April was a big traffic month for us and that means we had some fantastic and informative articles you should read. Below are the top 10 articles based on traffic numbers. Happy reading! 1). 24 Eye-Popping SEO Statistics  by Eric Siu  | @ericosiu  2). 15 Best Link Building Tools by Sujan Patel | @SujanPatel 3). [...]

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When Google rolled out penguin there was a tizzy online. Site owners freaked out, SEOs began running tests and searches to figure out what exactly happened. One of the characteristics that seemed to be popping up was over use of exact match anchor text. A few people had even gotten emails asking for the anchor [...]

A Google-backed project, the Atlantic Wind Connection, cleared the first of many regulatory hurdles yesterday. The U.S. Department of the Interior said that no competitors have an “overlapping competitive interest” and cleared Atlantic Grid Holdings LLC to proceed with an environmental impact study for their underwater power line. The study will analyze and measure the [...]

Chrome Google Chrome has only been around since 2008, but the company has pumped out 18 releases of the software in those five short years, with two more in working development. While users of older Chrome versions have a relatively robust CTR as seen in the graph below, users of the most recent versions are [...]

Are you an online marketing expert and thinking about launching an AdWords account? Currently using AdWords but find that it just takes up too much of your time throughout the day? Any experienced AdWords user will know that when setting up and optimising an account, there are fast ways to do things, slow ways to [...]

With the recent launch of Google’s “Penguin” algorithm change – which aims to cut webspam detected through a number of different avenues including low value backlinks and keyword stuffing – deploying proper keyword optimization across your websites will become more important than ever. Now, when I say “proper keyword optimization,” I don’t mean, “pick a [...]

According to several inside sources, Google is reportedly in serious talks to acquire the social platform Meebo. Although Meebo CEO Seth Strenberg has not commented on the negotiations, Google is expected to pay approximately $100 million for the seven-year-old technology company. Since the time Meebo launched in 2005, the company has consistently evolved and grown. [...]

One thing that irritates me more than anything is stupid commercials. Some are so incredibly bad I just can’t believe that big brands have paid for the commercials to be made. So last night I am watching TV and this Google commercial comes on. It was just so smart I had to share it with [...]