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WordPress 4.1 is Now Available: Here’s What’s New
WordPress announced the release of version 4.1 of it’s software today, which is now available to either download or update directly from your WordPress dashboard....
Google Blocks Thousands Of WordPress Sites Following Malware Attack
Security firm Sucuri reports that Google has blacklisted over 11,000 malware-infected WordPress domains, and over 100,000 sites in total have been affected by a new...
10 Fixes to Keep You Popping Up in Competitive Local Queries
Anyone who owns a business today knows the importance of search engines to their bottom line. This importance gets magnified exponentially when you start looking...
A Serious Talk About The Unified Search Marketing Code of Ethics
Editor Note: This “pro” post is part of a two-part series about the proposed Search Marketing Code of Ethics, as presented by SEMPO at SearchCongress.org....
Google Isn’t Spying On You, Says Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt
Criticism against the search giant for allegedly spying on its users isn’t going unheard, as Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt reportedly shot back in defense...
Will Directories Still Be Relevant in 2015? – An Interview With Greg Hartnett
A big thanks to our Pubcon 2014 sponsor, LinkResearchTools, your off-page SEO toolkit. Link Detox: Recover – Protect – Build. At Pubcon 2014 in Las...
Using Requirements to Improve Usability For Your Website
What makes a user experience fantastic? Simply put, in order to make a fantastic user experience, the user has to be able to accomplish their...
E-Commerce 101: 12 Last Minute Ways to Optimize Your Website For the Holiday Season
It only seemed like yesterday that it was November 1st, aka the day after Halloween. As I was getting ready for my final Halloween party...
Mobile Search Spend To Surpass Desktop Next Year, iOS Still King Of Mobile Web Traffic
A report published today by research firm eMarketer reveals projections for mobile search spending over the next four years. As of 2015, mobile search spending...
New #MarketingNerds Podcast: Ways Content Can Help A Business SEO Presence with Julia McCoy
Visit our Marketing Nerds archive to listen to other Marketing Nerds podcasts! In this podcast recorded at Pubcon Las Vegas 2014, I had the chance to...
How To Maintain Your Rankings After A Site Redesign: An Interview With Joe Hall
A big thanks to our Pubcon 2014 sponsor, LinkResearchTools, your off-page SEO toolkit. Link Detox: Recover – Protect – Build. At Pubcon 2014 in Las...
Save the Date for #SEJSummit Santa Monica: February 24, 2015
I’m thrilled to announce the date and venue for our first event in the conference series SEJ Summit: 3 Takeaways, presented by Searchmetrics. The inaugural one-day conference for enterprise marketers...
SEO 101: The Importance of Adding Structured Snippets
A rich snippet, also known as a structured snippet, is the extra text that can be found underneath search results used to provide additional information to...
New #MarketingNerds Podcast: What It Takes To Get Your Business Ranked Locally with Bernadette Coleman
Visit our Marketing Nerds archive to listen to other Marketing Nerds podcasts! In this weeks Marketing Nerds, we had the chance to sit down with local SEO...
Top Local And Mobile Search Engine Ranking Factors: An Interview With Marcus Tober
At Pubcon 2014 in Las Vegas, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Marcus Tober, CTO at Searchmetrics, about what’s new in...
WordPress Releases Critical Security Update, Immediate Update Recommended
WordPress announced today that it has released a critical security update for all previous version, and encourages everyone to update their sites immediately. If your...
And a drum roll please…Introducing SEJ Summit 2015
We’ve been keeping something from you. We’ve been working on it in stealth mode for a couple of months. It’s SEJ’s biggest initiative to date, by far....
Wil Reynolds, Reddit, Content Over-Creation, and More: #StateofSearch 2014 Day Two Recap
Day Two at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Search Engine Marketing Association‘s State of Search conference was just as great as Day One: Sessions on social media, SEO, marketing,...
User Behavior, SEO Audits, Social Media: #StateofSearch 2014 Day One Recap
Day one at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Search Engine Marketing Association‘s State of Search conference was a full day: ten sessions plus a morning keynote by...
Why SEO Still (And Always) Matters
Even though blogging is one of the best ways to boost an online reputation and increase market share at the same time, now is an...
Step-By-Step SEO Strategy Development: An Interview With Steve Wiideman
At Pubcon 2014 in Las Vegas I was able to sit down and talk to Steve Wiideman of Wiideman Consulting to discuss SEO strategy development. Steve...
3 HARO Requests You Should Avoid
So, the title sounds a little “click baity”, but it is what it is. Everyone knows HARO can be a great way to some great...
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Without Mobile Optimization Your Website Is At Risk Of Losing Search Discovery [REPORT]
A study released by Searchmetrics reveals that over a third of mobile web search results vary from desktop results when comparing identical search queries across...
How Smartphones Have Transformed Retail
Smartphones continue to increase their importance in our daily lives, as this infographic from ifbyphone clearly states. This infographic illustrates the importance of mobile e-commerce....
The Psychological Benefits of Simple Design: Why Less Really is More
It’s a question that marketers and designers ask themselves every day: What is the key to a conversion-based design? And the answer: As little design as possible....
New #MarketingNerds Podcast: #SEO for User Interface Design with Kristine Schachinger
Visit our Marketing Nerds archive to listen to other Marketing Nerds podcasts! In this week’s episode of Marketing Nerds, we had the chance to sit down...
Tracking User Behavior Leads To Better Conversions: Interview With Two Leading Experts
At Pubcon 2014 in Las Vegas my colleagues John Rampton (Editor-at-large) and Loren Baker (SEJ Founder) had the opportunity to interview two experts about how...
4 Smartwatch Predictions for Local Search
How cool would it be to get your hands on one of those spiffy new smartwatches? Sure, while they’re not exactly a household item just...
6 Link Removal Request Techniques That Actually Work
Link removal requests are a huge deal. If you’re a webmaster or SEO trying to clean up harmful links, then you have probably sent dozens...
How To Scale Link Acquisition And Outreach: An Interview With Stephan Spencer
A big thanks to our Pubcon 2014 sponsor, LinkResearchTools, your off-page SEO toolkit. Link Detox: Recover – Protect – Build. At Pubcon 2014 in Las...