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Home is Where The User Is
Out with the old ways of designing a website where there is a traditional landing (home) page and more basic interior pages. We all know...
Google’s Schmidt States Mobile Growing Faster than All Predictions
Google representatives, especially those high up on the ladder, are no stranger to major events. This is especially true for Eric Schmidt who, over the...
Google’s Algorithm Change: The Losers and Winners
Editor’s note: For the latest information on the Google Panda algorithm, please see: A Complete Guide to the Google Panda Update. The air is heavy with hatred...
Gmail Eats 150,000 Accounts
Google is well-known for its app suite, especially for the highly popular Gmail. Gmail has shown as one of the most innovative, stable, and all-around awesome utilities on...
Google Discusses the Importance of Anonymity
Image via Google Public Policy Google has made some recent updates to their interface, including a more succinct settings menu, as easier way to switch...
Yahoo Study Looks at the Who, What, and How of Search
There are plenty of debates in the world of search today, and “private vs personalized” is one of the big ones. While some users and...
The Farmer Update Harmed Codependent Site Owners
Content farms are dead. Long live content farms. Well not really. May they never bounce back again. Please. Yet like every major update Google rolls...
How To: Track Keyword Categories
Let’s be real, standard ranking reports for targeted keywords are dead. With the latest changes in local search, personalization, etc. simply tracking search engine rankings...
From Russia with Love: SEO for Russian Market
Some of you were probably facing the problem of search engine optimization in Russia, where Yandex is the leader among search engines and, and it...
Bing and Google: Mutually Stealing Social Search Concepts
In previous posts, I’ve put a lot of heat on Vivek Wadhwa, who – while he’s clearly knowledgeable – has also released a lot of...
Google Graduates Label Labs
In the midst of a Gmail disaster (more on that later today), Gmail is adding a set of new features for users. These two options...
The Transformation of Chrome into an OS
We all know that Google will be releasing an operating system sometime later this year with Chrome OS. However, what many people haven’t recognized is...
Google Becomes Your Sous Chef with Recipe Search
There are always dozens of excuses not to cook your own food, but the biggest one tends to be simply not knowing what to cook. After...
Don’t Underestimate Over-Optimization
Is there such a thing as over optimized? Can there be too much of a good thing in link building? Well just like eating 100...
10 Tips for Building Your Online Business and Keeping It Alive
Obviously, you want your online business to succeed instead of flop. Like most business efforts, you have to learn what to do – very few...
Keyword Research: Analyzing the Important Factors that Contribute to Online Marketing Success
One of the most important initial steps in any search engine optimization endeavor is keyword research. Without the right keyword research, you can pretty much...
Google Encourages “Nuanced” Approach to No-Follows
Matt Cutts is often the insider who lets us – John Q Public – know what’s going on inside the giant Google machine. He’s the...
Google AdWords Adds “Conversion Optimization” Option
There’s little doubt that the AdWords interface from Google is both powerful and appealing; after all, that’s how Google has managed to achieve an estimated...
Chrome Introduces High-Powered Background Pages
Chrome is certainly an industry leader in innovation, even if it hasn’t quite swept the market yet. The Google-powered browser has still managed to show...
Google to Chrome Users: Calm Down – The Omnibox Is Safe
Google has long been a fan of minimalistic designs that get right to the point. The Google search engine was nearly revolutionary for this tendency,...
Would you report a competitor to Google?
I was recently involved with an interesting situation with (yet another) large brand falling out of the good graces with Google. For those playing along...
Attention Traditional Companies: Stop Trying!
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been hesitant on writing this article because I felt that I might end up feeding the ranting mill,...
To Improve Search Quality, Google Must Penalize Sources of Link Pollution
If you’ve been in SEO for more than a few weeks, it’s a safe bet you’ve seen poorly moderated blog comments or forum threads that...
Why the SEO Industry Changes So Often
Let’s face it the SEO industry is a lot like a runaway train at times and all you can really do is just hold on...
Stay.com: Searching for Mr. Good Travel
Norwegian travel startup Stay.com, was the proverbial “toast of travel town” at the end of last year. Moreover, judging from today’s release of their version...
SearchFest 2011 Interview: Matthew Brown
Matthew will be speaking about “Advanced On-Site SEO” at SearchFest 2011, which will take place on February 23rd at the Governor Hotel in Portland, Oregon....
Ad Text Evolution: 5 Changes to Your AdWords Ads & How They Affect Your Bottom Line
There’s a lot going on over on the AdWords product development team. Keywords are dying, new AdWords features are rolling out all the time, campaigns...
Using Drupal? Here’s the Best Modules for Onsite SEO Optimization
Without a doubt, Drupal is one of the most popular content management systems around; there are millions of websites using it. Many users face one...
The Power of Unique Product Descriptions
Whether it’s online or offline, words help sell products. If you are setting up an e-commerce store you should take the time to really focus...
Is Long Tail SEO Really SEO?
I’ve had many discussions with others in the SEO arena over the years regarding the value of long tail SEO. But until this weekend I’ve...