How can you improve your performance in the new year?

Here’s a timeline of notable milestones in the history and evolution of search and SEO, starting in the 1990s. The post 20 Years of SEO: A Brief History of Search Engine Optimization by @lorenbaker appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Did you know that if you decide to just show your structured data markup to GoogleBot, Google’s spiders/crawlers, and hide it from normal users in the source code…

Content makes the Marketing world go ‘round, especially with our work here at TopRank Marketing. While content has been a steady drumbeat in the marketing mix over the past 7-8 years, marketers are still hungry for best practices, examples and the latest trends. Lucky for our readers, we have excellent content marketers contributing to our blog including Ashley Zeckman, Josh Nite, Caitlin Burgess and one of our new content team members this year who has made quite a splash: Anne Leuman

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

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope those that celebrate the holiday are doing so with family and friends and are really enjoying the special day.

Posted by FeliciaCrawford As the long holiday weekend draws to a close and we prepare to welcome a brand-new year, we at Moz just want to thank you all for a wonderful, fulfilling year on the blog. Your colorful commentary, delightful debates, thrilling thumbs-up, and vivacious visits have made the past twelve months sparkle and shine (and with that, I’ll bid the alliteration adieu). Our “card” features a cameo from a little Moz Dog you may recognize: the inimitable Lettie Pickles ! At the Moz HQ, we practice a multitude of holiday traditions

Today’s doodle shows Google’s animated penguins celebrating the holidays with their warm weather friends. The post December global festivities Google doodle marks day 2 of Google’s holiday doodle series appeared first on Search Engine Land

If you go to Google’s home page and check out the Christmas logo today, unlike the other search engines, theirs is way more generic to the holiday season as opposed to Christmas, which is today…