Archive for May, 2014

Local Listing Management Priorities: How & Where to Syndicate Local Data

2014/05/08

Multi-location businesses face unique challenges in the management, optimization, and distribution of local business listing information. Accuracy is critical. Here’s how to implement a smarter, more effective local listings syndication strategy

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Bing Now Searches Music That You Can Listen & Play On Xbox Music

2014/05/08

PC World reports that Microsoft Bing has added a way to search for music available within Xbox Music.

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Google Reveals What New & Expectant Parents Search For

2014/05/08

New and expecting parents do twice as many searches as non-parents. Health is their biggest concern, but believe it or not, college planning is right up there. And they rely heavily on mobile devices for more than you might think.

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Two Top SEM Firms Featured As Offering Poor SEM Results By WSJ

2014/05/08

It is not every day you see SEM companies featured in Wall Street Journal articles but a few weeks ago, they ran a story named Small Businesses Search in Vain for Web-Ad Help. It isn’t good

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International Rank Checking: Four Ways To Get Results for Free by @5le

2014/05/08

There are countless posts published on SEO blogs declaring search engine rank checking is dead, and ranking reports should no longer be shared as a KPI. While I wholeheartedly agree that rank tracking should not be the primary metric one uses to determine SEO success or failure, rankings reports still play an important part in the role of an SEO

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Bing Ends Sponsorship Deal With WNBA’s Seattle Storm

2014/05/08

After a four-year sponsorship deal with the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, the Seattle Times reported yesterday Bing will no longer be the marquee sponsor for the team co-owned by Microsoft executive Lisa Brummel. The report claimed the deal had been valued at $1 million per year, giving the Bing… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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PPC SWOT Analysis: Manage Campaigns Like a Business

2014/05/08

An analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats will help give you a detailed understanding of opportunities inside and outside of your paid search accounts.

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Yahoo News Digest App Hits Android & Goes International

2014/05/08

Earlier this year, Yahoo continued its mobile push with the release of their mobile news app “Yahoo News Digest” for iOS. The main powering agent of Yahoo News Digest was the technology from former acquisition, Summly

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It’s Not All About Ranking: Benefits of Backlinks Beyond SEO by @linkbuildingjon

2014/05/08

Google’s search algorithm places such great emphasis on the accumulation of backlinks that link builders can forget the value of a link beyond search. Yes, quality backlinks can carry enormous weight and help bring your site to the top of a competitive SERP

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Google Maps App Update Adds Uber, Offline Maps, Lane Navigation & More

2014/05/08

Google announced they made a bunch of updates to both the iOS and Android version of the Google Maps apps. The major changes include adding integration with Uber, the ability to download offline maps, lane by lane navigation help, more local search filters…

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