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How to Diagnose and Repair Conversion Rate Problems
There’s almost nothing in the world more frustrating than a website that doesn’t convert as well as you expected it to. After all, you’ve put...
Black Friday Daily Deal: PRWeb SEO Press Release 25% Off & Freebie
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday around the corner, it is never too early to catch a good deal. Beginning this Monday, all through Black...
Can’t Rank? Link Building Won’t Help You
Some say “SEO is dead”, or dying. In reality SEO as we “used to practice it” is no longer valid. Looking at a history of...
Rumor Radar: Yahoo! Facebook Search Engine Plots
According to undisclosed sources cited by The Sunday Telegraph, Marissa Mayer, chief executive of Yahoo!, and Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, are in talks...
Federal Judge Slaps Google – Watchdogs Cry “First Blood”
U.S District Court Judge Susan Illston hands down a ruling to approve the FTC’s $22.5-million fine of Google over privacy complaints. However, consumer advocacy groups consider...
Bing Reveals Webmasters Guidelines. Focus on Content, Links and Social
Bing didn’t have a set of Webmaster Guidelines before, but since Friday, the main rival to Google search decided to let site owners know just...
Google Developers Get Cognitive Double Dose
Yesterday on the Google Developers Blog, Editor Scott Knaster posted an article about a fascinating new Google Developers Live (GDL) learning tool for absorbing not only...
#Pinterest for Business Is Here
Pinterest, the online virtual dream board, has officially opened the doors for business. Up to now, the brands represented on Pinterest had been making due...
Facebook Couples: Your Relationships as Curated by an Algorithm
Facebook took everyone’s “friendships” to the next level, and as usual it was met with less than enthusiastic responses. If you visit facebook.com/us you will...
57% of Consumers Will Go to the Third Page to Look for Reviews
Earlier this week, the Online Reputation Management Survey by McKremie was released. The survey focused mostly on consumer behavior in regards to online reviews and...
BlueGlass Acquires Quaturo and Launches BlueGlass UK
BlueGlass, a US-based digital marketing agency, is expanding and they have acquired a company that has a great understanding of the UK market, Quaturo. Quaturo...
Marketing Talk: AM Navigator’s Geno Prussakov
In Geno Prussakov’s most recent book, “Affiliate Program Management: An Hour a Day”, the author speaks authoritatively on affiliate marketing management, from planning to optimizing...
The SEO Professional’s Winning Edge
Do a Google search for SEO Firm. SEO Professional. Local SEO Firm. SEO service. Look at those search results. Crazy competition out there. The good...
Is Twitter on the Road to an IPO?
Judging by the new faces that have started to work at Twitter this week, there is a possibility that the microblogging site may be setting...
Weekly Webinars and Upcoming Events 11/14/2012
I have some excellent webinars coming up for you this week. So make sure to register. Even though I’m always on the lookout for webinars,...
US Public Perception of Bing Search Engine Up
According to YouGov BrandIndex, Microsoft is experiencing one of its biggest US consumer perception surges in two years, and Bing is riding the wave, mainly due...
University Athletics Struggle with Second Screen Concept
The score is tied. Both teams are traveling up and down the court almost as fast as a tennis match. You scored one of the...
Is It Time for Google to Rollback Search?
Grasping the enormity of issues Google is currently involved in, should the web’s dominant search engine throw things in reverse? More importantly, will the FTC...
7 Uncommon and Powerful Link Building Techniques
An SEO’s job can get monotonous when ideas run dry. Submit a guest post here, a press release there. Email bloggers and hope they respond....
White House May Soon Take Action on #Cybersecurity
Now that the dust of the elections has settled, and Congress is due back in session tomorrow, President Obama may soon add a signature to...
Why You Shouldn’t Use Google’s New “Disavow Links” Tool
There’s no doubt that some webmasters are excited about the potential Google’s new “Disavow Links” tool holds for removing the negative valuation associated with low...
Clear Your Mind Must Be for #AngryBirdsStarWars Has Arrived
Begins now your journey young Padawan. You must teach your birds to fly with the power of the force and defeat the Pigtroopers of the Dark...
How I Disrupted Poet Dylan Thomas’ First Page Dominance
My parents named me after the famous Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas. It was an interesting choice when you consider that the man, despite being the...
Google Roundup: JAMs Fast with Chrome, Dumb Phones, and VC Up
There’s been a lot of movement this week by Internet giant Google. Not the least of its most recent announcements, Google Chrome utility and speed...
Yahoo! Bing Network Rolls Out to 13 New Countries
The Yahoo! Bing Network, a combined search advertising marketplace made up of Yahoo!, Bing, and partner sites (Facebook, Amazon, Monster, WebMD, CNBC, and Viacom, plus...
How to Prevent Negative SEO
Google’s recent Penguin update was designed to reduce the impact that low-quality backlinks had on a website’s natural search performance. And while this news was...
Facebook EdgeRank: The Truth About Page Feed Reach and Promoted Posts
There have been a lot of articles circulating through the blogosphere over the last several days about whether or not Facebook intentionally adjusted the EdgeRank...
When Link Audits Become SEO Audits: 6 Ways an Inbound Link Analysis Can Uncover Technical SEO Problems
When launching an SEO initiative, it’s incredibly important to perform a thorough inbound link analysis. Link audits can reveal a website’s strongest, weakest, and riskiest...
New Design on Google Search Results Pages
Internet users in the United States may have already noticed a slightly changed layout in Google.com search results. While the change will go unnoticed by...
A Conversation with Danny Sullivan
Recently I had the pleasure to talk with Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, about Search Marketing Expo. Danny serves as Third Door Media’s chief content...