Archive for October, 2013

Dissecting Moz’s 2013 Search Engine Ranking Factors

2013/10/10

Moz has published their 2013 Search Engine Ranking Factors report with the input of 120+ SEO professionals and a scientific approach. The report skirts a number of actual ranking factors and focuses mostly on search engine correlation data.

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Facebook To Retire “Who Can Look Up My Timeline By Name?” Search Setting For All Users

2013/10/10

As of today, Facebook announced that it is completing the removal of its “Who can look up my timeline by name?” search setting.

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Google Doesn’t Consider Geolocation Techniques Spam

2013/10/10

If you serve country-specific content to end users, you won’t be penalized as long as you make sure that what you serve to Googlebot is the same as what you would serve to a user from the same country that Googlebot is coming from.

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SPONSOR MESSAGE: Webcast – Supercharge Your Organic Marketing

2013/10/10

Digital Marketing Depot Webcast: October 22th 1:00EDT/10:PDT – Learn how to maximize your digital ROI by integrating Content, Search, Social and PR strategies, plus how to measure their impact.

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From the Uncensored Files: Get Google Adwords Certification for FREE? by @AltafGilani

2013/10/10

“Uncensored” is a new SEJ opinion column featuring contributions from guest authors whose assertions or theories may be viewed as controversial. As always, the views of contributors are their own, and not necessarily those of SEJ. Big changes have occurred in the Google Certification Program, beginning this month

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MarketingProfs B2B Marketing Forum: How to Build a B2B Community in Facebook

2013/10/10

Yes, B2B marketers lean towards LinkedIn as the social network of choice…and for good reason. But that doesn’t mean that a very real opportunity doesn’t exist to create a community in the world’s largest social network – Facebook.

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Niagara Falls Photo Wins Bing Hometown Homepage Photo Contest

2013/10/10

After asking users to submit photos of their hometown back in August, Bing announced today Prasad Karkera’s photo of the Niagara Falls has won its Hometown Homepage Photo Contest. Karkera’s photo was one of ten selected by Bing and then voted on via a public vote by Bing users

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Fortune 100 Companies Not Measuring Up in Mobile [Study]

2013/10/10

The Search Agency is keeping score on Fortune 100 companies and their mobile experience. What they found were less-than-perfect scores among the biggest brands in the United States. Coca-Cola and FedEx received the highest scores

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How to Avoid Drowning in Content (and 5 free tools to help) by @RyanHanley_com

2013/10/10

Ever taken in a mouthful of water by accident?                                    Maybe you fell off the dock at a lake or didn’t jump high enough to get over a big wave at the beach… …if you’ve ever wanted to breathe […] Author information Ryan Hanley Founder at Content Warfare Ryan Hanley is the founder of Content Warfare, a community and consulting firm dedicated to helping businesses grow their audience online.

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Is Google Getting Ready to Retire PageRank?

2013/10/10

If you eagerly watch your PageRank bar to check for any tiny little fluctuation, you’ve probably noticed that it hardly ever changes. In a new video, Google’s Matt Cutts says “the PageRank indicator will probably start to go away a little bit.”

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