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How Significant is the Removal of Google News for Spanish News Sites?
It seems like the EU is going out of its way to make Google align with what they think is the correct way to do...
Matt Cutts Update: Head Of Web Spam To Speak About Early Days At Google
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of web spam, has remained relatively low key since taking his leave of absence. Cutts is back in the headlines this...
Google Received 75% More Link Takedown Requests From Copyright Holders Last Year
TorrentFreak took the liberty of processing all of Google’s weekly transparency reports from last year to find that the company fielded more link takedown requests...
#MarketingNerds Podcast: Talking Technical #SEO with Prashant Puri
Visit our Marketing Nerds archive to listen to other Marketing Nerds podcasts! In this podcast, I had the chance to discuss many aspects of technical SEO...
10 Ways to Beat The Panda and Penguin In Your Content Strategy
Change might not always be fun, but sometimes it is necessary to get ahead in the game of Google. Over the last several months, Google...
Google’s Local Search Algorithm Is Rolling Out To UK, Canada, And Australia
Earlier this summer Google introduced an algorithm specifically designed to improve local search results. At first it was only rolled out in the US, but...
5 Sources of Online Traffic You’ve Never Heard Of
Online traffic is one of the key performance indicators for online businesses, as it directly affects the number of leads your business acquires. Most online...
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...
Traffic To News Sites Down After Being Forced Out Of Google News in Spain
If you’ve ever wondered how important Google News is when it comes to driving traffic, I’d like to draw your attention to what’s going on...
Google Adds New Features To Keep Up With What’s Trending In Search and On YouTube
Want to know what’s trending in Google search? What about the hottest videos on YouTube at this moment? Now it’s easier than ever to find...
Google Reportedly Working On A ‘Buy Now’ Button To Compete With Amazon
The latest in an ongoing battle between Amazon and Google sees the Wall Street Journal reporting that Google is preparing to take on Amazon with its...
There Is (Still) No Ranking Advantage To Using New Top-Level Domains
Google’s John Mueller felt the need to reiterate the fact that new top-level domains (TLDs) still do not provide any ranking benefit in search results....
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...
Google Brings Its Android Features And Material Design to iOS
Google announced today that its bringing to the Google Search iOS app the latest features and design that recently came to Android with the launch...
How To Retrieve ‘Not Provided’ Keyword Data: An Interview With Bruce Clay
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...
Bing Reveals What It Looks For In Content Quality When Ranking Web Pages
In a blog post published this week by Bing’s Senior Program Manager, Michael Basilyan, we learned how Bing’s algorithms assess content quality when ranking web...
Bing Makes Local Search More Intuitive With Google-Like Quick Answers
The local search features we’ve grown accustomed to using on Google are now making their way over to Bing, the company revealed in an announcement...
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...
Expect Further Rankings Fluctuations As Penguin 3.0 Continues To Roll Out, Perhaps Indefinitely
There has been much discussion about Penguin 3.0 over the past several days, as site owners have reported fluctuations in rankings that are believed to...
10 Ways to Optimize a Website For Bing
Mozilla Firefox recently made some news by announcing that it was ending its decade long relationship with Google as its default search engine. Instead, Mozilla...
The Vote Is In: European Parliament Is In Favor Of Breaking Up Google
Earlier this week I reported on a story about European Parliament wanting to break up, or “unbundle”, Google search from the rest of its services....
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...
Google Pirate: What It Means for Web Content
It’s expensive going to the movies these days. With movie tickets costing around $10 per ticket for late night shows, and theaters charging top dollar...
Looming Decision By Apple Could Have Significant Impact On Search Market
It’s being speculated that Apple may be trying to distance itself from Google by dropping the company’s search engine as the default option within the...
Google Helps Retailers Get Ready For Black Friday With Insights Into The Hottest Products
With Black Friday being just days away, Google has released a new set of mobile features to its Google Shopping platform, as well as some...