Archive for June, 2012

Daily Search Forum Recap: June 11, 2012

2012/06/11

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

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Apple Siri To Add Sports, Restaurants, Reservations, Movies & App Search

2012/06/11

Apple at their World Wide Developer Conference today announced iOS6 with some really nice features to Siri, their voice search engine. You can see a preview of some of these features at Apple.com but here is a snapshot showing enhancements including: Sports Search Restaurants with Reservation…

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Apple Gets Into Local Search With New Maps App

2012/06/11

The rumors were true. Among a boatload of announcements today Apple is introducing its own mapping product as part of the iOS 6 update, which is available to developers today and will be available to the rest of the iOS-using public “this Fall.” Here’s the short version of what…

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Bing Adds Encyclopedia Britannica Answers to Search Results

2012/06/11

Bing has announced an alliance with Encyclopedia Britannica that will see the search engine present snippets of encyclopedic information – a brief overview, coupled with a thumbnail image and other facts – within its organic search results.

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The Bigfoot Update (AKA Dr. Pete Goes Crazy)

2012/06/11

Posted by Dr. Pete On June 5th of 2012, at around 9:00am Central Daylight Time, I spotted what appeared to be a major Google algorithm update in the wild

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9 Important Questions To Ask Before Hiring An SEO

2012/06/11

Hiring an SEO can be a nerve-wracking process due to the sheer amount of noise in the industry.

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The Four Keys To Post-Penguin Directory Submission Happiness

2012/06/11

The Google+ Local launch came out while I was working on this piece so it merits a brief mention. While Google+ Local will be a big deal, at the moment for most local businesses, it is not a huge deal.

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Google Partially Removes Penalties

2012/06/11

Google will partially remove a penalty when they see you take significant action on a notification. John Mueller from Google said in response to a Google Webmaster Help thread that they do indeed do this..

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Redesigned Bing Webmaster Tools Rises With New SEO Reports & Data

2012/06/11

Bing has unrolled a new update to its Webmaster Tools. The update, nicknamed Phoenix, brings what Bing calls a “new, fresh user experience” and some new reports that bear a striking resemblance to the former Yahoo Site Explorer.

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Webcasts this week: SEO for B2B (Wed) and Linking Display and Branding (Thurs)

2012/06/11

Our sister site, Digital Marketing Depot, will host two webcasts this week: On Wednesday, June 13 at 1 PM, Gord Hotchkiss and Marko Wollschlaeger will present “SEO Roadmap for the B2B Marketer.” They’ll discuss how to create successful B2B search engine optimization campaigns…. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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