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6 WordPress Plugins for Easier Editor-Contributor Collaboration
A site only runs smoothly when you take the time to work with all people involved in its running. Editors and webmasters have a tendency...
Google and Microsoft Team Up To Sue The US Government Over Transparency
Search engine giants, Google and Microsoft, are set to sue the US government over transparency. Their goal is to win the right to reveal more...
Google’s Matt Cutts Further Explains Automation of Reconsideration Request Process
In the latest video from YouTube’s Google Webmaster Help channel, Matt Cutts explains why the Google Spam team can’t handle every individual reconsideration request with...
YouTube Retiring Video Responses on September 12
YouTube announced Tuesday via its Creator Blog that it will be retiring video responses as of September 12, 2013. The Google-owned video giant cites an...
Google’s Mobile Search Revenue Projected To Grow As Desktop Revenue Falls
In eMarketer’s latest look at the mobile ad market, we see that Google’s mobile search revenue accounts for 19.1% of its total US advertising revenues. Just two...
Matt Cutts Asks SEO’s To Report Good Sites For Better Rankings
In a tweet that went out yesterday from Matt Cutts asked users to report/let Google know about sites that you think should be doing much...
Google Keyword Tool Has Officially Been Replaced By Keyword Planner
The Google Keyword Tool, used by SEO professionals the world over, has officially been retired. While the sentiments regarding this change have been mixed, there...
This 10 Year Old Girl Would Make A Better SEO Than You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtGRvP3ILg In the video, 10-year-old Zia Terry stares down a K-40 ski jump. It’s very noticeably her first time doing so. Her voice shakes as...
Google Product Listing Ads See Dramatic Increase In Click-Through-Rates
Marin Software, provider of a leading Revenue Acquisition Management platform for advertisers and agencies, today released a report showcasing the rise of Google Product Listing...
Facebook Allows Multiple Users To Contribute To Shared Photo Albums
Up to 50 Facebook users can now contribute to the new shared photo albums that Facebook is starting to roll out. Each individual user can...
Instagram Now Bans Users From Certain Hashtag Searches
Instagram now bans users from searching for certain hashtags that may be considered profane or explicit. This discovery, by Nick Drewe of The Data Pack,...
Quick Guide to Optimizing Your TripAdvisor Business Profile
In the age of the internet, travel planning has evolved. When today’s travelers are looking for a place to eat, sleep, or visit, they look...
Bing Describes 7 Ways They Are Better Than Google For Image Searches
Bing recently posted an inside look from Senior Program Manager, Meenaz Merchant, describing the ways in which Bing is a better image search engine than...
Case Study: $5 Link Building
It’s 2013. Google’s Penguin algorithm update has long since been released, established and written about. The whole internet, every reputable SEO company and blog have...
Matt Cutts States Page Speed Is Not A More Important Ranking Factor On Mobile
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, stated in a video response that page load speed is not any more important as a ranking factor...
Top 21 Brands Getting the Most Out of Tumblr
Compared to rivals Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest, Tumblr may not be considered the go-to social media site. But, after the company was acquired by...
Formal SEO Higher Education Options
For many of us, something just won’t get done the way we want it done unless we do it ourselves. SEO, unfortunately, can easily fall...
Matt Cutts Says Google +1’s Have No Direct Impact On Search Rankings
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, refuted the latest Moz study that claimed to show a correlation between Google +1’s and high search engine rankings....
Designing A User Friendly Website For The Blind
Google has made it clear that web content should be created for the user and not for the sole purpose of ranking in SERP’s. Why not...
Don’t Be a Glasshole: 8 Situations When You Shouldn’t Wear Google Glass
We’ve got some bad news. Google Glass has been officially postponed until 2014. At least that gives us some more time to debate the privacy...
SEO’s: Time to Revolt Against Google?
The day every SEO has feared has finally arrived. Google has successfully pushed organic search results below the fold for certain popular queries, leaving only...
Google Brings Traffic Updates To Maps App; Adds Search to Waze App
Google announced this morning in a blog post that the Google Maps and Waze teams are working to bring real-time traffic updates to the Google...
Google Testing New Feature To Show More Information In Search Results
Google is testing a new feature that would allow more information to be shown in search results pages. The new feature displays an overlay with...
11 Essential SEO and Analytics Apps for the iPhone
If you’ve ever been a SEO or Internet Marketing Consultant, you probably recall the Dark Ages of Technology when you were literally chained to your...
Bruce Clay and Virginia Nussey Discuss Recent Changes To Search Engines
In the past year, a lot has been done to Google’s search algorithm that has almost entirely changed the landscape of modern SEO and search...
Google’s Search Market Share Back Up To 67%; Bing Up 2% From Last Year
Recent data shows that Google is not only holding steady as the top search engine in the U.S., they are gaining market share after having...
Local Discovery Market Continues to Grow
As people begin to rely on services and apps to help them navigate the world around them, local discovery is going to get a lot...
Google Will Start Giving Quick Answers To Questions In Search Results
Google is going to start providing a range of personalized “quick answers” in search results by bringing more of the capabilities of Google Now to...
What To Do When You’re Experiencing A Decrease in Conversions
When I first noticed Ginny Marvin’s post on how you can check changes in your AdWords metrics my initial thought was that it was too...
11 Essential SEO and Analytics Apps in Google Play
Recently we listed the 11 Essential SEO and Analytics Apps for the iPhone. But, and this is a shocker, not everyone has an iPhone. There...