The difference between intent and content is what Google is missing. Keywords at their most basic level are what we use to communicate, and if you think back to those COM 101 days, you’ll remember that the way it works is our thoughts are encoded in our brains into words, those words are spoken or… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Online videos have become a very useful method for sharing information. Not only is YouTube the second-largest search engine after Google, but it also has a massive reach across social networking sites. People watch more than 500 years’ worth of YouTube videos on Facebook every day, and they share about 700 videos on Twitter each

There is an interesting WebmasterWorld thread just kicking off on an old topic of should you go with an exact match domain or go with the branded domain…

Local links increase your website’s visibility, can bring relevant and converting traffic, are critical to a diverse profile, and could also help form in-person relationships, partnerships, and business opportunities. Here’s how to get started.

Image Credit / Mamapop As someone interested in SEO you’ve almost certainly, at one point or another, become victim to a drug that plagues the addictive nature of us all: Metricaine. A jump in rankings here, a sudden drop there, and a constant battle to grow your PageRank or Domain Authority to that elusive next

Guy Adams, an LA-based writer for Great Britain’s national newspaper The Independent, had his Twitter account suspended on Sunday after tweeting out the e-mail address of NBC’s Olympic Coverage President Gary Zenkel. The news correspondent’s Olympic Tweets have centered around criticizing NBC’s use of tape delays, broadcasting Olympic events on prime time television in America

Keywords are the building blocks of nearly all search-based PPC campaigns.

A few of the TopRank team members at the recent #OptimizeBook Minneapolis Launch Party The team at TopRank Online Marketing recently took a Disc assessment which is a tool used to improve employee teamwork and communication by identifying behavioral differences and assigning a profile type to each individual.  If you’ve ever taken an assessment like the one that we did, you may find that the description of your traits and learning style are eerily accurate.

Google’s new feature lets mobile and tablet users scrawl handwritten search queries on their screen. Google converts the handwritten letters to typing in the search bar and offers autocomplete results for users to tap. Here are some tips and tricks.