Archive for September, 2011

Google Webmaster Tools To Fix Reporting Delays

2011/09/08

I’ve received dozens of emails, tweets and social messages about Google Webmaster Tools having a delay in their reports. It is true…

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Why “Second Chance” Tweets Matter: After 3 Hours, Few Care About Socially Shared Links

2011/09/07

There have been various studies suggesting that if someone doesn’t see a tweet or a Facebook post within a few hours, they’ll never see it at all. Now link shortening service Bit.ly is out with another. After three hours, Bit.ly has found, links have sent about all the traffic..

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New Blogger Interface Is Live

2011/09/07

Blogger has delivered a new, cleaner look and a fully redesigned editor – a facelift that Google first promised in March. This improvement is part of ongoing efforts from Google to improve the look, feel, and design unity of their servi…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 7, 2011

2011/09/07

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 7, 2011

2011/09/07

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Confirmed: Bartz Out As Yahoo CEO Details are very sparse, but All Things Digital is reporting that Carol Bartz’s rocky tenure as Yahoo CEO has ended

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Twitter & Bing Renew Deal, Tweet Their BFF Status Together

2011/09/07

Microsoft and Twitter are rekindling their relationship and telling the world about it on Twitter. Bing has chosen to renew their deal with Twitter, and the two companies announced the news via flirted messages back and forth in a casual conv…

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Do Social Signals Drive Traffic?

2011/09/07

Posted by Dr. Pete As a regular blogger on SEOmoz, I’m very interested in what drives traffic to our posts. Of course, there’s the usual realm of referrers and keywords, but lately I’ve been curious about how social signals (including Google’s new +1) correlate with traffic.

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Groupon in the Crosshairs: Google Offers Launches in Five New Cities

2011/09/07

Less than a year ago, Google reportedly offered to buy Groupon for around $6 Billion. After Groupon declined the serious multi-billion dollar offer, Google decided to enter the daily deal marketplace by developing Google Offers

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‘Twitter Terrorism’ Charges Discourage the Usage of Social Media in Mexico

2011/09/07

On August 25 th , 2011, Gilberto Martinez, a 48 year old former math teacher in the eastern coastal state of Veracruz, Mexico, tweeted out the message above.  He also tweeted that he had personal knowledge and confirmation from his sister-in-law, whose children attend the school, that the information regarding the kidnappings was accurate. In addition, Maria de Jesus Bravo Pagola, a radio commenter and former government official, posted on Facebook of a helicopter shooting children at another school in the area

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Before Or After The Form? Balancing Lead Generation & SEO Strategy

2011/09/07

Recently, our company started working with a client launching a new B2B website, which incorporated a membership-based conversion action (IE, member registration). As we went through the checklist of SEO best practices for launch, a question arose on the visibility of content marketing assets being..

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