Archive for May, 2013

Saul Bass Google Logo Celebrates Master of Movie Title Sequences

2013/05/08

Today Google is honoring iconic graphic designer Saul Bass, famous for creating some of the best movie opening sequences in the late 1950s and ’60s. Here is the complete list of title sequences Google used in their Doodle.

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Facebook Graph Search: Local Search Ranking Factors

2013/05/08

Facebook Graph Search could be an important driver of new customers for local businesses as it continue to roll out. This post covers a number of local ranking factors for Graph Search, and includes key takeaways for local business owners.

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Google Webmaster Tools Reporting Stalled

2013/05/08

Many many webmasters are complaining in the Google Webmaster Help forums that the reporting in Google Webmaster Tools specifically for the “Crawl Errors” section is stalled, delayed and not updating…

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No, Publishership Isn’t Coming Soon To Google Search To Join Authorship

2013/05/08

There are expectations in some quarters that publishers will soon be able to have their logos showing up in Google in the way that authors can have their pictures appear. But Google says there are “no plans” for some type of “publishership” to go live similar to how it..

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Self-Hosted WordPress Websites: A Few SEO Do’s and Don’ts

2013/05/08

You could argue that an out-of-the-box, uncustomized WordPress installation is the most search engine-friendly CMS out there– but it is also the scarcest variety, rarely seen in the wild. And as soon as you install a theme or plugins that generate HTML code, your new hybrid may not play nice with search engines. Luckily, with Author information Slobodan Manic WordPress developer at ThematoSoup As CTO of Alpha Brand Media , Slobodan is responsible for all IT infrastructure across the ABM network

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Welcome Slobodan Manic to the SEJ Team!

2013/05/08

We are super excited to announce that Alpha Brand Media, Search Engine Journal’s publisher, has a new CTO. Slobodan Manic is responsible for all things technical across the ABM network, including infrastructure solutions and custom development. Slobodan is taking over from Kevin Henrikson, co-founder of ABM, who has stepped aside in order to focus on his new role in Author information John Rampton Managing Editor John Rampton is an entrepreneur, full-time computer nerd, PPC guru at Maple North and founder at PPC.org .

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YouTube Launches Ads Leaderboard, Dancing Babies Claim Top Spot

2013/05/08

In YouTube’s first Ads Leaderboard for April 2013, Evian, Dove, and Kmart took the top three spots using dancing babies, powerful insights, and clever wordplay, respectively. The list also shows why it’s important to tap into basic emotions

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How to Become a Content-Sharing Ninja

2013/05/08

Sharing content with your audience is a great way to create awareness, show expertise, grow your brand, and create relationships. Any brand can use content sharing as a way to increase visibility.

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How to Use Simple Math to Get Better Insights

2013/05/08

While presenting “Reporting and Analyzing PPC Campaigns” at SES New York last month, I noticed that many participants were interested in learning more about how to meticulously analyze campaign performance.

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Google Story Time

2013/05/08

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