In the hangout from last week on Google+ at the 17:27 minute mark Google’s John Mueller said he doesn’t think reviews left on your local business has a direct impact on your web search organic rankings. He said “With regards to web search, as far as I know…

After fifteen years, Google’s head of search, Amit Singhal, is leaving the company. The post Amit Singhal, The Head Of Google Search, To Leave The Company For Philanthropic Purposes appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

WordPress 4.4.2, a security update for all versions, is now available for download. WordPress is recommending that everyone update their sites immediately.

According to a report in Forbes on Wednesday, Microsoft’s Bing search engine has shifted to a continuous development cycle, with the company stating its previous development cycle was hindering innovation. The post Bing Shifts to Continuous Development Cycle, Making Up to 4000 Changes Each Week appeared first on Search Engine Journal

January has come and gone, and, as usual, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram rolled our a slew of enhancements. The post What’s New in #SocialMedia

Columnist John Cosley of Bing unearths clues about the future of paid search as we head into 2016. What are you doing to prepare for or take advantage of these opportunities?

Well, January was a super busy month probably because of the code freeze as Matt Cutts explained. We had tons of Google updates earlier this month but all were part of the core algorithm. Google told us Panda is part of the core ranking algorithm now but it doesn’t change much of anything.

This article was originally published on our sister site ClickZ , but it’s so helpful we thought we’d share it here too. Our beginner’s guide to Google Analytics teaches you how to set up an account that is linked to your site and recommends a few basic metrics to look at. Google Analytics is a free service that tracks and reports  website traffic .

January has proved itself to be the time to apply those content marketing tips you’ve learned in the past year. Ready to kick off your content marketing for 2016

We recently looked at the UK sites which made the biggest SEO gains in 2015, and now it’s time to look at the ‘losers’.  The Sistrix visibility index looks at the sites which dropped down. Interestingly, while previous ranking falls have been blamed on Google’s algorithmic changes , there were fewer of these in 2015. This means that the drops in visibility are more likely to be due to fallout from redesigns and domain name changes