Archive for August, 2011

Google Android Nears 50% Global Market Share

2011/08/02

In smartphones, Android continues to chomp on Apple. While not a direct search competitor, Google is facing off with Apple in a number of territories. While the iPad owns tablets, Android smartphones have succeeded a on global scale.

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Why Interaction Is Not The Same As Engagement

2011/08/02

If there’s one thing that the social media sector has in spades, it’s statistics. We’ve all seen the videos, most, it seems, with a Fatboy Slim soundtrack, that list the mind-bending figures about the continued growth of social platforms and devices.

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5 Metrics To Quickly Assess Site Quality When Link Building

2011/08/02

As site quality becomes more of a factor in how Google values sites, it’s going to become critical for link builders to be able to figure out what identifies a quality site. However, link builders aren’t miracle workers.

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Yahoo Discusses Their SEO Strategy

2011/08/02

Yahoo has shifted from the world’s largest search engine (of ages past) to a major content hub. In recent months, Yahoo has worked hard to improve their SEO strategy and the results have been brilliant.

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Google To Enable Multiple Account Administering Of Maps Listings?

2011/08/02

A Google Places Help thread has Joel H. from Google said “We’d like to have a great interfacing for sharing listing between multiple accounts, but have no details to share yet.”

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Bing’s Battle With Google: How Long Is “Long Term”?

2011/08/02

On Sunday the New York Times ran a lengthy article about Microsoft, the search underdog. Directed at a very mainstream audience there was nothing new in the piece for readers of Search Engine Land

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Does More Content Mean More Search Referrals?

2011/08/02

A HighRankings Forum thread has discussion around the topic of content and SEO. In short, the webmaster wants to know why that after he has added more content, that his traffic did not pick up..

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Should Bloggers Be Nervous about Google Plus?

2011/08/02

Google Plus is acquiring users at such a rapid pace that it’s impossible not to take notice. Many will point to charts, like the one below, to demonstrate the speed of unprecedented growth. I am particularly interested at the speed in which some notable people are shifting their resources and attention to – for a platform that’s less than a month old.

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That Bing You Do

2011/08/02

Back in June, Bing made some important changes to their Webmaster Tools platform. They finally caught up to Google in terms of providing a comprehensive resource for developers and search marketers to utilize.

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10 Key Things I Learned From Working at a Search Startup

2011/08/02

Four years ago, I joined a relatively new company called Commerce360 – then a digital agency with a strong focus on search. The company was formed by two serial technology entrepreneurs, Lucinda Duncalfe and Craig Danuloff, with the explicit..

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