Google has done nothing illegal. Just the same some British Members of Parliament (MPs) are angry and will likely call company executives (probably Eric Schmidt) to testify about why Google doesn’t pay its “fair share” of taxes in the UK.

Dashboards exist to help make decisions. Unfortunately this principle is often forgotten. That is why many SEM’s moan and groan when it comes time to building dashboards. Without a specific end goal in mind, building any report becomes a frustrating mind reading game

Recently, I was on an in-house SEO panel at SMX with REI’s Jonathon Colman. Most of the audience’s questions centered around explaining and reporting relevant metrics to upper management. Turns out, while search has come a long way, many execs still use terms like “Google…

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Have you seen a recent drop in your website’s traffic levels? Perhaps you’ve received a notification of unnatural SEO practices in your Google Webmaster Tools account? Unfortunately, SEO penalties can happen to any website, at any time

After missing the June search quality update, Google came back with a dual post in August for 86 updates in June and July. You can see the full list on the Google Search blog but here it is broken down by category…

In a recent announcement, Google stated that they plan to begin penalizing websites that receive a high number of valid copyright removal notices. On Friday morning, Amit Singhal, who is a Google Fellow and the Senior VP of Engineering, posted the following regarding the algorithm update: “Starting next week, we will begin taking into account

Let’s all do our part by walking away from business that we shouldn’t take. Those SEO jobs where there is no real ROI for business owners

This week I’m in San Francisco for the SES conference. I’m really looking forward to this event because TopRank has a great team in attendance with my Marketing Manager @azeckman , Account Manager @Alexis5484  and Senior Technical SEO @thomcraver who will be speaking on Deep Dive Analytics. If you’ve read our blog for any period of time, you know I attend a lot of conferences

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