In no particular order… 1: IT’S SAN FRANCISCO! Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street, Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 39, Ghirardelli Square, Alcatraz, Cable Cars, Twin Peaks—even the Moscone Center where SES is being held. Not convinced yet? Then you need to watch this clip of Ken Block’s Gymkhana five: Ultimate Urban Playground: SanFrancisco, keep an eye out for …
Image Credit / Mamapop As someone interested in SEO you’ve almost certainly, at one point or another, become victim to a drug that plagues the addictive nature of us all: Metricaine. A jump in rankings here, a sudden drop there, and a constant battle to grow your PageRank or Domain Authority to that elusive next …
Something that comes up often in my discussion with others in our industry regarding audit work is how many people who do SEO audits spend dozens, possibly even hundreds, of hours on an audit, and then deliver an 80-page or 100-page (or more) document to their clients. In these discussions (and in an occasional Twitter …
Search marketing matters. As the owner of a local search engine optimization (SEO) consulting agency, it seems to me that it’s almost every day I hear potential clients say things like, “Well, I can get SEO done for $50 a month” or whatever price-range they have been given by a previous guru. After being in …
For companies looking to build strong SEO results, continually publishing high-quality content is critically important. In a world where Pandas feed on low-quality, thin, or duplicate content, you must strive to build ultra-valuable, world-class content. For some businesses, the challenge in achieving this lies in resources since it takes time and people to produce outstanding …
From an anonymous search engine marketing company working in the payday loan space. Published anonymously to avoid possible retribution from Google or other companies. Google has taken some dramatic steps in recent months to address quality issues in its search results. Since the beginning of 2012, Search Plus Your World, Panda 3.2, Ads Above the …
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last year, you no doubt understand that the Google Panda Update that was initially released at the beginning of 2011 is designed to penalize sites with weak content while rewarding sites with quality content. Since the initial release of this algorithm update, there have been several …
Prospective client: Help! I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up! Me: Where are you? Prospective client: Massachusetts Me: I’m 3,000 miles away! Call 911! Prospective client: No, it’s my website! We lost 50% of our traffic overnight! Help! Me: How much can you afford to pay? Okay, that’s not actually how the conversation went, but …
Google recently announced through their Twitter account that they pushed out a refresh for their Panda algorithm. There were earlier rumors that an update will arrive over the weekend, but it arrived last June 25. Labeled as version 3.8, Google pointed out that they didn’t make any algorithm changes. They just rerun it to capture …
So, first things first! What is the difference between PENGUIN and PENGUIN 1.1? The Penguin update was a change in a module within the search engine algorithm, while Penguin 1.1 is merely a data refresh within that same module. Matt Cutts clearly explained this in his post way back in 2006. By now, there will …
