There’s a new feature popping up in Google search results called “Google Posts.” It’s a place for Google to directly host content in a post-Google+ world and to embed this content directly into search results. Imagine orphaned Google+ posts with the Google+ branding stripped out, and you’re most of the way there. Google Posts isn’t the official name … Read more
It was announced that Google has updated its core algorithm to include Penguin as part of the real-time updates. If you’re not familiar with Penguin, it was launched in 2012 as a means to devalue sites / pages that receive spammy links, as well as analyzing potentially “over-optimized” pages on a site. (See the announcement … Read more
I know we tell you this just about every 3 months at this point, but this time we’re serious. 😉 If you haven’t updated your site to https yet, buckle your seat belts. Moz is reporting record percentages in the top 10 Google search results. Just 30 days ago, Mozcast reported 33.3% of all rankings … Read more
6-point Pigeon-proofing checklist for local businesses 1. Stay alert. Experts agree that the dust has not settled on this update, so this would not be the right time to react with a complete 180 in your marketing strategy. Stay tuned in to local blogs and fora and monitor the SERPs on a regular basis to … Read more
What happened? I used to be able to post any link from my youtube.com video to ANY URL I pleased. It is still possible! Here is the trick. The process is similar, it has been legitimized bit. Associated Website annotations provide site owners a way to link to their websites directly from their videos. To … Read more
Are you a new business owner looking to increase sales on your site? Are you an SEO agency looking to discover new tools to use for your MVT tests? SEOGadget has put together a great infographic that will answer these and many more questions about conversion optimization. A CRO infographic by SEOgadget.co.uk
New numbers from Marketing Sherpa’s latest email marketing benchmark survey from Feb 2011 shows 62% of businesses increasing their SEO budget, and 64% increasing their website development budgets. Get ready for some major competition in your niche in 2011! New Chart: Organizations increasing and decreasing marketing budgets – the impact on tactics
Using Twitter as a Sitemap Here’s a great post I found on how it is now believed that Twitter is definitely crawled by Google, and not just for real-time search, but by posting links in twitter, it can increase the speed at which google indexes your page by a lot! Read on and enjoy. Great … Read more
Internal Linking in SEO | How to be effective Many of us in the SEO game have pondered this, especially recently. The best answer lies in what we BELIEVE to be best practices. However, It seems that there is a method and some great tools. One method is to create a “pecking order” of pages … Read more