Archive for January, 2013

BrightLocal’s Local SEO Industry Survey Now Open

2013/01/29

Local SEOs are being invited to take the Local SEO Industry Survey 2013, which is being organized again this year by the local SEO software company, BrightLocal. The survey contains 20 questions and should only take about 5-10 minutes to complete, I’d guess. It covers topics related to the..

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Social Media Tool Review: BuzzBundle

2013/01/29

This week, I got a chance to try out BuzzBundle, a new social media tracking and management tool from Link-Assistant.com.

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Why You Need To Treat Your Social Media Strategy Like Your Content Strategy

2013/01/29

In a typical organization, the social media tweets away in one department while content writers toil away in another. The social team links to fresh content, sure… and that’s about the extent of their interactions.

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The Link Shrink Is In: 3 Crazy Linking Assumptions

2013/01/29

Building on last month’s column, Five Linking Myths That Need To Go Away In 2013, one of the best and worst things about the Web is the never-ending supply of absolutely horrifying bad information that must be clarified.

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Does Building Too Many Links Too Fast Hurt You In Google?

2013/01/29

A WebmasterWorld thread has an SEO asking, what is the recommendation in terms of how many links you should build, in order not to trigger some type of red flag with Google where you trip the “link velocity” threshold.

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What The Closure Of UK Malls & Main Street Retailers Means For Online

2013/01/29

The UK has seen the closure of three high-profile, traditional retail brands in the last fortnight, following on from a dismal 2012 and an increased downturn for the sector since 2009.

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Social Media Trends for 2013: 7 Tips on How to Maximize ROI

2013/01/29

At the end of the year, two things tend to happen: You look back over the past year to evaluate its lessons, and you try to predict the future. You can combine these two processes by taking the lessons and patterns of the past and applying them to the future, if you can extrapolate the Author information Jayson DeMers Jayson DeMers is the founder & CEO of AudienceBloom , a Seattle-based SEO agency, as well as Crackerize.com , a lyrics-humor website. You can contact him on LinkedIn , Google+ , or by email .

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4 Reasons to Convert Your Facebook Business Profile into a Page

2013/01/29

Have you ever gotten a Facebook friend request from something other than a person?

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Webmasters Notice Decline In Google Image Search Traffic After Design Update

2013/01/29

Last week, Google updated their image search design citing this is better for webmasters.

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Advertisers Increased PLA Budgets By 600% In Q4; Trend Likely To Continue

2013/01/29

The Google Shopping gamble paid off–for both Google and e-commerce advertisers who ran product listing ad campaigns last quarter.

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