Archive for May, 2013

May 2013 Google Webmaster Report

2013/05/06

It has been a pretty busy month over at Google, not much in terms of “official” updates but a lot of discussion about changes on both the algorithm side and user interface side. Plus, we learned a lot from Google comments…

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Google Ignites Controversy By Using “Palestine” On Homepage

2013/05/06

Google has been at the center of heated geo-political controversy before, usually around disputed place names or borders on maps. A new controversy, however, has arisen about one of Google’s international homepages: Google.ps.

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Google Ignites Controversy By Using “Palestine” On Homepage

2013/05/06

Google has been at the center of heated geo-political controversy before, usually around disputed place names or borders on maps. A new controversy, however, has arisen about one of Google’s international homepages: Google.ps.

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YouTube Will Now Monetize Its Premium Content

2013/05/06

Up until this moment, youtube users have only ever had one way to make money, and that was through Adsense. As many of you may already know, YouTube plans to be somewhat of the next TV.

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Local Search via Non-PC Devices Quadrupled in 2012 [Study]

2013/05/06

Of the smartphone users studied, 60 percent used apps to access local information in 2012. Tablets are also becoming a technology to watch in mobile marketing, with tablet ownership crossing 40 million in just two years.

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Local Search via Non-PC Devices Quadrupled in 2012 [Study]

2013/05/06

Of the smartphone users studied, 60 percent used apps to access local information in 2012.

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Local Search via Non-PC Devices Quadrupled in 2012 [Study]

2013/05/06

Of the smartphone users studied, 60 percent used apps to access local information in 2012. Tablets are also becoming a technology to watch in mobile marketing, with tablet ownership crossing 40 million in just two years.

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More Proof Google Counts Press Release Links, Using Matt Cutts’s Own Blog

2013/05/06

About six months ago, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, made a comment in a Google forum thread that links within press releases won’t “benefit your rankings.” Since then, we showed one case where Google not only discovers the links within typical press releases but… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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22 Facebook PR Secrets Every Community Manager Should Know

2013/05/06

How can a brand rank in authenticity and pull some publicity out of its Facebook Page? With the right mix of art and science

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93% Of Local SEOs Expect To Grow Their Business In 2013

2013/05/06

Last week, we published the findings of the BrightLocal Local SEO Industry Survey 2013. The objective of this survey is to gain greater understanding about the health and nature of the local SEO Industry. Through this survey, we aim to find out what life is like “on the ground” for…

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