Sphinn saw one of its busiest discussion weeks in a long time last week, with exactly half of the articles published attracting comments from Sphinn members. The busiest conversation happened around our “Discussion of the Week,” which touched on ideas for attracting new followers/fans..

Sniffing out most of a website’s basic search-engine-optimization problems can be done in 20 minutes or less if you know what you’re doing.  Here are the essentials for an effective and fast SEO audit. InMotion Web Hosting – A Los Angeles Web Hosting Company I’ll warn you now that reading this guide might take a bit more time than it does to actually perform the SEO audit itself.  But by the time you finish reading, you will be fully prepared to improve a site’s visibility.  Take good notes as you complete the audit; you’ll need them to prioritize optimization tasks. There’s also an easy-to-follow chart you can you or others through the process.

Google has introduced two new link elements to show Google the schematic relationships of documents that span multiple pages and better identify duplicate content. Google also emphasized they want to show single-page versions in search results

Recipe-finder.com announced on Friday that it publicly entered the recipe portal niche this month . The recipe portal niche has been fairly competitive over the past few months, with other sites such as Foodily and Supercook.

Google announced they are bringing the nearby store and local availability options for Google Product Search to Europe, Australia and Japan. Google launched this in the UK late last year and in the US in March of last year. Now it is coming to Europe…

I’ve spoken a lot in these columns about the differences between mobile SEO and desktop SEO, often warning webmasters to do more than just reformat their desktop content for smaller screens.

On Wednesday, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is expected to testify before the Senate Committee’s antitrust panel and argue that Google does not give preference to its own products. Eric Schmidt, who is the executive chairman of Google, relinquished the chief executive officer position to Larry Page in May. He is expected to say that Google, which currently controls approximately two thirds of search traffic, displays search results on the basis of what is best for users.

Interview Screen Grab from the 2011 Vocus Users Conference When I was at a client’s User Conference earlier this year, Steve Farnsworth caught up with me and asked a question about using analytics to refine content for increased sales. I’m a big fan of repurposing content and I noticed that the video itself never mentions me or my name and that people who read Online Marketing Blog might not see it. So I’ve paraphrased the transcription and shared below

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