Archive for January, 2013

Bing Tags Expands, Supposedly Makes Pages Linked To Your Profile Public

2013/01/22

Search engines continue to go old school, encouraging people to “tag” content in a way that makes it feel like it’s 1999 all over again.

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Google Panda Update Version #24; 1.2% Of Search Queries Impacted

2013/01/22

Google has announced a new Panda refresh, making this version number 24. This refresh has a noticeable impact 1.2% of English based queries according to Google.

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Analytics For The New Social Media Manager

2013/01/22

I have been astounded at the number of social media jobs brands large and small have created over the last year. With each month, more brands realize that Social media isn’t an afterthought; it’s something that takes time, strategy, attention and even aggression to keep ahead of the…

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Creating an Online Brand

2013/01/22

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn What is the single most powerful tool a business can possess? There may be conflicting answers

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Keyword Research For Market Discovery: An Essential Tool For Export Marketers

2013/01/22

Have you ever read those blogs and websites which start with the words, “74% Of The World’s Consumers Don’t Speak English,” or “54% Of The Connected World Is Outside The US?” They’re usually the first post of someone who has just discovered…

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Google To Replace Black Top Bar With Gray Colored Bar?

2013/01/22

Google is testing a new color for their top navigation bar. Since June 2011 Google’s top bar has had a black background color with white/gray text overlaid. Google is now testing changing the background color to a gray/white with black/dark gray text overlaid

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SEO Tactic #95: Pleading To Google’s Matt Cutts

2013/01/22

I see this fairy often, an SEO who is out of options, a webmaster who doesn’t know what else to try, a business owner out of money – their once thriving web site – no longer makes any sales…

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Report: 25 Percent Of Search Clicks Now From Mobile Devices

2013/01/22

The Search Agency has released its “State of Paid Search Report” for Q4 2012. It follows similar reports from Marin Software, IgnitionOne, RKG and Kenshoo and contains a range of data based on US client campaigns

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Twitter Struggled to Keep Up with Inauguration Traffic

2013/01/22

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Users of real-time communication giant, Twitter, experienced connectivity and access issues yesterday.  Although there were no “fail whales” to be seen, page load errors for Twitter.com were common for a good portion of the afternoon, yesterday.  The issues started around 4:00 PM Eastern The post Twitter Struggled to Keep Up with Inauguration Traffic appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Goodbye Black Top Bar; Welcome Gray Top Bar

2013/01/22

Former Google Search Quality Analyst, Pedro Dias, posted a screen shot of a Google top bar test on Google+. The test is that Google has replaced the black top bar with a gray black bar.

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