If any of you read some of the comments left on the stuff I write here, you will see some of the anger and actual hate some webmasters have towards Google and even myself. They think that I am paid by Google to feed you things that they want you to hear and believe all in an effort to set you up and make you all fail.

Posted by MackenzieFogelson Guest blogging isn’t just a link building tactic (that has been spammed and abused). It’s an excellent way to build your credibility , your community , and your customer base. But you have to be strategic about it and put some quality effort into it.

Today comScore released US search market share figures for August. I’m tempted to say, “Nothing to see here folks, move on.” All the numbers are basically flat compared with July

The first Owned track of the afternoon today was Badass Blogging: Best Practices to Enhance Your Customer Reach, by Jennifer Evans Cario. The thirty minute presentation focused on why blogs should still be an important part of your online strategy.

Content Marketing World was nothing short of sensational this year. We heard from a strong variety of marketing thought leaders who dropped the hammer on content thinking, provided actionable ideas for tough, modern challenges and spoke about the future of content marketing. Before we get into the juicy stuff, let’s dish out some respect to […] Author information Devin Harper Director of Outreach Devin Harper is the Director of Outreach at Nifty Marketing , a local SEO agency

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Google Quietly Brings Back RSS Feed Option To Google Alerts The Next Web reports Google has quietly added back the RSS Feed option to Google Alerts

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

The Next Web reports Google has quietly added back the RSS Feed option to Google Alerts. I’ve confirmed the RSS Feed option has indeed returned at google.com/alerts. In early July, Google quietly dropped RSS delivery as an option for Google Alerts

John Lincoln from Ignite Visibility spotted a Google Hangout where Google’s John Mueller confirmed that Google will use URLs or domain names within content that are unlinked, i.e. without an a href attribute, to discover and index new pages of content.

Reporting back after having a great time at Searchmetric’s sold out seminar, Marketing in a Search and Data Driven World. The event drew a full crowd of 100 people ready to network and learn from the thought leaders in attendance