pm -

People love pictures, and they really love sharing pictures of themselves, their families, pets, food, favorite clothing items, sunsets, and a host of other random things. I’m no exception. This would explain the success Instagram has seen. In Apri…
- 39 days ago, 12 Apr 13, 11:00am -

Content marketing isn’t rocket surgery, but it does have a lot of moving parts. If you do something — anything — every day, eventually, you fall into autopilot, and you’re no longer really thinking things through. You may forget about one of…
- 55 days ago, 27 Mar 13, 4:13pm -

Entering data into Excel can be tedious and confusing to users. Fortunately, you can simplify the process. You can use drop down lists to limit data entry options to just one list of items. (Not to mention they just make you look that much cooler.) I…
- 57 days ago, 25 Mar 13, 6:23pm -

The Irish aren’t the only ones who are lucky. We believe there is a pot of gold at the end of each rainbow. In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, we wanted to share a little bit of the luck of the Irish with you! Save an additional $150 on your all…
- 67 days ago, 15 Mar 13, 11:00am -

How can you do more with less? Our world moves fast. There seems to be a never ending quest to keep up with everything happening online today. And that’s before factoring in all of the communication that happens in one day alone! So how can you get…
- 69 days ago, 13 Mar 13, 12:51pm -

I’ve found most marketers agree that active involvement with industry events like conferences, meetups, hangouts, networking events, and Q&As can give your company a competitive advantage and set you apart as a contributor to the community. Additio…
- 75 days ago, 7 Mar 13, 12:35pm -

In December 2012, I was fortunate to see Ira Glass, host of National Public Radio’s “This American Life,” perform a live one-man show at the Troy Music Hall in Troy, New York. “This American Life” is one of my favorite radio programs, so I…
- 77 days ago, 5 Mar 13, 12:00pm -

At SES London last week, my presentation looked at the process we use at BlueGlass UK to analyse a website’s link profile. This is primarily useful if a new client had been hit by the Google Penguin update, but we use this process for all clients.…
- 84 days ago, 26 Feb 13, 8:00am -

Google ignited the paid search world this month with the release of Enhanced Campaigns.  I’ve observed a number of concerns among the paid search community, particularly around measurement, data collection, and campaign structuring. Advertisers an…
- 89 days ago, 21 Feb 13, 3:00pm -

Agile Marketing has been talked about a lot recently and has grown vastly in context and popularity. In reality, it’s just a fancy term for being nimble in reacting quickly to shifts in the market. As a marketer, have you ever thought about using a…
- 90 days ago, 20 Feb 13, 11:16am -

For a recent presentation at a corporate communications and PR conference, I polled my network of digital marketing and PR pros working client-side about the most pressing questions they’re dealing with when it comes to integrating Marketing and Pu…
- 23 hours ago, 20 May 13, 12:11pm -

New Google+ Layout: Hangouts, Photos and Stream Reminiscent of Pinterest Google announced a major update to their social network this week that changes the way Hangouts, photos and the Google+ stream are viewed by users. The decidedly Pinterest-esque…
- 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 11:00am -

According to a CMI and MarketingProfs study, 91% of B2B Marketers are using content marketing and that means a few things: First, it means content marketing has gained critical mass within the popular marketing mix and any company in a competitive in…
- 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 2:23pm -

Visual content is certainly trendy – see the meteoric rise in infographics and social engagement with images as proof. Yet the need for content that appeals on a visual level and presents information in a more engaging format than text goes far bey…
- 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 11:00am -

As part of our continuing series on content marketing tactics, I’ll be covering a topic that is absolutely near and dear to every content marketer’s heart: business blogging. According to a recent NM Incite report, there are over 181 million bl…
- 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 10:55am -

Fast changing trends and serious competition has digital marketers chasing the latest and greatest tactics like hamsters on exercise wheels. Good advice is both hard and too easy to come by. Search “social media marketing” on Google and there are…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 12:01pm -

Your customers want more personalized messaging and content. In fact, 64% believe it’s more important that companies represent them with relevant offers, compared to 36% who don’t want their activity tracked. Given the tools available to block ad…
- 11 days ago, 10 May 13, 11:00am -

Planning and executing a successful social media marketing strategy sometimes requires that brands look outside their own companies for assistance. Businesses may partner with consultants or agencies to tap into the expertise, skills and resources th…
- 12 days ago, 9 May 13, 11:00am -

Today I’m giving a keynote at the sold-out Communicator’s Conference in Portland, Oregon to 270 or so PR and Communications professionals. The colliding or collaborating (depending on your situation) worlds of digital marketing and PR have left a…
- 13 days ago, 8 May 13, 4:39pm -

Conversion rate optimization is the marketing art of maximizing your investment in existing site traffic, through improvements and problem-solving rather than additional ad spend. At some point in any business site’s lifetime, CRO is a must; for sm…
- 14 days ago, 7 May 13, 11:00am -

Good customer service is a staple for any business there is, but it is often times hard to come by. Many companies think they have good customer service when in reality when you ask their customers they tell a different story. According to Brad Tuttl…
- 21 hours ago, 20 May 13, 2:29pm -

Here is a list of the newest internet marketing tools. All items listed are certified with volume sold and refund rate. Refund rate is a great indication of customers satisfied with the product. If one of these products interest you click the find ou…
- 3 days ago, 18 May 13, 12:00pm -

Happy Free Shirt Friday! Direct Navigation Traffic eXchange.. aka DNTX.com. They help you build a three step profitable campaign determining aspects such as if it is for a desktop, mobile, or a tablet device as well as if it is a PPC or PPR ad…
- 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:00pm -

Chi-town, what up!?! Conversion Conference is being held at six different locations this year including San Francisco (already happened), Paris, Boston, London, Berlin, and most importantly Chicago. Why is Chicago so important you ask? Because I…
- 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:00pm -

  Opportunities are everywhere. You just have to know how to find recognize them. They are all around you.   Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them. -Ann Landers   Yes, you actually have to do stuff…
- 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 12:00pm -

In 2010 Yahoo! announced that they were killing their publisher network and were now referring all current and new users to Chitika who has been a leader in monetizing your content way before Microsoft or Yahoo ever had their platforms. Yahoo is no…
- 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 12:23pm -

Email deliverability is a lot like SEO. Actually measuring results it is even worse. Some people still believe stats like opens and clicks are an indicator… thats a shame. In Email you are totally guessing unless you use something like our Spamgua…
- 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 1:50pm -

The post Yahoo! And Tumblr: It’s About Display, Streams & Native at Scale appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.The world is atwitter about Tumblr’s big exit to Yahoo!, and from what I can tell it seems this one is going to really happen…
- 2 days ago, 19 May 13, 11:22pm -

The post Behind the Banner, A Visualization of the Adtech Ecosystem appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.I’m very proud to announce “Behind the Banner“, a visualization I’ve been producing with Jer Thorp and his team from The Office…
- 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 2:41am -

The post These Companies Are Denting the Universe In NY appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.OpenCo NY is just ten or so days away – the opening plenary (for Backstage pass holders and VIPs) is Weds evening, May 22, and the full day of ope…
- 11 days ago, 10 May 13, 2:47pm -

The post On Google Glass and OpenCo NYC appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.In case you have any interest, here’s a short clip of me opining on Google Glass and the upcoming OpenCoNYC, which is going to be HOT. More on that soon.The post…
- 12 days ago, 9 May 13, 4:12pm -

The post Hold Hands or Die Apart appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.I’ve been a bit slow to update this site lately, as my return to Federated Media, and preparation for the CM Summit and OpenCo NYC, have pretty much eaten up all my time…
- 15 days ago, 6 May 13, 4:30am -

The post We’ve Seen This Movie Before…On Traffic of Good Intent appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.(image) Back in 2005 I whipped off a post with a title that has recently become relevant again – “Traffic of Good Intent.” That po…
- 25 days ago, 26 Apr 13, 8:38pm -

The post The First 60 OpenCos in NYC, Visualized appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.Just got this up on our site, which is close to opening general admission (free to the public). So proud. Many more to come, but the deadline to sign up is…
- 28 days ago, 23 Apr 13, 4:09am -

The post OpenCo Is Coming To NYC, But Only If You Support It: Please Help Us! appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.A year or so ago a friend and colleague approached me with a crazy idea – what if we tried to re-invent the tech conference,…
- 42 days ago, 9 Apr 13, 3:14pm -

The post Can We Bridge Data to Humanity? We Best Talk About It. appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.The agenda for our seventh annual CM Summit is live. And it rocks. You can read all about it here. I am really looking forward to this conve…
- 56 days ago, 26 Mar 13, 5:35am -

The post How I “Crack” My Inbox appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.Over on the LinkedIn Influencer network, I’ve revealed how I manage my often-overflowing inbox. It’s not exactly rocket science, but enough people have found it int…
- 58 days ago, 24 Mar 13, 8:42pm -

As the Web marketing world braces for the onslaught of new Google anti-spam measures newly published research into economics has provided some interesting insights into why the arms race between search engines and Web marketers will never end. We wil…
- 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 12:00pm -

You are offered a position with a great company that pays well, has a fantastic health plan, incredible bonuses and personal time options, and it’s conveniently located close to home so you don’t have to suffer through long commutes in crowded tr…
- 15 days ago, 6 May 13, 12:00pm -

Someone once told me that venture capitalists don’t want to invest in traditional SEO agencies because “SEO doesn’t scale”. If The Wall Street Journal is to be believed, 3 out of 4 start ups (companies seeking venture capital at some point) f…
- 18 days ago, 3 May 13, 12:00pm -

Did you know that the original meaning of oxymoron was “pointedly foolish”? The word’s roots are Greek: oxys “sharp” and moros “stupid”. In search engine marketing, Competitive intelligence is an oxymoron. Competitive intelligence is a…
- 19 days ago, 2 May 13, 12:00pm -

SEO tools are the much beloved First Children of the search engine optimization industry. It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t have a favorite tool, a list of favorite tools, or who doesn’t have some anecdote about some SEO tool. Sooner or lat…
- 22 days ago, 29 Apr 13, 12:00pm -

Yes, robots can click on ads. Crawlers have been fetching Javascript files at least as far back as 2004, possibly earlier. I first documented a crawler fetching Javascript from one of my servers in 2004. Google and Bing and other crawler operators ha…
- 33 days ago, 18 Apr 13, 8:00am -

Imagine 3 people entering a room. There is a table with 2 chairs on 1 side and 1 chair on the other side. The 3 people choose seats randomly. All 3 bring some unique qualities into the room. Which of the 3 people is most likely to be seen as the “l…
- 35 days ago, 16 Apr 13, 12:00pm -

In 2005 Google published its “Web Authoring Statistics” report, which provided a unique insight into how a large search engine views the Web at the very basic HTML level. In August 2009 Matt Cutts invited Webmasters to help test a new indexing te…
- 41 days ago, 10 Apr 13, 12:00pm -

Google is human after all—even the brightest people in the world aren’t immune from an occasional case of the fumble fingers, or so it seems. If you happened to be a Google Wave user you may have received an e-mail today from ‘Google Wage’, a…
- 20 Mar 12, 4:26pm -

Google has created a new attribution modeling module for its Google Premium Analytics package. The module is in alpha now and will be coming to customers who pay the $150,000 annual pricetage for the Premium Analytics service soon. Attribution modeli…
- 15 Oct 11, 6:42pm -

Todays Google Doodle honors the late late clay-animation artist Art Clokey with an interactive Google Doodle of Gumby & Friends. Art Clokey was a early pioneer in stop motion clay animation. This Doodle is similar to the tribute that Google paid to J…
- 13 Oct 11, 1:03am -

Apple TV is reportedly preparing itself for battle with Google TV by chasing the subscription model. This will be one of the biggest tests that Apple’s new CEO, Tim Cook will face in upcoming months as Google isn’t going to wait for Apple to grip…
- 27 Aug 11, 11:36am -

As with any tech industry merger, Google’s recent acquisition of smartphone-producer Motorola Mobility came to fruition for a number of reasons benefiting the participants.  The deal also should not be considered too much of a surprise, since Moto…
- 26 Aug 11, 6:16am -

Doodles are known as the decorative changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists and scientists. Whether it is the beginning of Spring, Albert Einstein’s birthday, or the 50th annive…
- 21 May 11, 10:26am -

This morning, Google announced the launch of Gmail Motion. An app that will let you use your computer’s camera to open, reply, reply all, or send an email, using your body motion instead of a click of a mouse or the keyboard. In addition, Google Do…
- 1 Apr 11, 2:04pm -

In case you haven’t been following all the news reports lately, there have been a ton of news stories covering the theory that Bing has been copying Google’s search results. Here’s the official Google post about it. Here are a couple videos, wi…
- 4 Feb 11, 5:13pm -

Finally! It’s here! Announced just recently, the Google Shopper app – which has been out for Android since November – is finally out for the iPhone!  No related posts.
- 2 Feb 11, 2:57pm -

Just under two years ago, in July 2009, Google announced the ability to sell or rent property through Google Maps. Why is the real estate feature being removed? Lack of use. The feature just didn’t get as much pick-up as they had hoped. This can be…
- 27 Jan 11, 3:49pm -

The power of the internet and social media can change lives forever. All it takes is a single social post without fully thinking the consequences. What may seem like a trivial and innocent post can escalate into an enormous globally famous incident.…
- 4 Feb 13, 5:50pm -

At StepForth we do not work with websites of an adult nature, and while we turned down the request for a proposal, a recent conversation with the owner of an adult site brought to light a very interesting blacker-than-black hat ranking technique that…
- 1 Feb 13, 6:50pm -

Rejoice fellow Canadians! After years of crying foul and bugging Bing engineers at search engine conferences I can finally say that Canadian business owners can submit their business to Bing Canada for free instead of relying on YellowPages listings;…
- 31 Jan 13, 6:48am -

To many business owners blogging is a task they either cannot be bothered with or do not know how to work into their schedules. As an entrepreneur myself I completely understand most concerns about maintaining a blog because I have, at one time, been…
- 15 Jan 13, 6:08am -

In a world where free organic rankings results can easily make or break most online businesses webmasters everywhere strive to get in the good graces of the big Google. It always surprises me when you hear of companies doing things that are almost gu…
- 8 Jan 13, 12:25am -

Site load speed has been a ranking factor in Google’s algorithm for a while now. I had suspected it was a factor for some time, and then back in April 2010, Google confirmed it. I was surprised the other day when I learned that Google had removed t…
- 14 Dec 12, 5:57pm -

There are a lot of different methods out there for driving down your costs of advertising on Facebook and to increase the efficiency of your page and your overall marketing campaign. From beginner guides to expert expositions, there’s information o…
- 21 Nov 12, 8:59pm -

Last week I wrote an article called “The Ideal Startup Social Media Strategy for Non-Profits.” This evolved as a result of a phone call I had with a small non-profit called Urunji Child Care Trust. They were looking for the ultimate plan to impl…
- 13 Nov 12, 10:55pm -

Recently we had a non-profit organization contact us for help with their Social Media. They are relatively new and wanted some tips on how they can utilize their social platforms to raise money for their organization. The organization, Urunji Child C…
- 31 Oct 12, 2:16pm -

Recently I was trying to add a Paypal donate button to a Facebook page for a film project I’ve been working on called Elephants Never Forget. I haven’t done this since Facebook changed from using FBML to iFrames and found it extremely difficult t…
- 25 Oct 12, 8:05pm -

First of all I want to pay my condolences to Bobbi Kristina Brown on the death of your mother. When I heard the news I immediately went to Google to find out more information. I saw this search result At the time that link went directly to http://www…
- 12 Feb 12, 5:57am -

I often liken what I occasionally do to being a cleaner of other people’s $#!+ and in some ways that is what I do in my role as Product Manager at uQast (we are just starting our chartered launch), tracking down bugs & designing features that solve…
- 10 Feb 12, 8:10pm -

I am not sure why Twitter engineers are struggling with this, and potentially misleading tech journalists (and even some well respected SEOs) with the SEO issues hampering the indexation of Twitter.com This is all pretty basic technical SEO Here is a…
- 24 Jan 12, 6:34am -

It is not as benign as you might think. Here is a link to the original 720p mp4 Some of the points raised in the video We need to avoid a cartel of top sites with limited access, especially with Ggoogle and Facebook currently buying ads from each oth…
- 24 Jan 12, 1:56am -

Facebook & Twitter have some of the worst landing pages on the web. At least if you look at it from a search engine perspective, who should assume that every visitor isn’t a member of the site they are referencing in the search engine. It should al…
- 12 Jan 12, 12:14am -

Dear Google Your recent decision to invoke a manual penalty on the download page for Google Chrome will have lasting ramifications for the whole of online marketing, whether display advertising, affiliate marketing, and other performance marketing su…
- 4 Jan 12, 8:29pm -

I have been testing whether links posted in Google Buzz pass PageRank or at the very least can help with indexation of content since 22nd February 2010 I didn’t write a blog post about it, but I did write something exclusive for my readers on Googl…
- 8 Jun 11, 4:20pm -

I managed to ping Google’s @mattcutts after the announcement of rel=”author” support from Google on Twitter and he clarified the use case a little. As Twitter’s search is still so terrible at finding things I am adding the conversation here.…
- 7 Jun 11, 5:55pm -

Google launched their +1 button today. Lots of people have writeups but I suppose they have had prior access in some way. Heres one on Search Engine Land for instance. But one thing I haven’t read about anywhere are the technical implications of +1…
- 2 Jun 11, 7:55am -

It seems Google has given Twitter some kind of penalty, possibly for cloaking. Watch this video for the details Has Google Given Twitter a Cloaking Penalty? This Video Is Protected More about Andys Store by Andy To check the cached Google page you wi…
- 8 May 11, 10:26pm -

While there aren’t many marketers who still feel you need to blog everyday, most will agree that you should blog often for a variety of reasons. However, I’m going suggest that it might be time to bring that sacred cow to the slaughter house and…
- 84 days ago, 26 Feb 13, 5:49pm -

In over a decade of working on websites I’ve see a lot of affiliate websites. Some were good but a lot were very bad. In this post, I’ll share my experiences about what I think Google is looking for and the common traits of things I’ve seen fai…
- 89 days ago, 21 Feb 13, 5:50pm -

There have been many debates about the value social media plays in having content rank. While nothing has been definitively resolved, it has been shown to be beneficial in the short term. In this post I’d like to take a look at a different aspect:…
- 91 days ago, 19 Feb 13, 6:00pm -

As a WebmasterWorld Moderator for the Google SEO section I am asked questions everyday and honestly most of them really upset me. I don’t mean a little upsetting, I mean like turning into a big green monster that starts saying “me hulk smash ting…
- 95 days ago, 15 Feb 13, 5:57pm -

In recent years due to developers misguided attempts to make the web a more interesting place with things like JavaScript and Ajax, search engines have had to come up with new tools to make the content that’s hidden behind these technologies access…
- 97 days ago, 13 Feb 13, 6:39pm -

As some of you may know I live on the south shore of Long Island, and this was one of the areas that was hit by the storm surge and flood waters from Hurricane Sandy last year. We had 38″ of water in the street and 15″ on the first floor of my ho…
- 29 Jan 13, 4:05pm -

Tips on how to build a successful niche website, that is easy to run and doesn't require much maintenance.This post originally came from Building a Niche Website Building a Mobile Website Should be Your #1 IT Project If I had the ability to reach t…
- 26 Sep 12, 5:40pm -

Google’s official line on their Google Website Optimizer (GWO) A/B testing tool was that using it would not make your site trip a cloaking filter (since essentially A/B or MVT testing shows different versions of the same page to different people).…
- 19 Sep 12, 5:08pm -

When it comes to small businesses, time is usually one of the biggest hindrances. Every small business owner I know (myself included) would love to have a few more hours each day. Since our time is limited, it’s important to plan and be productive…
- 7 Sep 12, 5:26pm -

If there is one thing Google is good at, it’s framing themselves and their actions as being “good for the user” and for the benefit of others while playing down how their actions are self-serving. However, those of us who have been around the b…
- 4 Sep 12, 5:08pm -

And in other breaking CitySearch news, Darren Waddell of RadiusIntel just sent me this awesome Google Alert he received this morning: It links to this article from 2007. For all of you marketers recommending that your clients use Google Alerts to mon…
- 11 days ago, 10 May 13, 4:40pm -

Today Greg Sterling asked What’s Going On At CityGrid?: “Here’s my paraphrase of some of the things I was told: CityGrid and Citysearch are struggling (to retain and deliver value to advertisers) Citysearch was characterized to me as having los…
- 12 days ago, 9 May 13, 9:52pm -

Today Yext announced Sync, a service that lets you sync a business’ location data to Facebook along with “enhanced” data such as menus, offers, photos and status updates.  While there are plenty of social media management tools that allow you…
- 19 days ago, 2 May 13, 3:36pm -

Danny Sullivan just tweeted that Google is screwing up royally when it comes to searches for “dana point jet ski”: Good job, Google. You ignore HTML title tag, make up your own title instead. Result: misname a harbor as business twitter.com/danny…
- 21 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 10:13pm -

enlarge If you don’t have a good SEO QA process, make sure you let the SEO guy know when you push new stuff live.  You’re likely to break something.  Better yet, let him know before you push it live.The post Enterprise SEO Strategy Tip: Don’t…
- 27 days ago, 24 Apr 13, 3:57pm -

Dr. Pete Myers’ post, Rel=Confused? Answers to Your Rel=Canonical Questions, has reminded me that I have had a bee in my bonnet about the rel=canonical tag for a while that I’ve been meaning to get off my chest on these hallowed pages.  In sho…
- 33 days ago, 18 Apr 13, 4:37pm -

Ok I know Facebook is a big-ass brand that doesn’t need your stinking organic traffic, but if you’re going to have a big press conference about your amazing new mobile strategy, don’t you think the in-house SEO person would at least do the mini…
- 46 days ago, 5 Apr 13, 11:29pm -

Mike Blumenthal has some nice LocalSEOGuide bait today on print yellow pages usage trends by advertisers entitled “Annual Print YP Death Watch”: “In many categories the ads are for national players. In florists for example there are 2.5 pages a…
- 55 days ago, 27 Mar 13, 3:44pm -

You may have seen the news earlier this week that Greg Sterling and I have determined that bad business listing data may be costing US businesses $10 billion. To provide more context for that number, Yext has just published the first issue of the Yex…
- 75 days ago, 7 Mar 13, 6:26pm -

Greg Sterling & I were asked by Yext to figure out how the cost of erroneous business listings data.  The answer: $10 Billion, maybe more.  Greg has the full story. Yext internal data indicate that 14% of business listings are missing from online d…
- 78 days ago, 4 Mar 13, 11:11pm -

Use this massively useful traffic generation mindmap only for yourself. Please don’t share this on Facebook, G+, Twitter, LinkedIn or email the link to this page to anyone else!The post Don’t tell ANYONE about this traffic-getting information! ap…
- 48 days ago, 3 Apr 13, 1:31am -

Personalization usage data and user data give marketers deep insights into their users' interests and actions. But how can you make the most out of these complex data sets to better serve your SEO campaigns? In this week's Whiteboard Friday, Rand ta…
- 58 days ago, 24 Mar 13, 6:39am -

You Can Get A Page 1 Google Ranking Easier Way back in 2007 Google launched Universal search on its site, which allowed results for images, news, local listing and video content to appear on Page 1 of its traditional search results. The videos coming…
- 64 days ago, 18 Mar 13, 4:31pm -

Search engine optimization (SEO) is a constant topic of interest to any serious content publisher.  You can’t go far without search engines showing you some love. Keeping up on the latest news and tactics in SEO is a job every blogger must do, and…
- 91 days ago, 19 Feb 13, 7:27am -

Ever since the first website was created, people have “tried” to get more traffic to their sites. We’ve manipulated search engines (or tried to) and coerced visitors through myriad tricks and schemes over the years. We’ve always worked far to…
- 7 Feb 13, 7:53am -

Time Warner’s (NYSE:TWX) CNN is in talks to acquire website Mashable.comMashable reports on technology and social media news and has been privately held for seven years.Last year, CNN.com acquire iPad app Zite for around $20- 25 million, which allo…
- 5 Feb 13, 4:14am -

This is a BIG big episode of Friday Traffic Report! Everything you need to know NOW about new video marketing tactics you definitely don’t want to miss.The post New Video Marketing Tactics You DO NOT Want To Miss! appeared first on The Friday Traff…
- 5 Feb 13, 4:04am -

Super Bowl advertisers will have one eye on the game- and one on their second screens, monitoring Twitter and other social media to see how they score with fans at the big game. Bobbi Rebell reports. Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at…
- 31 Jan 13, 10:23pm -

Summary of business headlines: Apple rebounds from tax-worry selling; Dollar retailers falling prey to one another; Mobile, social media leading retail season; Delta and Virgin agree to tie-up. Conway G. Gittens reports. Thanks for checking us out. P…
- 31 Jan 13, 7:04pm -

This week we had a lot to pack into the Friday Traffic Report. Get Jack and Jim’s reviews of Facebook Graph Search, Quora’s new blogging feature (which has a lot of unique promotion abilities for people looking for bigger brand reach with target…
- 25 Jan 13, 9:23pm -