Hashtags became instantly popular when they were introduced to us via Twitter, and then soon spread across Pinterest, Google+, Tumblr, Instagram, and the holy grail Facebook, to create the hashtag phenomenon that we experience on a daily basis today. They are such a large part of social media culture today and they aren’t going anywhere, […] Author information Jonathan Long President/CEO at Market Domination Media Jonathan Long is the President/CEO of Market Domination Media, an online marketing agency that provides services including search engine optimization, content marketing, paid search marketing, and website design & development.

Posted by David-Mihm One of the many things that appealed to me about joining forces with Moz 18 months ago was the empathy that every Mozzer has for business owners and marketers trying to keep up with the frenetic pace of change in local search. Although it’s generally thought of as less competitive than a lot of other disciplines (like news, video, or e-commerce SEO), the prerequisite set of tasks for success in local search continues to grow

A WebmasterWorld thread links to a story that says Google has recently begun defaulting to Google’s secure, encrypted search worldwide…

Google has penalized a few more international link networks on Friday afternoon. Google went after, as promised Italian and Spanish networks and those who participated in them – as well as a couple more Germany link networks..

I am pretty sure we covered this before but the message is not getting out. If someone puts your site in their disavow link file..

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 10 Key Takeaways From Meet The Search Engines @ SMX West Another SMX is in the books! This show definitely had one of the most engaged attendee groups I have ever..

Another SMX is in the books! This show definitely had one of the most engaged attendee groups I have ever seen at any conference in recent memory. The polite, attentive search engine marketers weren’t there to just network and enjoy the San Jose sun

This has been my first post on SEJ since August 25, 2011 so I thought I should do something special.