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How Non-Standard TLDs Will (or Won’t) Impact Search Results
A decision from the Internet Global Coordinator on June 20th ruled that domain names could be sold with an open-ended top-level domain extension. Rather than...
5 Sources of Links for Local Businesses
Need more tightly relevant links? Go local! Here are 5 tips for you to get inspired! 1. College Websites Many college’s are looking local businesses...
The SEO Industry Needs Better Industry Associations
Compared to other marketing practices like advertising and PR, the SEO industry is incredibly young. As an industry we are still finding our way, establishing...
The Improved Google Analytics Map Overlay
Few things are as important as analytics if you want to succeed on the web – which is probably why Google worked hard to develop...
Google’s New “Me on the Web” Feature
Slowly but surely, Google is becoming more social – but it’s not because the company has launched a social network that rivals Facebook, and it’s...
Google’s Les Paul Doodle Costs the World $268 Million
Google giveth and Google taketh away. One area that surprisingly manages to cover both ends of those deitific duties is the recent Google Les Paul doodle – which allowed users to...
Simple Answers: Are Facebook Likes Part of Google’s Algorithm?
The QUESTION: Google has been open about using social data as a metric in the search ranking, but the company has only partnered effectively with...
Google Chrome 13’s Sexy New Security Features
Google Chrome is known for many things, including that snazzy little logo and the fact that it’s connected to Google all over the place. However,...
Google Celebrates World Oceans Day
It’s a day late for World Oceans Day, but it’s certainly not too late to celebrate. For one thing, Google only just released their lineup of...
The Rise of Social Relevance
Social media is arguably the most transformative revolution in communication since electricity enabled radio and TV broadcasts. If that sounds dramatic, it should. We’ve yet...
Google’s Authorship Markup and Its Implications for SEO
Google has been at the forefront of rich markup for search engines, having multiplied both their support for rich data and the portion of the...
Interview with Fraser Cain, Co-Founder of Keyword Strategy
Today we’re featuring all-around-amazing person, Fraser Cain, editor of Universe Today, a hugely popular astronomy blog, and co-founder of one of the best keyword management...
Google’s Failed Partnerships: Facebook, Media, and Beyond
In our last two entries we covered some of the major talking points from Google Executive Chair Eric Schmidt’s interview at D9 this year. As...
6 Reasons Why Your Content Isn’t Spreading as Far as It Should
When you’re creating content for social media campaigns, the distance it spreads and the number of users who share it is likely to be a...
Why Facebook Will Not Launch a Search Engine
I swear if I hear one more person telling me that Facebook is going to “beat Google,” I’m going to punch a baby. I will...
SEO Ranking Factors Get Their Own Periodic Table
Right from the start, let me just tip my hat to the great folks over at Search Engine Land for this monumental creation: a periodic...
Creating a Link Building Dashboard
If you are actively building links as part of your SEO efforts, you are probably tracking your metrics, but are your metrics helping you? You...
The Infographic Slam Dunk
Looking to partake in the latest infographic craze? Look no further as you’ve come to the right place. In case you were counting on the...
Interview with Julie Joyce – The Link Specialist
This is my honor and privilege to share the interview with the lady who has been an inspiration to the most of the search marketers,...
Google Launches Official Search Blog
Google has a massive list of blogs at their disposal (roughly a hundred, in fact), and for those keeping an eye on the mass movements,...
Bing Rankings Cheat Sheet
Ranking In Bing: What You Need To Know Google is important but they aren’t the only player out there. According to recent numbers, Microsoft’s Bing...
Google 301 Policy Update from Matt Cutts
One of the questions that’s brought to me on a semi-regular basis is whether or not 301 redirects diminish the amount of link juice passed by a...
Online Sentiment and Link Building
Some of us have a negative (or at least not fully glowing) mention in the top 30 rankings for our brand or name. My agency...
The Google “Filter Bubble” and Its Problems
If anyone had doubts that politics is involved in search engines, then the $5 million plus that Google spends on lobbyists each year should be...
Meet the New Version of AdWords Editor
If you manage multiple accounts with comprehensive campaign set up’s, you most likely utilize the AdWords Editor. Google just released version 9 of the tool...
SEO For The Enterprise: My Interview With Marshall Simmonds
Enterprise-level SEO ain’t for the faint of heart. Marshall Simmonds is one of the top experts at Enterprise SEO and he took some time to answer...
Rank For Highly Competitive Keywords
Controlling the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPS) of your targeted keywords depends largely on your on-page optimization. Among these factors to consider are URL sequence,...
Web Content – 6 Free Tools to Generate Great Ideas (and all from Google)
Even if search engine optimization is not part of your job description, you still need to come up with topics for content that is relevant...
Using Negative Thinking to Plan for the Worst in Online Marketing
Since I am a total pessimist with slight OCD, I always envision the worst in any situation. For example, if I need to go and...
How To Analyze Modified Broad Match Keywords in Google Analytics
Keywords are at the heart of Paid Search (at least in the current SEM environment). Therefore, choosing the right keywords along with implementing the right...