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Site Speed vs Responsive Design: Which is More Important?
Some of you may recall the early days of the Internet. It was an amazing experience to have all of this information at your fingertips...
Google Makes It Easier Than Ever To Unsubscribe From Unwanted Emails
Today, Google announced a new feature for Gmail that will make it easier than ever to unsubscribe from unwanted emails. Now, instead of scrolling to...
How is Google Now Changing Online Interactions
Whether it’s Apple’s Siri, Samsung’s S Voice, or Microsoft’s Cortana, intelligent personal assistants have become a part of our daily lives when performing tasks or surfing...
Gmail Now Supports Email Addresses With Non-Latin Characters
Ever since you’ve been able to get an email address you have been required to sign up using non-accented latin characters. That won’t always have to...
Optimize Your Content For Google News With Google News Publisher Center
Today, Google announced something new for content publishers that will allow them to have more control over how content shows up in Google News. The newly...
The Evolution of Semantic Search and Why Content is Still King
Is it just me, or does it seem like yesterday we barely knew what the word ‘Google’ meant? The evolution of search technology has progressed...
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eBay’s Head of SEO Takes on New Role at Searchmetrics [INTERVIEW]
Searchmetrics, an enterprise SEO platform company based in the US and Germany, announced today that Jordan Koene has left his position as eBay’s head of SEO and Content...
Consumers Are More Receptive To Mobile Ads, Study Shows Mobile Ad Engagement Increasing
A new report from the 3rd Annual U.S. Mobile Path-to-Purchase Study was released by xAd and Telmetrics which shows today’s mobile shoppers are increasingly receptive...
Bing Launches New Resource About Malware-Infected Sites
David Felstead, Principal Development Lead at Bing, announced a new feature that Bing has been working on to ensure its users are well protected. For...
The Return of “Barnacle SEO” and Why It’s Perfect for Small Businesses
Small business owners face a number of challenges when competing for attention on the web. As advantageous as the internet is by making it easier...
Google Seeks Community Help To Improve Google Translate
Google is seeking community help to improve its Google Translate service in a new post published to the official Google Search blog. Google has recently...
International SEO is a Huge Opportunity For Marketers: Interview With Eli Schwartz
As part of our coverage from the sold-out Searchmetrics x Search Engine Journal conference in San Francisco on SEO, content marketing, and analytics, I caught up with...
Ten Years Of Local Search Data Accessible With Yelp Trends Tool
Yelp was founded in 2004, making it 10 years old this year. In the decade since being founded, Yelp users have contributed over 57 million...
Who Could Fill In for Matt Cutts?
Matt Cutts, head of Google’s webspam team, recently posted some big news. “I wanted to let folks know that I’m about to take a few months of...
Foursquare Goes All In With Personalized Local Search
Today, Foursquare unveiled a new look, new logo, and most importantly they announced a new feature that will be a core focus of their business...
10 Visually-Appealing Business WordPress Themes
For over a decade WordPress has proven to be one of the most popular and reliable platforms for blogging. But did you know WordPress can...
Google Glass: Segway for Your Face?
Do you remember when the Segway was first released way back in 2001? It generated a lot of buzz from heavyweights like Steve Jobs and Jeff...
How to Do Link Building at Offline Events
As link builders, we can get a bit “stuck in our ways”. Sometimes we focus too much on the technical aspects of building links and forget...
Finding Your Brand’s Unique Selling Point: An Interview with Jason Acidre aka Kaiser the Sage
Last June 21, Search Engine Journal’s Philippine team was privileged to attend SEO Summit 2014. In relation to this, we had the opportunity to interview...
13 Beautiful and Responsive WordPress Themes
Appearance is just one factor in developing a blog that entices readers to return over and over again – after all, the display often up sells your...
Study Shows Organic Search Responsible for 64% of Web Traffic
Groupon recently published a study showing that 60% of what Google Analytics defines as “direct traffic” is actually organic traffic. The study was conducted by...
Google To Alert Users When A Page Won’t Work On Their Device
When a user lands on a site that requires technology that is not supported by their device, the results can be frustrating. That’s why, effective...
Google Wants Your Feedback On Right To Be Forgotten
Google is now soliciting feedback on their implementation of EU’s Right To Be Forgotten ruling through a new Advisory Council. In an effort to obtain...
How to Be a Better SEO: An Interview With Benj Arriola
Last June 21, Search Engine Journal’s Philippine team was privileged to attend SEO Summit 2014. In relation to this, we had the opportunity to interview...
WordPress 4.0 Beta Is Now Available: Here’s What’s New
WordPress recently announced that the first beta version of WordPress 4.0 is now available. WordPress prefaces its announcement with a word of caution that the...
Yelp Complains That Its Being Outranked By Google+ Local Listings
TechCrunch broke the news today that a Yelp internal document was recently leaked online claiming Google is promoting its own content at the expense of users....
SEO 101: Can Links on My Website Hurt My Rankings?
Over the years, there has been much debate on how links, both inbound and outbound, can affect your website’s search result rankings. How much does...
Click And Drag To Measure Distance In New Google Maps Update
An announcement was made yesterday on Google+ that a new Google Maps update has been rolled out for desktop users that lets you click and...
Introducing LinkPatrol: A WordPress Plugin by Search Engine Journal
Search Engine Journal has been on WordPress for just over 10 years– we moved from Blogspot to our own hosted WordPress installation on April 22, 2004....
Google To Go After Amazon By Stepping Up E-Commerce Offerings
Cnet reports that Google wants to challenge Amazon’s dominance in the e-commerce market by expanding the resources of its Google Shopping Express service. Shopping Express...