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Google and 6 Other Same-Day Delivery Services
Wikipedia Commons If you live in the Bay Area, you might be relaxing at home in your pajamas ordering all sorts of goodies and waiting...
What Google AdWords’ Ad Rank Update Means for Your Business
This week, Google announced a significant AdWords update: Ad Rank, the system for ordering competing ads on search results pages, now takes into account the...
US Search Awards Winners, Nominees and Attendees Party at #Pubcon
Thanks to SEJ’s #Pubcon coverage sponsor Majestic SEO “Bigger, Better, Faster.” The first ever US Search Awards ceremony was held this past Wednesday night, October 23rd in...
A Cautionary Tale: 301 Redirects and UX
William Congreve penned the saying, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”. Obviously he never knew about Google. A web designer friend of mine recently...
Google Releases An Update To The AdWords Ad Rank Algorithm
Google quietly released an update to their AdWords Ad Rank algorithm yesterday with the most notable change being the inclusion of ad extensions as a...
Matt Cutts Live at #Pubcon
Today we are at Pubcon, live with Matt Cutts. Matt starts off talking about the history of Pubcon and that this is his 11th Pubcon...
Google Analytics Indepth Look: URL Destination Goals
Google Analytics (GA) actually has a lot more useful features than you might think. So many companies use the few tabs and just put the...
U.S. District Judge Orders Yahoo! to Add Microsoft Search to Remaining Markets
News of the ruling on the case between Yahoo! and Microsoft regarding the continual rollout of Microsoft’s search technology into Yahoo’s international markets became public...
Matt Cutts on the Difference Between “Strong” and “b” Tags in Terms of SEO
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about text formatting in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: “In...
Why Should We Do Everything Google Says?
I have said this before, I love Google. I live and breathe Google. But the other day at dinner my husband and I were talking...
Google Reports Higher Earnings Than Expected in Q3 2013, $14.9B in Revenue
From last quarter Google’s revenues is up slightly, but from Q3 of last year Google is up almost $1.5 billion as the behemoth of search,...
7 Ways to Quickly Increase WordPress Speed
Everybody seems to be in a hurry these days, and online loading times matter. Studies show that speedy WordPress websites perform better in terms of:...
Android Users Can Now Manage Their Google Places Listing on the Go With New App
Marketers now have a new tool to mange their Google Places for Business listing while on the go with Google’s new Android app. The new...
Head to Head: How Fantasy Football is Kinda Like SEO
The League/Facebook Even if you’re not a sports fanatic, you know very well that a lot of people are glued to their TVs and checking...
Matt Cutts Suggests Guest Blogging Only Be Done in Moderation
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about guest blogging in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: “How can I...
*Conversion Testing Not Included
I recently had a discussion on the age-old topic of rankings vs. conversions. While the gentleman I was conversing with agreed that SEO is more...
Matt Cutts Reminds Webmasters That Google Will Always Be Changing
On the Google Webmaster Help YouTube channel yesterday, Matt Cutts answered the following question from a user: Since Google has actively been updating its search...
What will Google Look Like 10 Years from Now?
There is no doubt that Google absolutely dominates when it comes to search engines. The company was founded just over a decade ago and has...
Local Carousel Rankings Are Out: The Verdict
The local carousel design has been in effect since June of this year, so it’s about that time when experts try to measure its success...
Now You Can Claim Your Authorship On Bing With New Klout Integration
Klout announced today in a blog post that they have teamed up with Bing to form a pseudo-authorship alliance, similar to Google+ Authorship, that will appear...
4 Link Building Opportunities Minus the Content
Content is nearly synonymous with link building these days (or link ‘earning’, depending upon who you talk to). Even Google recently changed their user guidelines,...
September 2013: Best of Search Engine Journal
#1: 3 Ways Content Will Be Affected by Google’s Latest Hummingbird Update By: Rick Egan Google seems to be coming up with new updates sooner...
Think AdWords Doesn’t Work? Here’s What You’re Doing Wrong
It’s not uncommon to hear marketers complain that “AdWords doesn’t work.” Sometimes you’ll hear this from major enterprises that should know better (looking at you,...
Flashy vs. Simple Websites: Does One Lead to Better SEO?
It’s easy to get carried away when creating your website because A). Creating a website is fun, and B). There are tons of different options...
Interview with Link Building Expert Barrie Smith
Barrie Smith is an experienced link builder, having worked with Receptional for almost nine years. He has worked on numerous successful SEO and link building...
Link Building Through Outreach and Content Refreshing
Link building with content is more than “create good content and they will come.” It rarely works without a bit of human promotion. A common...
Removing a 16 Month Google Penalty – There is Hope Yet
Disclaimer: Due to privacy agreements I cannot share the exact name of the client that I’m going to be discussing within the post. Ever since...
Google Launches Interactive HTML5 Ad and Website Builder
Yesterday afternoon, Google announced its latest free tool: Google Web Designer. This downloadable program is focused on helping designers “create engaging, interactive HTML5-based designers and...
News Recap on (Not Provided): Top Articles from Around the Web on Google’s Encrypted Search Data
Last week Google made the move towards encrypting all search data, which means website owners are unable to see information about search terms that were...
10 Rules Of Thumb to Design a Successful Mobile-Friendly Website
Since mobile-friendly websites and responsive web design are now among the hottest topics in web world, it’s obvious that your company and clients move into...