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Do you use forums as part of your marketing? They can be a great way to get your name out there, make new connections, and drive traffic to your websites, via the signature boxes. Consequently, Google favors forums and has indexed them fairly well. In the forum space, there are a few problems: one, they …
We’re here live at SMX Advanced in Seattle where Matt Cutts is on stage being interviewed. Matt Cutts said that Google Webmaster Penalty emails will start to Include Examples of Bad Links in them. Cutts stated “One thing that’s new is we’re testing the inclusion of example URLs — when we send a manual action …
We’ve covered the DuckDuckGo vs Google war in the past… We know it’s not the closest race in the world but DuckDuckGo released some impressive new stats today that they have passed 2 Million searches in one day! It’s not compared to the billions daily that Google, Bing or Facebook have but it’s a really good start. …
So I’m watching #WWDC today, Apples big event. Today they’ve launched a new Macbook Air, Mac Pro and among other things… iOS 7. You should all know that I’m a huge Apple Fanboy and pretty much buy anything they put out (lame I know). It was notable today that Apple’s Eddy Cue mentioned iOS7 Siri …
Google is on a roll when it comes to mobile applications. First they come out with the new Google + Local app, now they come out with an app called Keep. Have you downloaded it yet? What does Keep do? It is a productivity app that has taken to-do lists to a completely new level. …
It’s always fun to see the ad revenues of the major search engines. Last year it was projected that Microsoft would net $1.4 billion in ad revenue. How did they do? They did $660 million. This year they are projected to do $1.84 million and so far it’s estimated they’ve done $890 million. What do …
GinzaMetrics, one of the more comprehensive Enterprise SEO dashboards out there, has undergone a a pretty large feature makeover, adding new features along with improved usability and speed. In a another sign that the SEO industry is becoming more and more about content, digital and social media marketing, GinzaMetrics made the changes with an eye …
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, Pinterest made a new update that significantly improves the usability of the platform. Those in the …
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 dominating a market where Google has a major weakness — photos. (Anyone use …
Many Google plus users were welcomed recently with the some new design changes. First impressions are, “I can see a lot more content”, which is great for both the user and also businesses. In some aspects, the new layout reminds me of Pinterest, I believe this is because of the focus of images and staggered …
