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Google Increases Locations Serving Search Requests By 600% From Last Year
Google has significantly increased the number of sites and ISPs it uses to serve search requests according to a study by researchers at the University of...
Google and 6 Other Same-Day Delivery Services
Wikipedia Commons If you live in the Bay Area, you might be relaxing at home in your pajamas ordering all sorts of goodies and waiting...
What Google AdWords’ Ad Rank Update Means for Your Business
This week, Google announced a significant AdWords update: Ad Rank, the system for ordering competing ads on search results pages, now takes into account the...
US Search Awards Winners, Nominees and Attendees Party at #Pubcon
Thanks to SEJ’s #Pubcon coverage sponsor Majestic SEO “Bigger, Better, Faster.” The first ever US Search Awards ceremony was held this past Wednesday night, October 23rd in...
A Cautionary Tale: 301 Redirects and UX
William Congreve penned the saying, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”. Obviously he never knew about Google. A web designer friend of mine recently...
Google Releases An Update To The AdWords Ad Rank Algorithm
Google quietly released an update to their AdWords Ad Rank algorithm yesterday with the most notable change being the inclusion of ad extensions as a...
Google Analytics Indepth Look: URL Destination Goals
Google Analytics (GA) actually has a lot more useful features than you might think. So many companies use the few tabs and just put the...
U.S. District Judge Orders Yahoo! to Add Microsoft Search to Remaining Markets
News of the ruling on the case between Yahoo! and Microsoft regarding the continual rollout of Microsoft’s search technology into Yahoo’s international markets became public...
Why Should We Do Everything Google Says?
I have said this before, I love Google. I live and breathe Google. But the other day at dinner my husband and I were talking...
7 Ways to Quickly Increase WordPress Speed
Everybody seems to be in a hurry these days, and online loading times matter. Studies show that speedy WordPress websites perform better in terms of:...
Android Users Can Now Manage Their Google Places Listing on the Go With New App
Marketers now have a new tool to mange their Google Places for Business listing while on the go with Google’s new Android app. The new...
Head to Head: How Fantasy Football is Kinda Like SEO
The League/Facebook Even if you’re not a sports fanatic, you know very well that a lot of people are glued to their TVs and checking...
*Conversion Testing Not Included
I recently had a discussion on the age-old topic of rankings vs. conversions. While the gentleman I was conversing with agreed that SEO is more...
Local Carousel Rankings Are Out: The Verdict
The local carousel design has been in effect since June of this year, so it’s about that time when experts try to measure its success...
4 Link Building Opportunities Minus the Content
Content is nearly synonymous with link building these days (or link ‘earning’, depending upon who you talk to). Even Google recently changed their user guidelines,...
September 2013: Best of Search Engine Journal
#1: 3 Ways Content Will Be Affected by Google’s Latest Hummingbird Update By: Rick Egan Google seems to be coming up with new updates sooner...
Think AdWords Doesn’t Work? Here’s What You’re Doing Wrong
It’s not uncommon to hear marketers complain that “AdWords doesn’t work.” Sometimes you’ll hear this from major enterprises that should know better (looking at you,...
Flashy vs. Simple Websites: Does One Lead to Better SEO?
It’s easy to get carried away when creating your website because A). Creating a website is fun, and B). There are tons of different options...
Interview with Link Building Expert Barrie Smith
Barrie Smith is an experienced link builder, having worked with Receptional for almost nine years. He has worked on numerous successful SEO and link building...
Link Building Through Outreach and Content Refreshing
Link building with content is more than “create good content and they will come.” It rarely works without a bit of human promotion. A common...
Removing a 16 Month Google Penalty – There is Hope Yet
Disclaimer: Due to privacy agreements I cannot share the exact name of the client that I’m going to be discussing within the post. Ever since...
Google Launches Interactive HTML5 Ad and Website Builder
Yesterday afternoon, Google announced its latest free tool: Google Web Designer. This downloadable program is focused on helping designers “create engaging, interactive HTML5-based designers and...
News Recap on (Not Provided): Top Articles from Around the Web on Google’s Encrypted Search Data
Last week Google made the move towards encrypting all search data, which means website owners are unable to see information about search terms that were...
10 Rules Of Thumb to Design a Successful Mobile-Friendly Website
Since mobile-friendly websites and responsive web design are now among the hottest topics in web world, it’s obvious that your company and clients move into...
The Impact of Encrypted Google Searches on Online Marketing
The SEO world was abuzz late last week with speculation that Google is on the path to encrypting all search activity (except for ad clicks)....
6 SEO Scams you Need to Check while Hiring an SEO Company
Have you come across so called SEO experts saying they guarantee complete success for you and your company? Well, you might have. In fact, there...
Google Hotel Finder & The War for Hotel SERP Listings
Have you tried searching for a hotel lately on Google? If you have, you noticed a plethora of new Google hotel related search results. This...
Google Now Displays Google+ Hashtag Results in Search Queries
Google now supports hashtag searches within Google+ from the search engine’s query result pages: The box on the right hand side of the screen...
Interview With Allen Gannett of TrackMaven Who Just Released The Biggest Instagram Study…Ever!
Wikipedia Commons It’s been almost three years since Instagram launched, the initial date was October 6, 2010 if you want to be specific. Since that time,...
Is Feedly Pro Worth It?
As almost any loyal Google Reader devotee will likely inform you, July 1 was a dark day in the history of the internet. That was...