Archive for September, 2012

A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing

2012/09/12

There is no such thing as a trusted link. Links and likes and tweets originate from a person (or persons) who made the decision to put them there, and that source is where the trustworthiness resides.

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#Facebook CEO Addresses Stock, Mobile, and Search

2012/09/12

Yesterday afternoon, Mark Zuckerberg made his first public appearance since the IPO this spring. He sat down with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington at the Disrupt Conference in San Francisco to discuss his vision for Facebook’s future

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Google SUX

2012/09/12

Google has changed not only the SERP itself, but also the Google page intent, the links, the way it even collects data; but what does that mean for site owners? Whether you know it or not yet, Search(er) User Experience matters to you and your site.

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Book Review & Interview: The New Relationship Marketing – Mari Smith

2012/09/12

I was very excited to read Mari Smith’s ( @marismith ) new book The New Relationship Marketing , and once I cracked the cover, I was not disappointed.  Mari was also kind enough to answer a few questions about her new book as an added bonus for TopRankBlog readers. To sum up Mari’s book in a few words: practical yet genius.  I would recommend this book to any marketer who would like to create meaningful interactions and relationships with their customers

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Bing Tries to Make Search Sexy to College Women

2012/09/12

Bing wanted to show young women that it’s worth checking out, so when it threw down the gauntlet encouraging people to test its search engine against Google’s, it worked with HerCampus.com to get the word out to influential collegiate women.

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The Pirate Bay Now on Google’s Search Blacklist

2012/09/12

Google will no longer suggest that visitors head to The Pirate Bay.

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New YouTube App Debuts on iPhone

2012/09/12

YouTube was rather unceremoniously removed from iOS 6 version 4 when it was released early in August. At the time Apple said this was because its license term had run out, but added that you could still visit YouTube via the Safari web browser

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Google & Bing Remember 9/11; What About Yahoo?

2012/09/12

Eleven years ago today, America was attacked. It is 9/11, looking at the date gives most people shivers

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Did Google Adjust For GoDaddy Downtime?

2012/09/12

I am pretty sure you all heard about GoDaddy going offline yesterday afternoon for about four hours. In short..

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