Links have been under fire for years. And while I’m someone who provides link development services, I’ve never thought that links are all you need.

Robots.txt, when used correctly, can help you aid search engines with site crawling. But simple mistakes may stop search engines from crawling your site.

Google is pushing out an update for their Android Google Maps app and with that, Google announced three new changes: (1) View search results on the map or in a list and easily switch between them (2) Search for places you’ve reviewed or saved using the “Your places” filter (3) Bike directions now… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

If you’ve been struggling with Facebook lately for your brand page, don’t think you’re alone. Between changes to the layout of brand pages, News Feed algorithm adjustments, and countless other tweaks and changes, marketers are constantly on their toes anticipating what’s coming next. A current issue that many are facing is the decline of a post’s organic reach.

If readers are developing headline fatigue, but content creators continue to be chartered with driving traffic, where does that leave marketers when it comes to how to approach headlines? Here are some key takeaways from a study of headlines.

As link builders, we can get a bit “stuck in our ways”. Sometimes we focus too much on the technical aspects of building links and forget that link building should be a creative endeavor. By allowing ourselves to be creative we begin to realize there are numerous way to build links through a multitude of channels.

Love it or hate it, Google is loved by customers. Bing? No so much?

Google announced on Google+ that the iOS app for logging into your Google Analytics accounts and checking your analytics for your various properties is now available. It is free and works really nicely…

Twitter announced on Friday that changes are coming to their direct messages are sent and stored across the network. Twitter’s support account made the announcement via a Tweet that emphasized the upgrade would make deleting DMs more consistent: Over the next few weeks, we’re rolling out an update that makes deleting DMs more consistent across web and mobile. http://t.co/VNtDXzwuvp — Twitter Support (@Support) July 18, 2014 This may not sound like a major updates, but it actually solves a huge problem with Twitter’s mobile app