Archive for August, 2013

Google Is Wrong! The Link Is Natural!

2013/08/28

There are two common sayings you’ve all heard in this field. The first is, “no one is perfect” and the second is, “never tell Google they are wrong.” As you can imagine, they don’t go well together

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Google Gets 5,000 Reconsideration Requests Per Week

2013/08/28

Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts announced in a recent video answer that Google receives about 5,000 reconsideration request per week through Google Webmaster Tools. In January 2013, Google said they had taken manual action on 400,000 different web sites and averages about 5,000… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Recapping Yahoo! and Marissa Mayer’s Spending Spree by @albertcostill

2013/08/28

When’s the last time you considered Yahoo as a viable threat to Google? We’ll wait for you to stop laughing.

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The Complete Guide to Domain Name and URL Structure by @kagray

2013/08/28

As a web marketer, we tend to start work on a page after it is complete. It stands to reason, right

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Google ‘(Not Provided)’ Traffic Highest for Tech Industry Brands at 56% [Study]

2013/08/28

Google’s “(not provided)” designation in Google Analytics is up. Way up

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Google Updates Map Updates With New Interfaces

2013/08/28

Google’s Daniel M.

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Google Keyword Tool Is Officially Dead, Keyword Planner Gets Lukewarm Welcome

2013/08/28

Lukewarm may be overstating it. If Twitter sentiment is any gauge, the SEM world has not exactly embraced Google’s new Keyword Planner, which as of yesterday officially replaces the Keyword Tool.  Looking at tweets over the past 7 days, “Keyword Tool” yields a sentiment score of..

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This 10 Year Old Girl Would Make A Better SEO Than You by @bluepoloint

2013/08/28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtGRvP3ILg In the video, 10-year-old Zia Terry stares down a K-40 ski jump. It’s very noticeably her first time doing so

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SEO Audit Findings: 4 Hidden Technical Problems That Can Send Dangerous Signals to Search Engines

2013/08/28

There are times that hidden technical problems get rolled out to a website that can negatively impact SEO. Learn about four mistakes that can sending dangerous signals to Google and Bing, and how to make sure those problems never happen to you.

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Issue-Oriented Marketing: Maintaining Momentum During Congressional Recess

2013/08/28

Many corporations and non-profit organizations use political and issue-oriented marketing to sway citizens’ votes on topics ranging from Internet sales taxes to food stamps. Some even work simply to get people to the polls. A familiar non-partisan example is Rock the Vote’s campaign,..

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