Archive for August, 2012

Secrets of Content Marketing World: Agent Todd Wheatland, Kelly Services

2012/08/30

In order for Content Marketing Secret Agents to work effectively, they need more than tactical skills. They need to see the bigger picture and the context for how and why things need to happen. Industry trends come and go but the need for brands to connect with customers will never go away

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At SMX East: From Schema To Authorship To The Knowledge Graph

2012/08/30

Schemas, authorship, the Knowledge Graph. If these markup options and ways that Google is pulling “direct answers” into its search results has your head spinning, we’ve got a solution for you: the Semantic SEO Track at our upcoming SMX East search marketing conference. The..

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You’re Invited: Soft Launch of Distilled’s Video Marketing Guide

2012/08/30

There are over 169.3 million people who watch Internet videos regularly, and YouTube is now the second largest online search engine. People love video, and it’s crucial to take advantage of that if you’re in marketing, business, or blogging

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Only 9% Of Tech Blogs Implement Google Authorship Properly

2012/08/30

A study by Conductor shows only 9% of technology blogs have fully implemented the authorship, rel=author, attribute fully on their site. That is less than 1 out of every 10 blogs. This is somewhat shocking because (1) these are technology blogs that should know about the feature and (2) it is shown…

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Detailed Site Error Reports In Google Webmaster Tools

2012/08/30

Google announced they have expanded the Site Error reporting within Google Webmaster Tools. Now the reports show breakdowns of the errors over the past 90 days by error type.

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Bing Completes “Global Ortho” High Resolution Imagery Project For US

2012/08/30

Back when Bing Maps was called Microsoft Virtual Earth (2006) the company bought Vexcel, a US Defense Department contractor that specialized in high resolution aerial photography and automated 3D image rendering.

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10 Tools to Tell What’s Hot Today (Right Now Even)!

2012/08/30

Are you afraid that you’re missing out on an important event? Concerned that you won’t know what’s being discussed around the water cooler tomorrow? Worried that something is happening in the world right now that you don’t know anything about and that you’re missing out on some very lucrative keyword opportunities?

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How to Leverage Consumer Intent to Maximize PPC Performance

2012/08/30

Understanding consumer intent and tying those intentions to specific content and KPIs helps attract additional searches, create relationships with new prospects, and grow the value of search beyond a “bottom of the funnel” sales collection agent.

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March of the Penguins, Which Led to a Friendly Panda and Finally a Recovery

2012/08/30

April of 2012 was a rough month for SEO. We had three updates all within nine days: Panda on the 19th, Penguin 1.0 on the 24th, and then a Panda refresh on the 27th.

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Following The Trend: Mozscape Gets Faster and Cleaner

2012/08/30

Posted by AndrewDumont There's a trend emerging with Mozscape , and it's a good one. Updates are getting more regular and indexes are increasing in size (with exception to a few bumps in the road).

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