Archive for September, 2013

72% Were Hit By Google’s Penguin 1.0 Or 2.0 Algorithm

2013/09/06

Google’s 2.0 Penguin update went live over 3 months ago and we ran a poll shortly after asking how many of you were impacted by this Penguin update. We had almost 1…

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Video: Most Common Google AdWords Violations

2013/09/06

Google’s Courtney Pannell posted in the Google AdWords Help forums a video hangout between three Googlers…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 5, 2013

2013/09/05

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…

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Weighting the Clusters of Ranking Factors in Google Analytics – Whiteboard Friday

2013/09/05

Posted by randfish One thing we collect for our semiannual ranking factors survey is the opinions of a group of SEO experts (128 of them this year!) about the relative weights of the categories of ranking factors. In other words, how important each of those categories is for SEO relative to the others.

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 5, 2013

2013/09/05

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AdWords Debuts Offline Conversion Tracking For Full Sales Cycle Optimization Running lead generation campaigns on Google AdWords? Measuring success and optimizing…

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AdWords Debuts Offline Conversion Tracking For Full Sales Cycle Optimization

2013/09/05

Running lead generation campaigns on Google AdWords? Measuring success and optimizing campaigns for actual sealed-deal conversions, not just lead in-take, just got a whole lot easier.

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Bing News Now Shows You What’s Trending On Facebook and Twitter by @mattsouthern

2013/09/05

Bing continues to upgrade their user experience with an announcement made today about changes to Bing News. In an attempt to modernize their search experience, Bing has refreshed the Bing News section to showcase trending topics from Facebook and Twitter

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Poll: Does A Manual Action Removal Impact Google Rankings?

2013/09/05

I see many threads with complaints, excitement, sadness and fear in the forums. Most have to do with Google rankings. It goes like this…

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Meetup Groups Talk Industry Changes, Budgets, and Q4 Tips Ahead of SES San Francisco

2013/09/05

Nine Bay Area Meetup Groups plan to converge on the SES San Francisco conference next week. Here, organizers of several of these groups share insights on good, bad, and ugly industry developments; budget priorities; and top tips for holiday success

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Yahoo Finally Unveils New Logo by @wonderwall7

2013/09/05

After a thirty day wait that came with unveiling a new potential logo every day, Yahoo finally posted their pick at midnight last night. The new version still retains the same purple that the previous logo had, but features a slimmer logo with a 3d-like appearance, thanks to clever shading

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