Archive for January, 2014

Guest Bloggers Ask About Disavowing Links In Their Posts

2014/01/25

Earlier this week, Matt Cutts of Google, stuck a fork in guest blogging for links or SEO purposes. Now we have guest bloggers asking in Google Webmaster Help forums if they should be disavowing…

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Google Updated Googlebot-Mobile User-Agent Name

2014/01/25

Google announced that they are updating the name for the Googlebot-Mobile user-agent and that if you do any special directives for that user-agent…

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Apple Buys Ads On Google & Bing To Celebrate The Mac’s 30th Birthday

2014/01/25

Leaving nothing to chance, Apple’s ensured that anyone searching for “Mac” on Google or Bing today, the 30th birthday of the Mac, will know about the anniversary. The company has purchased ads that lead to a special Mac birthday area of the Apple site. Above is an example of what..

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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 24, 2014

2014/01/24

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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States Legalize Marijuana, But Google, Facebook, Twitter Just Say No to Pot Ads

2014/01/24

Cannabis dispensaries want to be able to advertise their products using the same online channels as every other business and website. However, they’re finding few opportunities to do so and Google, Twitter and Facebook aren’t budging.

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 24, 2014

2014/01/24

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Days-Old Error In Google Search Causes Gmail User To Get Thousands Of Emails Earlier this week, we reported a glitch in Google Search, where clicking on a link…

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Mobile Marketing Taking Over: 65% of Marketing Emails Opened on Mobile Devices in the US by @mattsouthern

2014/01/24

It’s official: Americans are ditching desktops and viewing marketing emails on their smartphones and tablets more than ever, according to new research from Movable Ink. The US Consumer Device Preference Report: Q4 2013 reveals that 65% of marketing emails were opened on a smartphone or tablet in Q4 of 2013 (up from 61% in the previous quarter), while desktop […] Author information Matt Southern Matt Southern is a marketing, communications and public relations professional. He provides strategic digital marketing services at an agency called Bureau in Ontario, Canada

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