Archive for April, 2014

Google Adds Examples For Deceptive Sneaky Redirects

2014/04/30

Google announced they have updated two of their webmaster guidelines documents to better describe ways you should not use redirects to trick or manipulate Google’s search results. The Sneaky redirects added examples…

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Facebook Introduces Anonymous Login For Connected Apps

2014/04/30

Today at f8, Facebook launched Anonymous Login, which they are touting as a new way to log into apps […] 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. He has a bachelors degree in communication and an unparalleled passion for helping businesses get their message out

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Google Updates Webmaster Guidelines For Sneaky Redirects

2014/04/30

Google took to their Webmaster Central blog today to let everyone know they have made changes to their […] 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. He has a bachelors degree in communication and an unparalleled passion for helping businesses get their message out

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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 30, 2014

2014/04/30

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. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google Penalizing HARO Links…

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SearchCap: Google Sneaky Redirects, HARO Links, AdWords Pregnancy Center Ads

2014/04/30

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

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Google Action Against Pregnancy Center Ads Stirs Confusion, But Does Not Signal Preference Or Policy Change

2014/04/30

You may have read this week that some paid ads by pro-life oriented crisis pregnancy centers have been removed by Google after pro-choice political advocacy group NARAL claimed credit for getting the ads banned, as reported by the Washington Post. In reaction, outlets on the pro-life side have… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Actually, We Don’t Think Google Hates HARO Links

2014/04/30

Despite the buzz going through the SEO industry today, we don’t believe that Google is specifically targeting links that are earned via the popular Help a Reporter Out service. That’s one of the claims from SEO consultant Bill Hartzer, in an article he published yesterday, Google..

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Google+ Dying? Would That Impact Google’s Search Results?

2014/04/30

There are many rumors around if Google+ is dying based around Vic leaving and some other stories…

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Look out HubSpot: @Marketo Adds SEO Tools to Their Marketing Suite

2014/04/30

Marketo, an industry leader in marketing automation software and customer engagement solutions, has recently added SEO tools to […] Author information Murray Newlands CEO at The Mail Online Murray is Deputy Editor at Search Engine Journal, Murray founded The Mail in 2013, an angel-funded startup publication covering performance marketing and mobile marketing. Murray is an advisor to a number of bay area startups including VigLink. In 2011 Wiley published his book Online Marketing: A User’s Manual.

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Google’s Bodiless Matt Cutts On Importance Of Body Content For Search Engines

2014/04/30

Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, posted a fun video where fellow Googler, Michael Wyszomierski, cropped out his body in the video to make a point. The statement Matt made was that there is importance of content in the body of a page and not just the header, such as the title tag

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