Every month, more than [one] billion people come to Youtube to access news, answer questions and have a little fun. YouTube has been serving its clips of animals, planking, people falling over and monkeys in sheepskin coats for eight years.
Some might believe the answer is an obvious yes, and my last column certainly took an optimistic look at Facebook's local ambitions. The true pace of mobile and local search can be seen when the market withstands an entire column's worth of updates...
"People communicate with each other by conversation, not by typing keywords -- and we've been hard at work to make Google understand and answer your questions more like people do," said Google's Amit Singhal in a post on features announced at...
An answer to that question would be most helpful to many webmasters. Since announcing the schema.org project two years ago, little has changed with the markup. That changes today as Google announced a new schema that supports company logos.
Two hours and 45 minutes into a 3-hour keynote, Page took the stage giving what almost could be described as an elevator pitch or Google infomercial followed by over a half hour of live question and answer with the audience.
If you’re not familiar with BloomReach’s other offerings, it includes technology that dynamically generates product pages, for example, from the site’s pre-existing inventory in order to answer specific queries.
But that doesn't mean building them is the only answer. We've seen the rise of unnatural links manual penalties. The infamous algo updates like Panda and Penguin, and some lesser talked about ones like the page layout algorithm.
The short answer is yes. If you haven't yet incorporated Pinterest into your social marketing strategy, now is the time. Especially when you consider that, as the site continues to evolve, Pinterest is investing more resources to help businesses...
Well, the logical answer would be to start with a realistic business plan, but that plan should also contain competitive analysis as a mainstream part of it. The answer is yes. A competitive edge is something that you always want to keep, no matter...
A new question-and-answer feature from social networking site Klout will soon become a more prominent feature in Bing's search results. Klout Experts" is a Q&A feature rolling out to all users in the future, but for now, is reserved for a small...
The Bing Fallback: Graph Search falls back to Bing results when it can't answer your question. I'm glad Facebook launched Graph Search, since I often joked that the previous search functionality was so bad, you could barely find yourself.
The answer lies in how they learn. What do Tiger Woods, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, and Serena Williams have in common? Teach them to act or play their respective sports by showing them how to do it and they would quickly become more lost than an...
Well, Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts brings up the topic of the many Google patents in his latest Google Webmaster Help video, which was an answer to the question about the latest SEO misconception he would like to put to rest.
His answer: write "awesome frickin' content"! A couple of years ago, Scott Stratten of "Unmarketing" book fame (a great read) was asked his best SEO tip. Since then Panda iterations have had SEO practitioners reinforcing similar "content is king...
Your description (which usually appears as the snippet beneath the link to your site in search results) should entice people to click on your results by letting searchers know that your site provides an answer to their query or is a good resource.
My team and I are standing by to answer any questions you may have about your own relaunch, or anything related to iAcquire's new site. It's the digital reflection of your brand. Launching a new website isn't just about updating your CMS and...
This is another benefit that email can offer, but again, if you're looking for that interaction and face-to-face experience, Google+ Hangouts is your answer. Do question-and-answer sessions. So how can you successfully break down the barriers...
A major myth is that most consumers use multiple search engines in their decision journey in an effort find the right answer to complete a specific task," Mohamed said. Full Disclosure: I work for Bing Ads as an Evangelist.
Another niche social player worth exploring is question-and-answer site Quora. Brands are looking beyond social media giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ to more niche sites such as Pinterest, which puts a big emphasis on visuals.
Whatever your answer, consider if ramping up the emphasis you give to brainstorming could help you to produce dynamite content your audience will engage with, link to, and share. In other words, the question the modern brand owner must have an...
